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DNA evidence helps indict Texas man charged in 1996 cold case murder, DPS says
David Paul Cady Jr. has been formally charged in a 1996 cold case murder. DNA evidence has tied him to the death of Mary Moore Searight 30 years ago.
Texas DPS Crime Lab solves 1996 cold case
TEXAS (KAUZ) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has identified the man investigators believe is responsible for the decades-old cold case murder of 86-year-old Mary Moore Searight. Nearly 30 years after Searight’s death, 54-year-old David Paul Cady Jr. was indicted by a Lamar County Jury in December 2024.
Texas cold case murder solved nearly 30 years later by DPS Crime Laboratory
David Paul Cady Jr., 54, was indicted for killing Mary Moore Searight, 86, in Paris, Texas — about two hours northeast of Dallas — according to a news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Laboratory Division. Nearly 30 years after Searight’s death, Cady was indicted by a Lamar County grand jury on Dec. 12, 2024.
Texas DPS increases reward to find murderer in cold case
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DPS crime laboratory cracks 1996 cold case murder
Using modern evidence testing, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Crime Laboratory Division has now identified the man investigators believe is responsible for the decades-old cold case murder of 86-year-old Mary Moore Searight in Paris,
Gov. Greg Abbott deploys Texas DPS troopers, special agents to assist HSI target and remove illegal immigrants
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LIST: Texas DPS driver license offices, TxDMV offices closed in Texas due to weather
Texas was hit with winter weather in the central and southeastern portions of the state, which has caused numerous Texas ...
Texas DPS following up on lead in missing woman's case in Midland
Possible development in the 2018 missing person's case of Caitlin Denison was being followed up on Wednesday morning.
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18-wheeler driver dies after crash and chemical spill on FM-1725 in San Jacinto Co., Texas DPS says
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Texas DPS busts gang-linked operation in El Paso, seizes guns and drugs in sting
Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety made gang-related arrests for weapons and drugs in El Paso last Friday.
Texas DPS identifies suspect involved in wrong-way crash that claimed life of Navasota police officer Mark Butler
The driver of the Jeep involved in a wrong-way crash that killed Navasota Police Department’s Sergeant Mark Butler last ...
DNA testing leads to arrest in 1996 murder of 86-year-old Central Texas woman
Modern DNA testing led to an arrest of David Paul Cady Jr. in connection with the 1996 murder of Mary Moore Searight, the ...