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Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found
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A man convicted over a “Texas Killing Fields” death has been sentenced by a jury to 20 years in prison. It was a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s. James Dolphs Elmore Jr.
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Sentencing begins after James Elmore Jr. found guilty in Texas Killing Fields trial
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Man sentenced to 20 years over a ‘Texas Killing Fields’ case, decades after dozens of bodies found
Defendant James Dolphs Elmore Jr., right, sits with his attorney, William Agnew, while listening to witness testimony during his trial in Galveston, Texas, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.
A man convicted over a “Texas Killing Fields” death has been sentenced by a jury to 20 years in prison. It was a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s. James Dolphs Elmore Jr.
A day after being found guilty of manslaughter in the "Texas Killing Field" case, James Dolphs Elmore Jr. has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Elmore was convicted on Wednesday in the death of 16-year-old Laura Miller, daughter of Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller.
A man convicted over a “Texas Killing Fields” death was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s.
James Elmore Jr sentenced in death of Laura Miller, whose body was found in 1986 in notorious ‘Texas Killing Fields’ A man found guilty in the death of teenager Laura Miller, whose body was recovered in 1986 in the notorious so-called “Texas Killing Fields”, was given a 20-year prison sentence on Th…
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