His daughter’s body was found in the ‘Texas Killing Fields’ decades ago. Now he’ll face a man charged in her death

Key Points:

• Between 1984 and 1991, four young women’s bodies were found in a rural Texas field near Calder Road in League City, part of the notorious “Texas Killing Fields” where about 30 women and girls have been discovered murdered since the 1970s.
• James Dolphs Elmore Jr., 61, is set to stand trial for manslaughter and evidence tampering related to the deaths of Laura Lynn Miller and Audrey Lee Cook, after providing detailed confessions implicating himself and prime suspect Clyde Hedrick.
• Hedrick, long considered the prime suspect in multiple killings in the area, died by suicide in March 2025 before he could be indicted for the murders, leaving many families without full justice.
• Laura Miller’s father, Tim Miller, has spent over four decades seeking answers and founded Texas EquuSearch to help families find missing loved ones; he is expected to be the prosecution’s lead witness in Elmore’s trial.
• Despite some convictions in related cases, many “Texas Killing Fields” murders remain unsolved, with authorities continuing investigations and encouraging the public to provide tips to assist ongoing efforts.