Clues Uncovered in Suspicious Grimes County Death
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Posted: 8:09 PM Apr 15, 2008
 Last Updated: 8:18 PM Apr 15, 2008
 Reporter: Kristen Ross
Email Address: ross@kbtx.com
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Authorities in Grimes County are now one step closer to identifying the human remains found off County Road 234 just south of Shiro.

The sheriff now tells News 3 that the bones found buried deep in the woods are known to be that of a white male in his twenties or thirties, between 5'5" to 5'9" and weighing about 140 pounds.

"We've got several persons of interest," Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell said. "A few cases have been reported to us in the surrounding South Texas area, so we're looking at those."

Authorities say a positive ID could come as early as Wednesday after the dental records are checked.

Loggers who were clearing the area first discovered the remains last Friday. Since then, the remains have been sent to a forensic lab at the University of North Texas in Denton.
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Posted by: o k on Apr 18, 2008 at 09:56 AM
your right neighbor, his homes and subdivisions or "distracting and offesive"
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 11:58 PM
hey, these comments are not offensive. they sound like concerns for the body and who it is and how he got there.
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:13 PM
i did not take these comments offensive at all. these homes have brought lots of crime to the area. i was always worried that these crimes would lead to something more and every lead should be followed for the closure of the family of this body. i just wish they would hurry. someone needs to know who this person is.
Posted by: a neighbor Location: TX on Apr 16, 2008 at 05:47 PM
I once lived on that street and have a family member who is missing. My home was not a Darrell Hall house. My missing family member was not a resident of Grimes nor Montgomery county. People can be left in any location and what Darrell Hall would have to do with anything is far from fantasy, just because he was the developer of the area. There are only about four houses that he built on that road. I also know some people who purchased a home that was build by Darrell Hall and they are fine upstanding citazens. Please try and keep your focus on the missing person and the facts at hand and do remember that family of missing persons will be reading your comments in hopes of closure. Remarks about some property developer is distracting and offensive!
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 03:26 PM
My family hunts close to where those bones were found. Makes you wonder if there's more human bones out there in that area. Kind of scary.
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 03:06 PM
darrell hall developed shell homes deep in the woods of grimes county. offered these homes under false assumptions of great roads, homes you can build up on the inside, and country living. unfortunatley his target was people who could not finish them, poor living conditions with no running water, electricity, ect.... it brought in a whole group of drug dealers, pedophiles, crime, housing for ex convicts and escapies, the list goes on? if you do not believe me, look up the dps web site and see how many registered offenders now live in grimes county area, mainly the bedias area. if you could children living in these conditions, one would want to bring darrell hall under investigation. violence, rape, drugs, all in the compound of the deep woods in grimes county.
Posted by: curious on Apr 16, 2008 at 01:16 PM
what is Darrell Hall Subdivision and talking about checking homes?
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 01:03 PM
wish kbtx would get more info so they can update us. this is nerve wrenching, even if the body is several years old, WHO IS IT
Posted by: agree Location: brazos on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:34 AM
every county who has the misfortune of having hall property
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 10:10 AM
You've got that right! I've driven through the Darrell Hall Subdivision trying to find someone's home. I locked my car doors!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Apr 16, 2008 at 07:41 AM
still think grimes county should look at activities in the darrell hall homes, his records of the people he 'sold' his 'homes' to
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