Rebecca Beard – Timeline (Work in Progress)
This timeline is a work in progress; I’ll be adding to it. Thanks for your interest in this story. [Please read the Disclaimer, Warning, & Disclosure at the bottom of this page.] TIMELINE (Updated 11:00 p.m. 08/28/2025) 1982 1982, Rebecca Beard graduated from high school and married Darrell Beard. They…
1986 – Finding Becky Beard – Freeport~Clute~Surfside Part 3 – Rebecca Beard’s Murder
Hi friends, SORRY for the delay in getting this to you. But we are here now and that’s what matters. In Part 3 – we are going to figure out where this story is going, why we are going down this road, and then we will get back to the…
1986 – Finding Becky Beard (Freeport & Clute, Texas) – Part 1 – The Disappearance of Becky Beard
Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. ~~~~ 1986 – Part 1 Intro – Freeport & Clute, Texas – The Disappearance of Becky Beard ~~~~~ This story purportedly starts in the Excalibur Club (said the newspapers over the last 39 years) on March 1, 1986 ……
Anna Farley, the First Victim in “Declared Dead in Dallas County”
Anna Mimms Farley had a hard life. That much was apparent to me when I started looking through records and old newspapers to see just who this scrappy little lady was. When she disappeared, she had a nice portfolio of rental properties and a great income; she had busted her fanny…
Brad Simpson’s Arrest Warrant and Supporting Affidavit Unsealed.
Welcome back! Today’s big news is Brad Simpson’s arrest warrant and the supporting probably cause affidavit is unsealed. On October 8, 2024, Bradley Chandler Simpson was arrested on charges relating to domestic abuse, and then, on November 7, he was charged with murdering his wife, Suzanne Clarke Simpson. (Summary here.) The…
1995 Murder – Catherine Edwards – Beaumont, Texas
Tonight (11/9/24), 48 Hours will tell a story about a cold case solved recently in Texas, in part, by forensic genetic genealogist Shera La Pointe. This one is the 1995 homicide death of Mary Catherine Edwards.