CONROE, Texas — Authorities in southeast Texas say a 75-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, man has been arrested on a murder warrant in a nearly four-decade-old case. Montgomery County Sheriff’s Lt. Scott Spencer said Thursday that Thomas Elvin Darnell was arrested Monday in the 3300 block of No. 57th Street in KCK. click here to view...
CONROE, Texas — After exactly 38 years since a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy found a Houston woman’s body in the woods, officials said they have their man. Police said 75-year-old Thomas Elvin Darnell of Kansas City, Kan. has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the death of Laura Marie Purchase, who...
THE WOODLANDS, TX — At 8:30pm this evening The Woodlands Fire Department Engine 101 was dispatched to a fire alarm at The Woodlands Resort laundry facility. On arrival Engine 101 reported smoke coming from the laundry building and requested a full structure response. Firefighters made entry and located a fire involving several laundry carts full...
An arrest has been made in the cold case murder of a Texas woman who was found dead nearly four decades ago in Montgomery County, authorities said. The accused killer, Thomas Elvin Darnell, 75, was arrested at his home in Kansas City, Kansas, last week. He was charged with murder in the death of Laura...
Just before 9:05 a.m. Monday morning a man walked into the Post Oak Bank at West Davis and Interstate 45. The white male jumped the counter and pulled a knife on the tellers demanding money. After taking the money he jumped back over the counter and left out the front door. The robber failed to...
On March 17, 1983, at about 3:00 am, a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was on patrol in the 4000 block of IH-45 near League Line Road when he observed a fire burning in a wooded area to the east of his location. While investigating, the Deputy discovered the body of a white female that...
A 75-year-old Kansas man is in jail after his DNA traced him to a 1983 Montgomery County cold case murder that a serial killer had been convicted of in 1986. Thomas Elvin Darnell is charged with capital murder in the death of Laurie Marie Purchase, a missing woman from Houston, according to the Montgomery County...
MONTGOMERY, Texas – Deputies in Montgomery County have finally closed the books on a murder case dated almost 40 years ago. According to the Sheriff’s Office, in March 1983 around 3 a.m., a patrol officer came across a fire burning in the woods in the 4500 block of IH-45 near League Line Rd. A closer...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX — On March 17, 1983, at about 3:00 am, a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was on patrol in the 4000 block of IH-45 near League Line Road when he observed a fire burning in a wooded area to the east of his location. While investigating, the Deputy discovered the body of...
A 75-year-old Kansas man is in jail after his DNA traced him to a 1983 Montgomery County cold case murder that a serial killer had been convicted of in 1986. Thomas Elvin Darnell is charged with capital murder in the death of Laurie Marie Purchase, a missing woman from Houston, according to the Montgomery County...