Hearne Police: Former City Councilman Was Murdered

By: KBTX staff Email

Updated: Fri 4:56 AM, Sep 14, 2012

Hearne Police Dept. Press Release

Workman's death determined to be homicide
Several persons of interest have been identified
Joint agency investigation with Texas Rangers

Police released new developments in the investigation into the death of a former Hearne City Councilman found dead in his home earlier this week.

Hearne Police are now officially saying that Charles Workmans's death was a murder.

They say Workman's 2002 Jaguar was found burned on the side of Highway 6 between Bryan and Hearne on Sunday night.

Investigators confirmed it was Workman's body found inside his home Monday afternoon.

A Robertson County News reporter says Workman had been shot in the head.

Police say his body was sent to the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy.

In a news release issued Thursday, Hearne Police said that the death is now being considered a homicide, and that several persons of interest have been identified.

They also said a joint agency investigation is underway with the Texas Rangers.

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