Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

The Slaying of Debra Sue Reiding

In December 1978, 18-year-old Debra Sue Wilt Reiding and her new husband, Robert, arrived in Austin, Texas, after leaving their small Montana hometown in search of warmer

The Murders of Phyllis Butto & Martha Read

In 1975, Austin, Texas, was experiencing rapid growth and cultural change, bringing new challenges for a police department already struggling with an increasing number of

The Cash-Landrum Incident Part Three: Disinformation

By 1983, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s grandson Colby had spent more than two years seeking answers about their reported encounter. Their account had reached n

The Cash-Landrum Incident Part Two: That’s Incredible!

In the months after their December 1980 encounter on a rural road in southeast Texas, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s grandson Colby continued living with its ef

The Cash-Landrum Incident Part One: In the Pines

On the night of December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Vickie’s six-year-old grandson, Colby, were traveling along a remote stretch of road through the Piney

The Slaying of Lois Lloyd

In April 1985, 27-year-old Lois Ann Lloyd disappeared from Odessa, Texas, just days after telling her father she wanted to leave the city and make a change in her life.

The Mysterious Death of Helen Holladay

In the late 1970s, the communities around Lake Granbury were still developing, with new roads, scattered homes, trailers, and weekend properties appearing along the shore

Fort Worth Does Identified

During one of the deadliest years in Fort Worth history, two homicide victims were found months apart in very different parts of the city. Neither carried identification,

Lecia McGee Part Two: A History of Violence

Decades after the murder of 17-year-old Lecia McGee went cold, advances in forensic testing gave investigators an opportunity to take another look at the evidence that re

Lecia McGee Part One: Cold & Deadly Night

In the late 1970s, Fort Worth was a city in transition. Although it had always been sleepy compared to other major Texas cities, downtown had begun to lose much of its fo

The Disappearance of Gregory Keith Mann Jr.

In May 1997, twenty-year-old Gregory “Keith” Mann Jr. was beginning to build a life for himself in Wichita Falls, Texas. He had recently started working at a local car de

The Blount Family Bombing Part Four: The Exoneration

Michael Roy Toney was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1985 bombing murders of Joe Blount, Angela Blount, and Michael Columbus. In the years after his conviction,

The Blount Family Bombing Part Three: The Career Criminal

Nearly twelve years after the Thanksgiving 1985 bombing at Hilltop Mobile Home Park, investigators received a tip that shifted their attention to Michael Roy Toney, a 31-

The Blount Family Bombing Part Two: The Teenager and the Businessman

Shortly after the 1985 bombing murders of Joe Blount, Angela Blount, and Michael Columbus, early suspicion fell on people connected to Hilltop Mobile Home Park, including

The Blount Family Bombing Part One: Joe, Angela, and Michael

On Thanksgiving night in 1985, Joe and Susan Blount were spending the holiday with their children, teenagers Angela and Robert, at their home in the Hilltop Mobile Home P

The Bathroom Slayings Epilogue: The Murder of Mickey Niles

In June 1974, seven-year-old Michael “Mickey” David Niles was asleep in his family’s Abilene home when an intruder entered. Mickey was stabbed once through the heart. His

The Bathroom Slayings Part Three: Juanita Carroll

On April 24, 1977, 59-year-old Juanita Carroll was found dead inside the bathroom of her home on Ballinger Street in Abilene, Texas. Natural gas was flowing from a bathro

The Bathroom Slayings Part Two: Geneva Jackson

Six years after the unsolved murder of Sharon Kay Watts, Abilene was shaken by another brutal killing with unsettling similarities. Geneva Lucille Jackson was a respecte

The Bathroom Slayings Part One: Sharon Kay Watts

In the Summer of 1967, Abilene, Texas, was a growing West Central Texas city where most residents believed violent crime happened somewhere else. Families left their door

The Disappearance of Roxanne Paltauf Part Two

Just days after Roxanne Paltauf vanished from a Budget Inn near Interstate 35 and Rundberg Lane in Austin, her missing ID surfaced in the wallet of a violent offender arr