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TIMELINE (Updated 11:00 p.m. 08/28/2025)

1982

  • 1982, Rebecca Beard graduated from high school and married Darrell Beard. They have a daughter named Brittany.

1983

  • 1983: Linda and Carol (Rebecca’s mother and sister) move in with Leon and Shirley Buchanan. Leon runs Buchanan Oldsmobile and Jeep.

1984   

  1. About the entries in 1984 and 1985:  they are all real estate transactions except for March 20, 1985 (Taylor/DWI).  I do this in almost all projects because real estate deals can be revealing as to the personality and character of an individual. Skip them if they don’t interest you; you won’t miss anything critical.
  2. I’m not publishing the house numbers of the properties listed below at this  time for privacy reasons of those who live there now. I’ve listed them as 000 Riley Road and 0000 3rd Street (Where Rebecca was murdered.)
  • April 16, 1984: A Warranty Deed from Rick Brown’s father, Jack Brown, as Trustee of the property, to Paul Taylor transfers a portion of Lot 71 and 70 at 000 Riley.
  • April 16, 1984: A Deed of Trust is recorded for Paul Taylor to TDECU for $19,800 on the 000 Riley property.
  • April 17, 1984: A Warranty Deed from Rick Brown’s father, Jack Brown, as Trustee of the property, to Paul Taylor and Rick Brown transfers a portion of Lot 71 and 70 at 000 Riley. (This is the same property he transferred to Taylor alone on April 16, 1984, and TDECU gave Taylor a loan to purchase it. Rick Brown’s name isn’t on the loan, just on the property. This isn’t the normal way things are done.)

1985

  • February 6, 1985: Paul Taylor grants a mechanic’s lien to Robert Berry (contractor) for $25,000 in improvements at 000 Riley Road.
  • February 20, 1985: Paul Taylor grants a $25,000 Deed of Trust to First National Bank LJ for improvements on 000 Riley, and STILL no mention of Rick Brown on the title; Taylor is the only one responsible for the loan.
  • March 20, 1985: Paul Taylor receives his third DWI charge (his second felony DWI), and his probation will be revoked.
  • April 12, 1985: GC sells 0000 3rd St, Clute, TX to Paul Taylor. This was Paul Taylor’s home and the house in which Rebecca was killed.
  • April 12, 1985: Paul Taylor takes out a $15,500 lien from TDECU for the 0000 3rd St property.
  • April 15, 1985: Paul Taylor and Rick Brown sell 000 Riley to GC for a sum that includes Coldwater’s $42,300 loan from TDECU.
  • April 18, 1985: Paul Taylor pays off the $19,800 lien from 1984 on 000 Riley.
  • April 19, 1985: Paul Taylor pays off the $25,000 Deed of Trust to First National Bank LJ on 000 Riley.
  • 1985: GC moves out of 0000 3rd Street.

 

1986

  • January/February 1986: Rebecca Beard receives a speeding ticket while driving a company car without her license. Her grandfather, Leon, tells her she cannot drive a company car until her license is renewed.
  • February 14-15, 1986: Rebecca goes to Galveston with Tucker Black for her birthday. The trip turns out to be a “nightmare” where she is allegedly drugged or over-served and assaulted by Black and two of his friends. Misty W. was in Galveston. Rebecca returns “dark” and refuses to speak about Galveston or Tucker Black.
  • February 25, 1986: Rebecca Beard is driven to Houston by her mother and grandmother to volunteer as a host for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Executive Committee VIP Club.
  • February 28, 1986: Rebecca calls her mother, Linda, asking to be picked up early from Houston, skipping the last two rodeo performances. Carol picks her up in Brandon’s truck. Rebecca is in a “mood” on the way home. Carol last saw Rebecca around 3:00 p.m. Rebecca’s planner shows she was supposed to go to a George Strait concert with Tucker Black tonight, but he is not with her.
  • March 1, 1986: Rebecca’s new driver’s license arrives in the mail.
  • March 1, 1986 (9:30 p.m.): Rebecca is getting dressed to go out from her grandmother’s house in Freeport. Her mother tries to talk her out of it. Her friend, Aaron White, is going to give her a ride to the Excalibur Club as he is on call for work and cannot stay.
  • March 1, 1986 (Late Night) – March 2, 1986 (Early Morning): Rebecca is seen at the Excalibur Club in Freeport. Witnesses later contradicted whether she was alone or with Paul Taylor. New information suggests she was not with Paul Taylor. Around midnight, Rebecca calls Aaron White for a ride, but he is at work and cannot pick her up.
  • March 2, 1986 (12:30 a.m. – 1:00 a.m.): Mel S., a male dancer, observes Rebecca at Excalibur with a slim, clean-cut, 6’0” Hispanic male in a silver Z28. Meeting that description from the regulars at the Excalibur club is Antonio Grey, an off-duty police officer. The family received a tip that Rebecca had stopped with someone at a convenience store across the street to buy cigarettes and make a call.
  • March 2, 1986 (Early Morning): Rebecca is involved in a physical altercation with a girl named Marty at a Surfside after-party. Witnesses report sirens, everyone scattering, and Rebecca being thrown into the back of a car by Tucker Black after being “over-served.” She is then driven to a house on 3rd Street in Clute, where the murder is believed to have occurred. There are allegedly five people at the 3rd Street house when Rebecca is murdered. Richard Phillips, who lives two houses west of Paul Taylor’s house at 0000 3rd Street, hears a shot fired from the area behind his house.
  • March 2, 1986 (Around 3:00 a.m.): Linda Barnes wakes up, realizes Rebecca is not home, and locks the front door, expecting Rebecca to wake them to get in.
  • March 2, 1986 (Around 6:00 a.m.): Linda Barnes wakes up again; Rebecca is still not home.
  • March 2, 1986 (Early Morning): Jack Daniels pulls Paul Taylor’s car out of a ditch. Paul Taylor claims he was moving and loading stuff from the back door and becomes nervous when another car passes, thinking it’s the police.
  • March 2, 1986 (Around 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.): Richard Phillips (neighbor) sees Paul Taylor stuck in a ditch in front of his house and being pulled out by a wrecker (Jack Daniels). Paul Taylor is seen cleaning the inside of his car behind his house, claiming he’s selling it.
  • March 2, 1986 (Morning): Linda Barnes calls Aaron White, who confirms he dropped Rebecca off at Excalibur and went home.
  • March 2, 1986 (11:00 a.m.): Linda Barnes and Shirley Buchanan leave for a show in Houston but are too worried to stay. Linda continues to call home throughout the day.
  • March 2, 1986 (Evening): Linda Barnes calls friends and family, including Darrell Beard and Paul Lemke, but no one has heard from Rebecca. Linda calls the Freeport Police Department to report Rebecca missing, but they inform her they cannot take a report until she has been missing for 72 hours.
  • March 3, 1986 (Morning): Linda Barnes and Carol Mize create missing person flyers for Rebecca.
  • March 3, 1986 (Around 10:00 a.m.): An officer from Freeport PD visits Linda at her bridal shop, taking Rebecca’s information but reiterating that an official report can’t be filed until March 4th.
  • March 3, 1986 (Afternoon): Carol receives a strange phone call from a man identifying himself as “Dr. Stoner,” asking for Becky and saying she missed an appointment.
  • March 3, 1986 (Afternoon): Linda places flyers in Lake Jackson, while Carol and Gail (her mother-in-law) place them from Ernie’s Corner to Surfside. Linda has a vision of Becky deceased during a storm. Linda talks to a bartender at Excalibur, who saw Becky Saturday night but offers no further information.
  • March 4, 1986 (Second Period): Carol is pulled out of class by a Clute Police Officer. A classmate saw Becky at a party in Surfside in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 2. This information is reportedly left out of the police report and dismissed as mistaken identity.
  • March 4, 1986 (6:30 p.m.): Linda Barnes, Leon Buchanan, and Rebecca’s sister, Teresa, officially file a missing person’s report for Rebecca at the Freeport Police Department. Detective Larry Bullard allegedly dismisses the concern. Officer Gonzales enters Rebecca into the missing person database.
  • March 5, 1986: Rick Brown reportedly goes to Sheriff Joe King with keys to the 3rd Street house within 48 hours of Rebecca’s disappearance. (This is according to an anonymous letter sent to Leon Buchanan – coming up in August 1986).
  • March 7, 1986: Sheriff Joe King advises Chief Chas. Bankston that Paul Taylor needs to be looked at but does not provide details.
  • March 7, 1986: Freeport PD Detectives Gonzales and Bullard interview Paul Taylor at the 3rd Street house. They note people working on the floor and a bed frame outside. Paul Taylor denies knowing Rebecca, only “of her.”
  • March 7, 1986: Tucker Black calls the Freeport Police Department to ask if he can offer a $10,000 reward.
  • March 7, 1986: Hector Green, manager of Excalibur, states he saw Rebecca alone and did not see her leave.
  • March 12, 1986: Shirley Buchanan tells police Rebecca would not leave without checking in. Police verified Aaron White was at work the night Rebecca disappeared.
  • March 12, 1986: Rebecca’s missing person information (a paid advertisement – paid by the family) is published in the newspaper.
  • March 14, 1986: Paul Taylor is interviewed by Chief Bankston, but nothing is learned beyond Paul knowing Becky Beard.
  • Mid-March 1986: Misty W., a friend of Rebecca’s who was with her in Galveston, disappears shortly after Rebecca. Misty had visited Rebecca’s mother after police dusted Rebecca’s room for fingerprints, taking a leather jacket from the closet.
  • March 18, 1986: Police report indicates friends and family say Rebecca does not know anyone named Paul Taylor.
  • March 18, 1986: The Facts publishes a photo of Rebecca Beard; it’s the first time a picture has appeared as a news story.
  • March 18, 1986 (3rd shift) – March 19, 1986 (Early Morning): Sue Carolyn White, a clerk at the Diamond Mini Mart across from Excalibur, is stabbed to death. She may have seen Rebecca and who she was with the night she disappeared. Surveillance cameras at the store were reportedly not working.
  • March 21, 1986: An article about Sue Carolyn White’s death runs in the newspaper.
  • April 16, 1986: Hector Green’s statement to police changes. He now claims Paul Taylor bragged to another person, a customer in the bar, about killing Rebecca, accidentally shooting her after she screamed rape, and disposing of the body and mattress. Taylor later claimed he was joking.
  • May 5, 1986: Paul Taylor’s court date for his DWI leads to his probation being revoked, and he serves time in Brazoria County.
  • August 13, 1986: Leon Buchanan brings an anonymous letter to the Freeport Police Department, detailing how Paul Taylor allegedly confessed to killing Rebecca.
  • August 13, 1986: Paul Gayland Taylor Jr. is questioned by Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office investigators about Beard’s disappearance while in custody for a DWI arrest. He refuses to discuss it.
  • August 14, 1986: Paul Taylor escapes from the Brazoria County Jail while doing odd jobs in the courthouse law library.
  • Fall 1986: Rick Brown tells GC the story Paul Taylor told him. Garry later notices the carpet in the bedroom of 0000 3rd Street has been changed.
  • November 4, 1986: Foreclosure proceedings begin for 0000 3rd St, Clute, TX.

1987

  • January 3, 1987: Lake Jackson police receive a call from the assistant manager of the Ocean Club in Atlanta, Ga., reporting a man (Paul Gayland Taylor Jr.) bragging about escaping from a Brazoria County jail and being wanted for murder. Atlanta police arrest him.
  • January 8, 1987: Paul Taylor is returned to Brazoria County and charged with felony escape, but he refuses to discuss Beard’s disappearance.
  • November 7, 1987: Paul Taylor mistakenly gives Rick Brown his interest in the 000 Riley property, which had already been sold to GC in 1985.
  • December 22, 1987: Paul Taylor is arrested for drug paraphernalia and fined.

1988

  • August 6, 1988: Paul Taylor is arrested for felony DWI and impersonating a police officer, receiving concurrent 4-year confinement sentences for each.
  • September 7, 1988: Paul Taylor is arrested outside an Angleton liquor store for impersonating a peace officer. He later receives a four-year jail sentence for the charge.

1989-1990

  • Late 1989 or Early 1990: Paul Gayland Taylor reportedly visits what authorities now believe is Beard’s burial site, a rice canal bank near Angleton, and is met by a drainage district work crew. Rebecca’s family believes he may have been looking to retrieve evidence.

1990

  • July 28, 1990: Paul Taylor receives a felony DWI charge, leading to a 35-year concurrent confinement sentence.
  • October 22, 1990: Paul Taylor receives another felony DWI charge, leading to another 35-year concurrent confinement sentence.

1991

  • 1991: Paul Taylor is serving 35 years for two Brazoria County DWI convictions

1993

  • March 26, 1993: A death certificate is issued for Rebecca Beard.
  • November 1993: Linda Barnes meets with Paul Taylor at the Brazoria County Jail (where he is in custody for DWI) in hopes of finding out about Rebecca Beard’s whereabouts. Barnes passes along photographs of Taylor’s father’s funeral as a gesture of kindness.

1994

  • February 1994: During renovation work at the Excalibur Club, workers find Rebecca Beard’s driver’s license underneath a disc jockey booth.
  • March 1994: A Brazoria County grand jury hears evidence on Paul Taylor on a murder charge in Rebecca Beard’s death.
  • June 9, 1994: Paul Taylor is indicted for Rebecca Beard’s murder (indictment remains sealed until his transfer).
  • June 21, 1994: Paul Taylor is returned to Brazoria County from a Huntsville state prison, serving a 35-year sentence for DWI.

1995

  • February 6, 1995: Jury selection for Paul Taylor’s murder trial begins in the 239th District Court in Angleton.
  • February 8, 1995: Paul Taylor enters a plea bargain agreement, pleading guilty to Rebecca’s murder and agreeing to show authorities where he buried her remains in exchange for a life sentence. He also pleads guilty to solicitation of capital murder for a plan to kill potential trial witnesses. Searchers, led by Taylor, comb a drainage canal bank near Angleton and find skeletal remains, but they are not confirmed as human or Rebecca’s.
  • February 8-12, 1995: Investigators, using trained dogs and earth-moving equipment, search a canal bank near Angleton for Rebecca’s remains.
  • February 9, 1995: Strange note in the court records about Larry Bullard providing positive identification of bones.
  • February 9, 1995 (9:00 a.m.): Prosecutors plan to announce whether the remains found the previous day are Rebecca’s or if the trial will proceed.
  • February 10, 1995: Authorities continue to search unsuccessfully for Rebecca’s body in a rice field after Taylor’s plea bargain.
  • February 15, 1995: The search for Rebecca’s body is suspended. Linda Barnes places a wreath and a yellow rose at the search site on what would have been Rebecca’s 31st birthday.
  • February 17, 1995: Prosecutors formally sign off on the plea agreement. Paul Taylor receives a life sentence for murder and 25 years (concurrent) for solicitation of capital murder.
  • February 26, 1995: An updated chronology of Rebecca Beard’s murder case is published in The Brazosport Facts.
  • March 4, 1995: A memorial service for Rebecca Beard is held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Freeport.

2002

  • April 19, 2002: Paul Taylor states in a recorded video mediation with Linda Barnes that there were things he could not mention in his written confession.

2021-2022

  • 2022: A credible person who worked on the case in the 1980s tells Rebecca’s family there is “way more to the story” and they should investigate. New information and police reports unseen by the family come to light.
  • March 2022: Paul Taylor leads the FBI to where he claims to have buried Rebecca.
  • May 2022 (Late May): Texas EquuSearch begins searching for Rebecca’s remains in Angleton, off FM 2004 toward Hitchcock, based on information from Paul Taylor.
  • June 6, 2022: Texas EquuSearch has been searching for 11 days. Carol Mize expresses hope for finding Rebecca.
  • June 16, 2022: The FBI shares “encouraging news” with the family, working on information from an informant during the recent search. They are verifying the informant’s credibility. The search for Rebecca’s remains at the Angleton site concludes.
  • September 17, 2022: Rebecca’s family requests Paul Taylor’s written statement, evidence box, and lie detection test results from March 2022, which have not been provided.
  • September 29, 2022: Question posed by FBB: If the murder happened in Clute, why wouldn’t Rick Brown call Clute PD? Why didn’t Sheriff Joe King pass the information to the Clute PD?
  • October 4, 2022: FBB notes that not one person interviewed by Freeport PD mentioned Paul Taylor’s name initially.
  • November 1, 2022: FBB posts about the disappearance of Misty W.
  • December 5, 2022: Paul Taylor is transferred to a prison of his choice by request after the June dig. The family seeks to deny his parole.
  • December 5, 2022: Team Becky (on Finding Becky Beard) posts about members of Rick Brown’s family attempting to silence them and denies Rick Brown’s request for a call.

2023

  • July 21, 2023: Court docket discrepancies regarding Paul Taylor’s time served and an unfulfilled plea agreement are noted by FBB.

2024

  • May 3, 2024: FBB posts about information left out of the police report, specifically a physical altercation between Rebecca and “Marty” and Rebecca being put into a car and taken to 3rd Street.

2025 –From the page “Finding Becky Beard” 

  • March 1, 2025: FBB posts about Rebecca getting ready to go out, Aaron White giving her a ride to Excalibur, and her new driver’s license.
  • March 2, 2025: FBB posts new information suggesting Rebecca left Excalibur with an off-duty Freeport Police officer in a gold/silver Z28, stopped at a convenience store, fought with “Marty” at a Surfside after-party, and was taken to the 3rd Street house in Clute.
  • April 24, 2025: FBB posts that Rebecca’s murder case is not closed, Paul Taylor’s conviction was without a body, weapon, or written confession, and he pleaded out on his third attempt. New information indicates her last known location was a Surfside house party, not Excalibur with Paul Taylor. Paul Taylor was not at the Surfside party, but Tucker Black was. The post also discusses Rebecca’s “dark” return from Galveston and mentions Tucker Black offered a reward knowing it wouldn’t be paid. Paul was not mentioned by anyone in the Excalibur club during the investigation.
  • June 22, 2025: FBB posts that there were “5 people at this house on third street in Clute the night that Becky was murdered. F-I-V-E-1-2-3-4-5!! Not just Paul Taylor!!”
  • June 29, 2025: FBB posts that Rebecca’s murder was more than a “bad drug deal between her and Paul Taylor (whom she didn’t know).”
  • July 30, 2025: (Update in a source) There is a dig underway.

Who is Who

  • Rebecca Jean “Becky” Beard: The 22-year-old woman whose disappearance and murder are the central focus. She was a mother to a 2-year-old daughter, Brittany, worked for her grandfather’s car dealership, and was described as “full of life.” She was last seen in Freeport, Texas, in March 1986.
  • Paul Gayland Taylor Jr.: The convicted killer of Rebecca Beard. He admitted in 1995 to killing her and hiding her body, agreeing to a life sentence in exchange for leading authorities to her remains. He was an early suspect, known for alcoholism and multiple DWI convictions. He escaped from jail in 1986 and was later arrested in Atlanta, GA, after bragging about being wanted for murder. He was also convicted of solicitation of capital murder for attempting to hire a hitman to kill witnesses. New information suggests he may not have acted alone, and there were contradictions in initial reports about his presence with Rebecca.
  • Carol Mize: Rebecca Beard’s younger sister. She is a primary family spokesperson, actively involved in the ongoing search for Rebecca’s remains and maintaining the “Finding Becky Beard” Facebook page. She was 18 when Rebecca disappeared.
  • Linda Barnes (also referred to as Linda Lemke): Rebecca Beard’s mother. She relentlessly searched for Rebecca, promising to find her. She met with Paul Taylor in jail in 1993 hoping for answers and pushed for his prosecution. She initially wanted a trial and was emotionally drained by the long process.
  • Brittany Beard Pipkin: Rebecca Beard’s daughter. She was 2 years old when her mother disappeared and 10 years old at the time of Paul Taylor’s sentencing.
  • Leon Buchanan: Rebecca Beard’s grandfather and Linda Barnes’s father. He was a retired bank executive and owned Buchanan Oldsmobile and Jeep, where Rebecca worked. He took the anonymous letter about Paul Taylor to the police.
  • Shirley Buchanan: Rebecca Beard’s grandmother and Linda Barnes’s mother. She owned Dingles’ Furniture. She believed Rebecca would not stay away without checking in.
  • Darrell Beard: Rebecca Beard’s estranged husband and Brittany’s father.
  • Aaron White: A friend of Rebecca’s who gave her a ride to the Excalibur Club the night she disappeared. He was on call for work and couldn’t stay or pick her up later that night. He refused a polygraph test.
  • Rick Brown: {Not his real name.} A friend or business associate of Paul Taylor. He reportedly co-owned property with Taylor and told Sheriff Joe King about Paul Taylor’s alleged confession to killing Rebecca. He gave Sheriff King a key to Taylor’s house. Police records revealed he wrote the anonymous letter blaming Paul Taylor.
  • Jimmy Brown: {Not his real name.} Rick Brown’s brother. He reportedly checked Paul Taylor’s residence and found the bed without a mattress and cotton on the floor. FBB suggests he “moved [Rebecca] twice.”
  • Sheriff Joe King: The Brazoria County Sheriff in 1986. He was reportedly told by Rick Brown about Paul Taylor’s confession and offered a key to Taylor’s house, but initially kept the conversation confidential. He was also reportedly friends with Paul Taylor’s grandmother, Velma Taylor.
  • CP: {Witness whose name isn’t important.} Present when Rick Brown discussed Paul Taylor’s alleged confession and confronted Taylor about it.
  • RP:{A neighbor and witness who made a statement; name is unimportant.} Lived near Paul Taylor on 3rd Street in Clute. He heard a shot on March 2, 1986, and later saw Paul Taylor stuck in a ditch and cleaning his car.
  • Jack Daniels: The wrecker driver who pulled Paul Taylor’s car out of a ditch on March 2, 1986. He noted strange behavior from Taylor.
  • GC: {Witness whose name isn’t important.} Owned 0000 3rd Street before Paul Taylor. He later noted that the bedroom carpet had been changed in Taylor’s house after Rebecca’s disappearance. He also bought property jointly owned by Taylor and Rick Brown.
  • Hector Green: {Not his real name.} Manager of Chevy’s Club and La Brisa (Excalibur Club). His statements to police about Rebecca and Paul Taylor changed over time, initially saying Rebecca was alone, then later claiming Taylor bragged about the murder to another person. Around 1993, he says he saw Paul with Rebecca that night.
  • Mel S.: A male dancer who was a regular at Excalibur. He claimed to have seen Rebecca leave the club with a tall, clean-cut Hispanic male in a silver Z28, a description that does not match Paul Taylor.
  • Antonio Grey: {Not his real name.} A local police officer and regular at the Excalibur Club. He matches Mel S.’s  description of the man Rebecca left the club with.
  • Sue Carolyn White: A clerk at the Diamond Mini Mart across from the Excalibur Club. She was stabbed to death on March 19, 1986, shortly after Rebecca’s disappearance. She may have seen Rebecca and who she was with the night she disappeared.
  • Misty W.: A friend of Rebecca’s who was with her on the “nightmare” Galveston trip. She disappeared shortly after Rebecca and allegedly lied to police.
  • Tucker Black: {Not his real name.}  A man Rebecca was dating. He took her to Galveston for her birthday, an event that deeply upset Rebecca. He was reportedly at the Excalibur Club the night Rebecca disappeared and at the Surfside after-party. He allegedly offered a $10,000 reward for information. The family believes he was never properly questioned by police regarding the alleged assault in Galveston.
  • Marty: A girl who was involved in a physical altercation with Rebecca at the Surfside after-party.
  • Brandon: Carol’s boyfriend (later, her husband).
  • Velma Mae Taylor: Paul Gayland Taylor Jr.’s grandmother. She worked for Brazoria County Sheriff’s Department for many years and later ran the Courthouse Coffee Shop. She was reportedly friends with Sheriff Joe King, which may have benefited Paul Taylor.
  • Tiffany Brown: {Not her real name.} Rick Brown’s sister-in-law, who reportedly mailed the anonymous letter to Leon Buchanan, although the letter was written by Rick Brown according to police notes.
  • Rick Brown: {Not his real name} A friend and former business partner of Paul Taylor. He reportedly wrote the anonymous letter that implicated Paul Taylor and testified against him before the Grand Jury.
  • Larry Bullard: A chief detective at Freeport Police Department involved in the initial investigation. He allegedly dismissed Linda Barnes’s concerns and later wrote a letter requesting Brittany Beard be considered for victim status.
  • Ruben Gonzales: A Freeport Police officer/detective who took Rebecca’s initial missing person report and interviewed Paul Taylor.
  • J. Ray Gayle III: The 239th District Court Judge who presided over Paul Taylor’s plea bargain and sentencing.
  • Tom Selleck: The Brazoria County prosecutor in Paul Taylor’s case.
  • Jerome Aldrich: The Brazoria County District Attorney in 1995.
  • Greg Donnell: Paul Taylor’s court-appointed attorney.

DISCLAIMER, WARNING, & DISCLOSURE

  1. Consider everything  here to be prefaced by “allegedly.”
  2. The events stated may not be accurate. The intent is to be accurate, but we are dealing with a very old crime.
  3. Even though some names have been stated in police records, they may have been changed. Just because we believe it’s a logical conclusion that a certain thing happened or someone did something doesn’t mean they did. Names appearing with a color as the last name have been changed except where annotated.
  4. No one in this story has been found guilty of a crime except Paul G. Taylor, Jr.
  5. The timeline below created by Vintage Texas Crimes is not an original source; it is derivative and may be skewed by personal views.
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