{"id":4349,"date":"2026-06-12T19:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:31:07","slug":"league-city-crews-search-for-reported-body-tied-to-texas-killing-fields-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4349","title":{"rendered":"League City crews search for reported body tied to &#8216;Texas Killing Fields&#8217; murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>LEAGUE CITY, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>Police and search crews are at a scene in League City in connection to the &#8220;Texas Killing Fields&#8221; cases.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4345\">Federal judge blocks Paxton\u2019s lawsuit against Democratic fundraising platform<\/a><\/p> <h2>\u2018Texas Killing Fields\u2019: League City search scene<\/h2> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Texas EquuSearch members, League City Police, and other police agencies are searching near Magnolia Creek Baptist Church on Calder Drive.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>EquuSearch founder Tim Miller tells FOX 26 that the latest arrestee in these cases, James Dolphs Elmore Jr., claimed there was a body at the scene. Miller says, &#8220;So far, everything [Elmore&#8217;s] said became true.&#8221;<\/p> <!-- --><p>Elmore allegedly brought Miller to that same location multiple times in the last few years before he was arrested.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Featured\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Authorities search Bacliff home of 'Texas Killing Fields' suspect James Dolphs Elmore Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-4347\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84acfe574a386405a699f222ee9d2d3f-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84acfe574a386405a699f222ee9d2d3f-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84acfe574a386405a699f222ee9d2d3f-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/84acfe574a386405a699f222ee9d2d3f.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Authorities search Bacliff home of 'Texas Killing Fields' suspect James Dolphs Elmore Jr.\" class=\"wp-image-4348\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/562f6f939fa77fb0e915f4b956cd5294.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/562f6f939fa77fb0e915f4b956cd5294.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/562f6f939fa77fb0e915f4b956cd5294-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Authorities search Bacliff home of &#8216;Texas Killing Fields&#8217; suspect James Dolphs Elmore Jr.<\/h3> <p>Authorities searched the Bacliff home of James Dolphs Elmore Jr. on Thursday morning. He is charged in connection to the deaths of two &#8220;Texas Killing Fields&#8221; victims.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Miller did not state which victim they&#8217;re searching for in order not to jeopardize the investigation.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4342\">Pulse Nightclub shooting 10 years later: What happened, victims, Orlando memorial<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><h2>\u2018Texas Killing Fields\u2019<\/h2> <!-- --><p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The &#8220;Texas Killing Fields&#8221; refers to a stretch of the I-45 corridor between the southeast side of Houston and Galveston where the bodies of at least 30 women have been recovered over the decades.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>They are not all linked to one killer.\u00a0<\/p> <!-- --><p>The Galveston County District Attorney\u2019s Office says they are making a renewed effort, along with local enforcement, to bring justice to the murderers responsible for the women\u2019s deaths.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --><p>Latest arrest:<\/p> <!-- --><p>The district attorney&#8217;s office announced Elmore&#8217;s indictment in April 2026, about four decades after the &#8220;Killing Fields&#8221; murders.<\/p> <!-- --><p>He was indicted for tampering with evidence and manslaughter for the deaths of 30-year-old Audrey Lee Cook and 16-year-old Laura Miller, the daughter of the Texas EquuSearch founder.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Between 1984 and 1991, the bodies of Cook, Miller, Heidi Fye and Donna Gonsoulin Prudhomme were discovered in a Leage City field near Calder Road.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=4339\">22 treated for heat-related illness on 1st day of FIFA Fan Festival in Houston<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p><strong>More details on latest \u2018Killing Fields\u2019 indictement.<\/strong><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller tells FOX 26 that the latest arrestee in these cases claimed there was a body at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,44,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-league-city","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>League City crews search for reported body tied to &#039;Texas Killing Fields&#039; 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