Overview
- Investigators executed two search warrants Thursday at James Elmore's Bacliff home, using ground-penetrating radar to look for buried human remains tied to the Calder Road murders.
- A second warrant authorized forensic searches of his devices after a Texas City officer alleged child sexual abuse images on his phone.
- Elmore, 61, was indicted in late March on manslaughter in Laura Miller's death and evidence tampering in the deaths of Miller and Audrey Cook, with bonds totaling $3 million and a trial set for late August 2026.
- Warrant filings say Elmore told Laura Miller's father and a detective that he prepared a lethal cocaine vial and watched Clyde Hedrick bury a body, then pointed to the Bacliff address once owned by both men.
- Hedrick died by suicide on March 21 as prosecutors readied charges, which leaves investigators seeking corroboration from Elmore's accounts and any recoverable physical evidence.