Post by Scumhunter on Nov 5, 2019 0:21:56 GMT -5
(Above: James and Michelle Butler. Photo Credits: cbsnews.com)
(Above: Surveillance video of male and female persons of interest, seen in the Butlers' vehicle crossing U.S.-Mexico border. Photo Credits: usatoday.com via Kleburg County Sheriff's Office)
From USA Today (usatoday.com):
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two persons of interest have been identified in the killings of James and Michelle Butler, a New Hampshire couple whose bodies were found buried on a Texas beach.
Kleberg County Sheriff's Office officials said at a Monday news conference that they continue to investigate the homicides and are still reviewing evidence.
The Butlers' silver 2018 Chevrolet 2500 four-door pickup with New Hampshire license plates was last seen crossing the border into Mexico, Lt. David Mendoza said.
A photo released by authorities show a man in the driver's seat with gauged ears and tattoos and a woman in the passenger seat, who appears to have a tattoo on her left arm.
It is unknown if more people were in the back of the vehicle.
Authorities said the couple was last seen Oct. 15 at Padre Balli County Park on the coast of Texas, which they left that day.
Mendoza said authorities saw a Facebook post from Michelle Butler on Oct. 15 saying they had just arrived at their "new home" on the beach for a few weeks before heading out to Florida, Mendoza said.
The Butlers set up their truck and RV on Padre Island in Kleberg County later that day.
The couple was reported missing by family members the next day on Oct. 16.
A Kleberg County deputy found their bodies on Oct. 27 buried in a shallow grave on Padre Island.
The Butlers' cause of deaths are not being released, Mendoza said.
Texas Department of Public Safety , U.S. Border Patrol and park rangers are among the agencies aiding in the investigation, Kleberg County District Attorney John Hubert said.
"At this point we just don't have enough evidence to show that they are even our suspects in the murder," Hubert said. "At this point they're just people we want to identify and talk to."
It is unknown how the persons of interest came into contact with the couple, but Hubert believes they may be from the area.
A motive for the killings is also unknown.
Have a tip? Call the Kleberg County Sheriff's Office at 361-595-8500, ext. 1238 or email jgarza2@klebergcoso.org
www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/04/new-hampshire-couple-james-michelle-butler-dead-persons-interest-identified/4156772002/
Thoughts? I am placing this case in the Unsolved on TV section because this brutal and senseless double homicide is now a national news story on CNN, CBS News, etc....
Should any suspects be identified, I will lock this thread and make it a Fugitives on TV thread, but hopefully there will be arrests before that is necessary.
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