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VOLUME VII, NUMBER 4
Texas' Largest Police News Publication
April 2010
Murder By The Pair 37-Years Later: Where is
Unsolved 34-years later Kimberly’s Killer?
By James Kelly
T
he bodies of Bill Pond and Arnoldo
(Pancho) Ortega were found in
January 1976, inside the trunk of a
Cadillac abandoned about 16 miles east
of Seguin in Guadalupe County.
Pond had been shot several times, one
a head wound, and Ortega's body also
had a bullet wound in his head.
The Cadillac was registered to Pond,
a factor that aided officers in identifying
the bodies.
A lengthy investigation ensued, and it
was not until February of 1978 that the
Guadalupe County Grand Jury indicted
Angleton area residents Edward "Curly"
Heim and his son, Charles Heim, on
murder charges.
Each of them retained a well-known
Houston attorney, and made bond, after
which extensive legal maneuvering
began. This finally resulted in a Harris
County judge dismissing the Guadalupe
County indictment on the grounds of a
technical error.
Then, in June 1980, a Brazoria
County Grand Jury returned a threecount indictment against both of the
Heims, for murder, criminal conspiracy
to commit murder, and criminal solicitation to commit the murders of Pond
and Ortega.
Richard "Racehorse" Haynes, the
attorney for Charles Heim, and Jack
Zimmerman, who represented Edward
Heim, sought to have the indictments
dismissed.
The defendants had been accused
of the offense "for an agonizing, long
period of time," Haynes said, claiming
the Texas Speedy Trial Act had been
violated. Judge J. Ray Gayle III denied
the motion for dismissal.
Zimmerman then urged a motion for
severance, so that the two men could
be tried separately. Zimmerman argued
that Edward Heim "was not involved at
all except by some peripheral, strained
extension, of the law of parties."
Brazoria County District Attorney
Jim Mapel responded, saying that evidence would involve Edward in the
crime, particularly on the count of conspiracy. Again, the defense's motion
was denied.
The motion for a change of venue
from Brazoria County was granted,
however, and after additional legal
wrangling, the trial was moved to Bay
City. Mapel elected to proceed only in
Pond's murder.
Jury selection was held in January
1981, with Mapel and Assistant Brazoria
County DA Mike Echevarria telling
prospective jurors that although the
Murder...Cont. on pg 2
Was her murder just one of many?
By Barbara Gibson & Debera Phinney
T
he partially nude body of 16
year old high school sophomore
Kimberly Rae Pitchford was discovered in a ditch near County Road 65 in
Iowa Colony, Brazoria County, Texas
on Friday, January 5th. Iowa Colony is
15 miles north of Angleton and 22 miles
south of where she was last seen finishing her driver’s ed class at J. Frank
Dobie High School. Dobie is located on
Beamer Road in Houston in southeast
Harris County.
It was 1973.
For teens, the early Seventies was a
time of long hair, bell bottoms, hitchhiking, and partying. January would
see Richard M. Nixon be sworn in for a
second presidency after a landslide victory, NASA transition from the Apollo
lunar missions to Skylab, the Vietnam
war appear to have a peace agreement
in sight, and Carly Simon top the charts
with her number one song, “You’re So
Vain.”
Kimberly had arrived at school early
the previous Wednesday morning, her
first day back from winter break, excited to show off the new coat she'd
received as a Christmas gift. The black
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coat set off a striking contrast with her
fair complexion, hazel eyes, and long,
straight, reddish blonde hair that she
parted in the middle, the popular hair
style of the time. She was a beautiful
young lady but very self conscious of
her dental braces.
Kim, as she was known to friends
and family, having just received her
driving learner's permit, was enrolled
in the driver's education class at school.
Like others 16 year old, she was looking
forward to getting her driver's license
37 Years...Cont. on pg 9
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firearms qualifications are pictured with
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(L-R) Lt. Byron Frankland, 2nd place;
Lt. Henry Porretto, 1st place; Training
Sgt. David Simon who conducted the
competition, and Captain Joe Pena, Patrol Division Commander. The 3rd place
qualifier was Officer Marcelino Gonzales, not pictured.
The three officers each scored 100 in reactionary shooting then had a shoot-off
to determine the top three placements.
Porretto captured 1st place by 4/10ths of
a second over Frankland.
Top Gun competition was recently
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main prosecution witness was in the
penitentiary, it would be "unfair to discount" his testimony.
Both defense lawyers also had warnings for the prospective jurors. Much
of the prosecution's evidence would be
circumstantial, and the case would be "a
hotly contested" one, Zimmerman said.
Haynes, who by this time had gained a
widespread reputation for clever courtroom tactics and successful defense of
his clients, told the jury panel that "it
would be absolutely unfair to score"
against the defendants because of his
own professional reputation.
The day-long examination of the prospective jurors concluded at 8 p.m.,
with five women and seven men from
Matagorda County chosen to serve on
the jury.
Judge Gayle was assigned to hear the
case due to the illness of Judge Olin
G. Wellborn Jr., whose judicial district
included both Brazoria and Matagorda
counties.
The prosecution called James Spruill,
28, as its first witness. An inmate in
the Texas Department of Corrections,
Spruill had been imprisoned in August
of 1978, after pleading guilty in connection with Pond's death.
Spruill said he became acquainted
with Pond in late 1973 or early 1974,
when Pond was a supplier for an alleged
marijuana operation.
The operation included a middleman,
as well as Spruill and his partner, and
when Pond and the middleman fell out,
the operation was moved to Houston,
Spruill said.
The marijuana was then stored on the
Heim ranch north of Angleton, he said,
explaining that 300-500 pound loads of
marijuana were brought there, and later
sent to Memphis, Tenn, for sale. He and
Pond disagreed over a debt that Pond
alleged Spruill owed him, Spruill testified.
On Januanry 22, 1976, Spruill said,
he was met at Houston Intercontinental
Airport by Charles and taken to the
Heim ranch to await delivery of a load
of marijuana.
Charles told him that Pond wanted
Spruill held at the ranch until Pond
could collect the debt, Spruill said.
Instead, he testified, he and Charles
decided to set Pond up.
"When he arrived, we were going to
kill him," Spruill told the jury. He said
Edward Heim was not present during
this discussion.
Spruill said he flew back to Memphis,
where he obtained an AR-18 semi-automatic rifle and a suitcase, and returned
to Houston. At the Heim ranch, he said,
he, Charles and two Heims' employees,
Artie Brown and Walter "Noose" Ford,
tried out the weapon.
On January 25th, Spruill said, they
received word that Pond was en route to
the ranch from the Rio Grande Valley.
Charles took Spruill to a location near
a bridge, where Spruill waited for a
couple of hours that night.
When a pickup truck arrived at the
location, Pond got out to open a gate,
and Spruill fired at him twice, according
to his testimony. He said another shot
struck Pond as he ran toward the truck,
which by that time was backing away.
Spruill said Pond fell and began firing
back, and Spruill ordered him to drop
his weapon. Charles got out of the truck
and he and Spruill approached Pond.
Saying that Charles told him to shoot
Pond, but he could not do it, Spruill said
he gave the rifle to Charles, who then
"put one round right between Pond's eyes."
When Charles' pickup got stuck, he
and Spruill began walking, and panicked when another truck pulled up,
Spruill said, adding that Edward, who
was in the second truck, gave the two of
them a "Valium" to calm them.
Edward told them that Ortega had
accompanied Pond to the ranch, and
was waiting for them at Charles' house.
Spruill said he and the Heims then
decided to kill Ortega, thus eliminating
a potential witness.
Again, Spruill said, he waited by a
gate. When Ortega got out of the truck,
Spruill fired but missed. He said he
again gave the gun to Charles who shot
Ortega in the head.
They loaded both bodies into the
trunk of the Cadillac, and Spruill drove
it down I-10 toward San Antonio, abandoning it when it ran out of gas, according to his testimony.
He said he returned to the ranch in
a vehicle driven by one of the Heims
Ranch employees.
In cross-examination Zimmerman
hammered questions to indicate that
Edward Heim was not directly involved
with the death of either Pond or Ortega.
Haynes' questioning also covered differences in Spruill's courtroom testimony and a statement he had given to
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The differences ranged from actual
ownership of the murder weapon to
who picked up Spruill at the Houston
airport prior to the killings, and whether
Charles had held Pond and Ortega hostage at the ranch to where Pond threw
his gun when ordered to get rid of it.
In answer to Haynes' questions, Spruill
said he had worn gloves and had not
touched the murder weapon. He bought
the bullets with his own money while he
was in Houston, he said, acknowledging
that there was no physical evidence to
connect Charles with either the weapon
or the deaths.
Zimmerman asked if Weathers had
told him that throughout the investigation the Ranger had been "trying to pin
the murders on Charles…." Spruill at
first denied this, but later said Weathers
had used "words to that effect."
Zimmerman also elicited testimony
from Spruill that Edward had not been
mentioned in connection with Pond's
death in the early meetings between
Spruill and the Ranger.
Finally allowed to step down after
four days of rigorous cross-examination, Spruill was followed on the witness
stand by Texas Ranger L.T. Carpenter.
He had photographed the bodies of the
two men he described as a Caucasian
male and a Latin American male, found
in the trunk of Pond's Cadillac.
Another witness, Gerhard Helmle,
40, of Dallas, told the jury that he knew
Pond, Charles and Spruill. He said
that Charles told him at one point that
although Pond was "a good ole boy,"
if he didn't "go along," Charles "would
put him out of the way."
Helmle said Spruill made similar comments, but in answer to questions from
Zimmerman said he had never seen
Edward until coming into the courtroom.
Questions by both defense attorneys emphasized alleged discrepancies
between a written statement Helmle
gave to Ranger Weathers and his courtroom testimony.
They also asked whether the words
"put him out of the way" was adequate
to constitute a threat by Charles and
Spruill to kill Pond.
Helmle said he considered them as
such, but failed in his effort to contact
Pond to warn him after talking with
Charles and Spruill.
He did not contact law enforcement
after Pond's body was found, Helmle
said, because he felt someone would
eventually be arrested in the case.
Artie Brown, who worked on the
Heim ranch at the time of the murders,
said Charles offered him $1,000 to
bring Spruill back to the ranch after
Spruill ditched Pond's Cadillac. He did
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Murder..Cont.from previous page
so, Brown said, and a few days later
Edward Heim paid him $500.
Brown moved to Massachusetts for a
time, and after moving back to Angleton
in ‘79, he had a chance encounter with
Charles. He told the jury that Charles
told him unless Brown gave a statement
to Charles' attorney, Brown would be
charged with murder.
Brown said both Charles and Edward
Heim took him to the office of Houston
attorney Ray Bass, where he gave a
statement that was taken down by a
court reporter.
Despite cautions from Judge Gayle,
Brown chose to testify without a lawyer, saying he intended to tell the truth.
He admitted he had been deceptive in
his deposition because he was afraid of
being charged with murder, but was telling the truth in the courtroom.
Brown said Edward Heim had nothing
to do with the planning or the murders.
He had worked for the Heims since age
12, he said, and they had never previously asked him to do anything illegal.
Charles made no mention of the crime
when he offered him the money to pick
up Spruill, Brown testified, adding, "I
thought it was easy money." When he
learned that murder might be involved,
he said, he told the others, "I ain't gona
shoot no one. I let them know right off."
Ranger Weathers was called to the
stand, but his testimony was interrupted
several times when the jurors were
removed from the courtroom, twice for
about an hour.
Questioning the legality of the
Ranger's search of the Heim property,
the defense raised questions about its
ownership.
Weathers told the jury that he served
the search warrant to the sister of
Edward Heim, who lived on the property and told him that she was "as much
the owner" as anyone.
Haynes and Zimmerman said she
owned only one-seventh interest in the
property and contended that the person
"in possessive ownership" was asked
for consent to search or presented with
a warrant.
Judge Gayle denied the motion to
suppress the warrant, allowing it to be
entered in evidence. Weathers said he
found four expended shells of brass
casings for bullets while searching the
property.
Another defense motion concerned
contents of a case Weathers carried as
he testified. Judge Gayle ordered that it
be turned over to the defense for examination.
Weathers, who said he became
involved in the investigation some
time after the bodies were found, told
the jury that he had visited Spruill in
Mississippi and later took him into
custody. Spruill was transferred to the
Matagorda County Jail, then a few days
later to the Gonzales County Jail, where
he gave a written statement and drew
a map purporting to show the scene
where Pond and Ortega died.
The Ranger also testified about the
brass casings he found in searching the
Heim property. The defense attacked
the chain of custody of those casings.
After lengthy objections Judge Gayle
admitted two of them and an aerial
photo of the scene into evidence.
Weathers also testified at length about
his conversation with Helmele, particularly whether the word "kill" had been
used in Helmele's statement concerning
what he heard Charles Heim say.
To his recollection the word was not
used when he typed Helmele's statement, Weathers said, but was used prior
to that, when he and Helmele talked
about it.
The defense lawyers also elicited
information from Weathers that Spruill
told him he was "stoned and drunk a
lot at that time" and did not recall any
meeting with Helmele.
In response to Haynes' questions,
Weathers said his investigation revealed
that Pond had been in the drug and
marijuana business, and that Helmele
was familiar with Pond's operation.
The Ranger said Helmele operated a club in Houston. To his knowledge, Weathers said, Helmele was not
involved in any illegal activities.
Despite repeated questions from the
defense, Weathers consistently denied
that Spruill had been offered a "deal" to
testify against the Heims.
In cross-examining Weathers, the
defense attacked statements from Gene
Casaver, Gary Clements and Spruill,
which they said differed in some
respects.
Former Bexar County medical examiner Dr. Ruben C. Santos, who acted as
a consultant to Guadalupe County in
performing autopsies on the bodies of
Pond and Ortega, said both men were
killed about January 26, 1976. He said
Pond had three gunshot wounds, including one in his head, but declined to say
which was fatal.
He found no evidence of powder
burns, smudges of gunpowder or stippling to indicate that Pond was shot at
close range. He told Zimmerman that
the wound to Pond's thigh was probably
not immediately fatal, but was "definitely a contributing wound" to Pond's
death.
Ballistics testimony was given by John
Beene, a Department of Public Safety
chemist from Houston, who examined
the .223 cartridge casings found on the
Heim estate.
He described two of the shells as
"military" in origin, but said tests available could not determine whether they
were fired from the same gun.
A Remington shell found by Ranger
Weathers in a different location than the
other three did not come from the same
box of ammunition, he said. He attributed time and exposure to the elements
as being responsible for eliminating the
signature on three of the shells.
Responding to Haynes' questions,
Beene said at least five weapons could
fire a .223 round, and that a number of
manufacturers made rounds of that size.
All of the shells could have been fired
by an AR-18 rifle, however, dents in
one of the shells would not have been
caused by its firing.
The jury was retired again when Walter
Ford, a Heim employee at the time of the
shooting, was called to the stand. Ford
invoked the Fifth Amendment concerning any connection with testimony in
the case.
Most of Casaver's testimony was ruled
hearsay, and was not allowed.
The final witness called by the prosecution was Ronald Kalish, manager of
a Houston retail clothing store in 1976.
He said he had met Pond a year earlier
and associated with him socially. Pond
put up collateral for a retail clothing
business which Kalish was to manage,
he said.
Although he admitted knowing of
allegations that Pond was involved
in marijuana, Kalish said he was not
involved in any alleged drug traffic.
Telling the court that Pond was
"always in danger," Kalish mentioned
a reported break-in at the apartment of
Pond's girlfriend, as well as an alleged
shooting incident in which Pond's car
was supposedly hit by gunfire.
Judge Gayle sustained a defense
motion to dismiss two of the three
counts in the Heims' indictment for
lack of evidence. These were a count
of criminal conspiracy to commit murder and criminal solicitation to commit
murder, leaving the jury to consider
only the charge of Pond's murder.
Haynes and Zimmerman complained
at length about their supposed difficulty
in reaching Spruill, but were unsuccessful in their motion to dismiss the murder
charge against the Heims. They called
no defense witnesses.
Judge Gayle's charge to the jury noted
that the case against Edward Heim
appeared to be largely circumstantial,
and cautioned that jurors should have a
"reasonable and moral certainty" before
returning a guilty verdict against him.
The case against each defendant should
be considered on a separate basis, he
said.
He also instructed the jury about
accomplice testimony given by Spruill,
saying they could not convict either
defendant on his testimony without corroboration from another person.
In final arguments, Mapel said a key
question for jurors was whether Brown
was considered an accomplice, but
pointed out that Brown's only act was
to follow Spruill in a separate vehicle
and bring him back to Angleton after
Pond's Cadillac was abandoned.
Echevarria pointed out that Brown
did not personally know Pond and had
no motive to kill him.
Zimmerman asked the jury to screen
evidence through the filters of reasonable doubt and circumstantial evidence,
reiterating that to find Edward Heim
guilty, they must have "reasonable and
moral certainty" that he was involved.
Zimmerman added that if they could
think of one reasonable explanation
consistent with Edward Heim's innocence, they must acquit him.
Haynes covered much of the same
ground, noting that Brown's status as an
accomplice was a critical factor. He said
both Spruill and Brown had lied and
"are victims of their own acts and their
own lies."
Mapel concluded for the prosecution, saying witnesses' memory might
be at fault after the extended period
since Pond's death. He also attempted to
answer questions raised by the defense
concerning various witnesses' testimony.
After just five hours of deliberation
the jury signaled it had reached a verdict, voting to acquit both Edward and
Charles Heim. The men's relatives and
friends in the courtroom were heard to
breathe sighs of relief on hearing the
verdict.
Both of the Heims said they planned
to remain in Brazoria County. Charles
said he was "speechless," but added that
there was "only one judge and He's the
one above."
Edward, who said he felt as though "this
whole courthouse has been lifted from my
shoulders," expressed the hope that his
reputation would remain unsullied.
He said all long-time residents of
Brazoria County "know me and know
that I am a good citizen. I've never been
in trouble in my life."
James Kelly is an investigative reporter and
regular contributor to The Police News.
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Alvin, Tx 77511
Indecency with child by contact
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Galveston, TX 77551
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On Friday, October 15, 2004 at 9:35 in
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provide a funeral escort. He was riding a
fully marked police motorcycle.
As he traveled he overtook a truck pulling a trailer. Deputy Zamaripa noticed
the vehicle was being driven with the
right wheels at the edge of the roadway.
He approached cautiously, observing no
brake lights or turn signals; he began to
pass the truck and trailer on the left.
The truck and trailer swerved off the
road to the right and made a left turn into
a private driveway. Deputy Zamaripa
maneuvered to the left in an attempt to
avoid a collision with the truck and trailer. He ran out of space and was forced to
lay his motorcycle down and attempted
to jump clear but his motorcycle crashed
into the rear of the truck.
The injured deputy tried to use his radio
to notify his dispatcher but his radio was
damaged. Dispatchers were able to pick
up enough of the message to know he
was in distress but could not understand
the details or location of the wreck.
An unidentified Good Samaritan came
to the aid of Zamaripa. He located the
deputy's cell phone and he was able to
provide details of the situation.
Deputy Zamaripa was taken by helicopter to a trauma center where he was
treated for skeletal and muscular injuries
to his neck and back. The attending physician reported that Deputy Zamaripa
was protected by his body armor from
life-threatening injuries.
After recovering from his injuries
Deputy Zamaripa resumed his duties.
The crash was investigated by the
Texas Department of Public Safety. The
trooper cited the truck operator for making an improper turn resulting in an injury crash.
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The Police News - Page Horse’n Around on the Beaches Veteran Galveston County Lawman Retires
Beach goers on
Galveston Island
may see a new
kind of beach
patrol this summer. Recently
patrolling the
beach at Jamaica Beach were
these members
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Telena Desormeaux (ThePoliceNews.net)
When Driving Drunk, Watch Out
For Garbage Trucks
Forty-three year old Kearston Schroeder was aiming her pickup through
Santa Fe during 5 o’clock afternoon
traffic when she side-swiped a sanitation worker riding on the back of a garbage truck.
Her rearview mirror knocked the
worker off his truck smashing the mirror through the window of the pickup.
The worker was treated for minor injuries. She was treated to dinner in the
city jail, no cocktails.
Kearston Schroeder
Megan Brooke Long, 23
and beau Justin Chase
Abels, 24, were passing
through Webster from
Louisiana a few minutes
after midnight with 430
Vicodin, Clonzepam and
Suboxone pills and some
weed when along came a
Webster cop. Long tried
to hide it real quick by
stuffing it in her britches.
Megan Brooke Long
Justin Chase Abels
The cop figured out she
wasn’t scratching an itch and off to jail they went. (ThePoliceNews.net)
Steal From Mama, Stay In Jail, Says Judge
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GALVESTON - Veteran Galveston
County lawman Donny Allen, one of
two Chief Deputies under Sheriff Freddie Poor, announced his retirement in
March.
A life-long resident of Galveston County, Allen started his career with the
Sheriff’s Office as a reserve deputy in
May, 1980, moving into full-time service in 1982. After a short stint working in Patrol, he moved into the Bailiff
and Court Security Division, an area he
worked and excelled in until his promotion to Chief Deputy in 2009.
“Donny has long been an important
part of the Sheriff’s Office, and we’ll
certainly miss having him around every
day,” said Poor.
Allen, noted for his deep involvement
in the community he served, chose re-
Mary Armstead
Edwin Garrott Armstead
Donny Allen
tirement to spend more time with his
family. He will remain with the Sheriff’s
Office as a reserve deputy.
(ThePoliceNews.net)
I Can Fly, I
Can Fly! Oops!
Everytime the cops come for 27-year
old Joe Thornburg, and they often do,
he runs, or jumps or dives. Once he
jumped into Clear Creek to get away but
most recently when Friendswood Police
tracked him to an apartment in Pearland,
Joe dove from a second story window
onto the concrete parking lot below. After a few repairs from the hard landing,
he landed in the county jail. No bond.
(ThePoliceNews.net)
The old “Stuff It In Your Britches”
trick didn’t work
Edwin Garrott Armstead, 50,
and his wife Mary Armstead, 36,
sit in the Galveston County Jail
after being indicted for stealing
$1.5 million from his mother.
They spent the money on a trip
to Hawaii, new cars, land, and
generally high-rolling. Their
request for a bail reduction was
denied by State District Judge
Susan Criss.(ThePoliceNews.Net)
From Reserve Deputy to Chief Deputy
Joe Thornburg
Amanda Hall, 27, of Houston,
was jailed in Galveston County
Jail in lieu of bonds totaling
$291,586 and Eric Ramirez,
31, of Crosby, on bonds totaling $310,000 charged with robbery after they pulled a knife on
a man and took his prescription
pills. Hall was also wanted by
Baytown Police and Ramirez
was wanted in Harris County.
(ThePoliceNews.net)
(ThePoliceNews.net)
Rx For Arrest
Amanda Hall
Eric Ramirez
How to Get a Crook Off The Roof
Call the dogs and helicopters
Webster police detectives doing covert surveillance
along the IH-45 corridor spotted ex-convict Gustavo
Guadalupe Aybar, 24, burglarizing a truck.
Aybar spotted police, a chase ensued, Aybar crashed
his car and fled on foot to the roof of a nearby building.
Police with dog’s and helicopters brought him down
and locked him up.
His ex-convict status will probably be changed back
to ‘convict.’ (ThePoliceNews.net)
Gustavo Guadalupe Aybar
37 Years...Cont. from pg 1
and the freedom that would accompany
it. As she left that morning, her mother
reminded her to call home after school
to let her know what time to pick her up
after class.
The call never came.
When Kim failed to call or arrive
home, her parents, Elmer and Carol
Pitchford, began a frantic search for
their daughter. This was out of the
ordinary as Kimberly always let them
know her whereabouts or ask permission before changing plans.
After speaking with Kim's friends,
the Pitchford's retraced their daughter's
steps that Wednesday. She boarded a
bus to school, attended morning classes
and had lunch with her best friend,
Karen Fram. Karen said she loaned
Kim money for lunch and that she was
upset over her boyfriend being in jail.
Her parents were not aware she had a
boyfriend. During 6th period class, it
was reported that Kimberly was visibly
upset and several boys were teasing her
about crying.
When the final bell rang, Kim was
required to report to detention by 3:45
p.m. for being tardy to a class. After
detention at 4:30 she crossed the street
to the Stop N Go convenience store then
returned to Dobie by 5 o'clock to begin
her driving class. The class ended at six
and the next group of students began
arriving for the class. They were questioned but none recalled seeing which
way Kim may have gone.
After an exhaustive search that day
with no results, Elmer Pitchford notified
authorities that his daughter was missing. The Harris County Sheriff's Office
dispatched Deputy W. L. Norman to the
Pitchford residence. A missing person's
report was filed that evening and an
investigation was initiated.
Earlier that day, two boys driving home
from hunting, noticed what appeared to
be a coat caught on the fence next to
a wooden bridge on County Road 65
in Brazoria County. The oldest boy
remembered seeing it the day before
and decided to stop for a closer look.
The coat was out of reach and as they
walked back to their truck they made
the ghastly discovery of the scantly
clad body of a young woman, lying face
down in the bayou below.
Horrified, the boys raced home to
alert their father of the discovery. He
returned to the bridge with the boys
and used a long branch to touch the
mannequin-like body to determine if it
was human. It was, in fact, a real body
being held against the bridge piling by
the force of water’s current. The family
drove to the nearest home and called the
Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office.
In 1973, Sheriff Robert (Bob) Gladney
did not have the advantage of modern
day CSI technology, but no murder
investigation moved more swiftly than
the one he lead on that Friday afternoon.
The skill and expertise by his investigators would make CSI-Miami's Lt.
Horatio Caine look like a rookie.
Deputy David Banta arrived at the scene
shortly after noon, secured the area and
called for investigators. Minutes later,
detectives converged on the scene along
with Justice of the Peace, A.L. Lee.
Identification Deputy Sam Chamberlin
assisted Chief ID Deputy T.O. Bock
photographing the body in 35mm black
and white film while the body was still
in the water.
Bock found some articles in the clothing that helped make positive identification. Judge Lee met with Sheriff
Gladney and ordered the body removed
from the water. “After close examination of the body I pronounced her dead.
She was dressed in a blue and red dress
and a white bra. She had two small band
rings on her left hand and one on her
right hand. We checked the two pockets
on her dress and found a receipt where
she had made an application for a driver’s license on the 2nd day of January
1973, and a small box containing lip
rouge and a ball point pen. She also had
a small gold cross on a chain around her
neck,” said Judge Lee. He then ordered
the body removed to Ben Taub Hospital
in Houston for an autopsy. Lancaster
Funeral Home of Angleton transported
Kim’s body from the scene with a brief
stop at the mortuary.
Deputy Bock went to the mortuary and took several more photographs
then went to the Sheriff’s Office photo
lab where he processed the film. The
photographs were given to Investigator
B.R. Sanders to aid in his investigation.
Sanders said “At the conclusion of the
autopsy, Dr. Shelton Green advised the
deputies that preliminary examination
revealed everything to be consistent
with death by strangulation. It also
concluded that a small, possibly a three
strand rope, had been used and that it
did not completely encircle the victim’s
neck.
Investigators had the crime scene photos and autopsy results before meeting
with the Pitchfords that evening. An
astonishing accomplishment, considering it was 1973.
Within hours of filing a missing person report with local law enforcement in
Harris County, the family of Kimberly
Pitchford heard a knock at their Houston
residence on Wynlea Street. Sheriff
Gladney, Investigators Sanders, and
Bock of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s
Office were at the door of their home
bearing news that all parents dread to
hear. Their daughter’s body had been
recovered from a drainage ditch and she
had been strangled to death, murdered.
Mrs. Pitchford became hysterical over
the devastating news, but soon collected
herself with the support of her husband
to tell the officers the details they had
learned leading up to their daughter’s
disappearance.
Shaken and through bitter tears Carol
Pitchford described Kim as an average
student at Dobie that was excited about
getting her driver’s license and gaining
more independence. Each school break
she always got a job at a store in Almeda
Mall to earn her own spending money.
She’d gotten a new stereo and clothes
for Christmas, enjoyed going to the
Skate Ranch, shopping with friends at
the mall and things overall were going
her way. Even though she was beginning to buck them on rules she always
informed them of her whereabouts. She
had two close wonderful friends, Karen
Fram and Jane Hathorne who helped
them search for Kim and went with
the Harris County Deputy checking
out their favorite hangouts like the
Olympic Jump Center across the street
from Almeda Mall to see if anyone had
seen her. They couldn’t imagine a single
person that would want to harm their
daughter. None of this made sense.
The dispatcher notified Deputy Norman
to return to the Pitchford home where he
was updated on the latest developments
by Sheriff Gladney. The investigators
of both counties compared notes and
decided to split into teams to conduct
interviews with Kim’s family members,
friends, classmates and teachers. Her
boyfriend had been in jail for a minor
offense since January 1st and could
add little to the investigation other than
names of local thugs and drug dealers.
The driving instructor, Arthur Clark,
noticed a VW parked in the school’s
parking lot that he didn’t recognize, but
didn’t see where Kim went after she got
out of the car. Family members of the
other students reported seeing someone fitting Kim’s description walking
towards the adjacent school parking
lot but were uncertain if she got into
someone’s car or continued walking. It
was as if she vanished into thin air.
The detectives scoured over area crime
reports searching for any similar attacks
on young ladies and found nothing of
significance. However, Alison Craven,
a 12 year old girl that lived a mile
away had gone missing on November
9, 1971. By February of 1972, some
of her skeletal remains were found in
a field near her home and the missing
bones were found later that month in a
field two miles away in Pearland, TX.
This appeared to be an isolated case as
24-year old William Doyle Shuflin, Jr.
had been convicted of her murder. Yet
the body of another Pasadena ISD student, Mildred Knighten, 15, was found
stabbed to death at a construction site
in Pasadena, Texas. Were there three
different killers stalking young girls in
the same area?
One caller reported a suspicious man
in a 68/69 green Corvette at Stuchbery
Elementary (near Dobie) on January
20, 1973. The same color and type of
car Dean Corll bought for one of his
accomplices, David Brooks. We may
never truly know the depths of this
evil clan that were responsible for the
murder and mutilation of 27 boys and
young men over a 3-year span that came
to light in August of ‘73. Corll’s accomplices, Elmer Wayne Henley, Jr. and
David Owen Brooks were both actively
dating young ladies.
Robert Abel, League City Police
Department’s prime suspect for the
unsolved “killing field” murders that
occurred between 1983 and 1991 also
lived within one minute of Dobie in
1973 and two blocks from the Craven’s
residence. Abel owned several properties in the area from the late sixties
to 1979. The Pitchford family heard
rumors that convicted Tennessee serial
killer Paul Reid had attended Dobie.
He did, but long after Kimberly’s disappearance.
For months investigators ran down
every lead received from other law
enforcement agencies as far away as
Dallas along with tips generated by the
Houston Post’s PUBLIC PROTECTOR
that offered a reward, but like clouds in
Carly Simon’s coffee nothing was clear
except that a young lady was senselessly murdered.
Although Mrs. Pitchford has since
passed away, her family still maintains total confidence that the Brazoria
County Sheriff’s Office, the oldest law
enforcement agency in Texas, will solve
their daughter’s case.
Kimberly would have celebrated her
54th birthday April 9th of this year and
would likely be looking forward to seeing her high school classmates in June
for their 35th class reunion. Instead
there will be an empty chair at both
tables.
Readers who may have any information that could help investigators
solve this case and help bring closure
to Kimberly’s family, please contact
the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office at
(979) 849-2441.
Barbara Gibson is a former administrator for a national missing person's
organization, having been involved in
over 100 cases. She is an independent
investigative reporter, focusing on cold
cases. E-mail her at bgibson@thepolicenews.net.
Debera Phinney is a true crime buff and
assists Gibson with research and investigations of cases.
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AUSTIN - Gov. Rick
the institute to develop poliPerry recently reapcies to prevent the victimpointed Galveston Poization of society by crime.
lice Lt. Henry Porretto to
Porretto is a Commander
the Crime Victims’ Instiin the Operations Bureau
tute Advisory Council.
of the Galveston Police
The council advises the
Department. He received
Crime Victims’ Institute
both a bachelor’s degree
regarding the compilaand a master’s degree from
tion and study of inforMountain State University.
mation on the impact of
Porretto is reappointed for a
Lt. Henry Porretto
crime to victims, relaterm to expire Jan. 31, 2012.
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dedication to the Island, her will to help others.
She stepped forward to lead the recovery committee
Betty Massey
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future, and she is working tirelessly to see that plan through. Though all had
different points of view, she inspired them to meet in an atmosphere of mutual
respect and focus on what’s really important for the Island. She discovered the
great untapped wealth of volunteer talent in Galveston, and she will tap into
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Scheduled Execution: April 22, 2010
William Josef Berkley
White man born January 16, 1979
Education Level: 10th Grade
Occupation: Laborer
Native of: Schwavish Hall, Germany
On March 10, 2000, during the night
time hours,
Berkley attacked
and
kidnapped
18 year old
Sophia Martinez in El
Paso, Texas.
He took her
to a deserted
Michael Adam Sigala
area where he
raped, robbed
and shot her five times in her head with
a 25 caliber pistol. Two days later, the
body of the Burges High School senior
was found in Northeast El Paso.
A jury of seven women and five men
convicted him of capital murder and
sentenced him to death after an eightday trial in 2002.
Scheduled Execution: April 27, 2010
Samuel Bustamante
Hispanic born December 11, 1969
Education Level: 10th Grade
Occupation: Laborer
Native of Wharton County, Texas
In 2001, Samuel Bustamante was convicted of the
Jan. 18, 1998
fatal stabbing
of 27-yearold Rafael
Alvarado of
Richmond
and
sentenced to die
by lethal injection.
Bustamante
Samuel Bustamante
and
three
other men drove from El Campo to
Rosenberg where they picked up Alvarado near a bar shortly after it closed
at 2 a.m.
In the back of a pickup, Bustamante
stabbed Alvarado 10 times before he fell
from the vehicle. His body was found
the next morning in a ditch.
“Alvarado tried to escape, but Bustamante and an accomplice, Walter Escamilla, tried to pull him back in, but
Alvarado managed to break free and
fall to the ground. Escamilla yelled at
the driver of the truck to stop, ‘ but by
the time he did, appellant and the others were unable to see Alvarado because
of the darkness,’” the Herald reported.
“Bustamante said he wanted the victim’s boots, but after the men walked
around the area for several minutes
without finding the victim, Bustamante
decided that they should leave. Another
accomplice, Dedrick Depriest, said that,
had they found the victim, they probably would have robbed him.”
When Alvarado’s body was found, his
jewelry, money and wallet were undisturbed.
On April 20, 2001, authorities took
Bustamante from death row to the Wharton County where he pleaded guilty to
the Feb. 13, 1998 murder of a 60-yearold homeless man outside of El Campo.
329th District Court Judge Daniel Sklar
sentenced him to 40 years in prison, to
be served in concurrently with the death
sentence.
Bustamante and his brother, Bill both
confessed to the murder of Lloyd Harold
Turner because they wanted to “work
out some aggravation.”
Having already killed a pregnant dog
earlier that night, the two stopped for
hamburgers and fries before driving to
the U.S. 59 overpass south of El Campo
where the homeless man was living.
Bill Bustamante had taken the man
food and other items in the months before the attack.
That night Samuel Bustamante stabbed
him 10 to 20 times with a knife, then his
brother hit him with a baseball bat.
They left the loose change in the man’s
pockets after the killing.
Bill Bustamante pleaded guilty to the
Wharton County killing in October of
1998 and is currently serving a 40-year
prison sentence.
Dedrick Depriest, 23, and Arthur Escamilla, 32, both pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and received eight-year
sentences in 2001.
Prior criminal history:
North Carolina Department of Corrections on a one year sentence for Forgery, confined 6 months, released on parole; #503412 on a 5 year sentence from
Wharton County for one count of Burglary of a Building, released on parole
to Dallas County; returned from parole
with a four year sentence for one count
of possession of a prohibited weapon,
released on parole on 2/16/1991.
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Family Violence. We apologize for this
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