Overview
- James Dolphs Elmore Jr. now faces a new felony count of possessing child pornography, and jail records list his total bond at $4.5 million.
- Court documents say investigators found images of child sexual abuse on the phone he carried at his arrest, and prosecutors also filed a count for possessing visual material depicting sexual assault.
- Elmore was earlier indicted on manslaughter in 16-year-old Laura Miller’s 1984 death and on evidence tampering tied to Miller and 30-year-old Audrey Cook.
- A multi-day search of a Bacliff property linked to Elmore and longtime suspect Clyde Hedrick found no human remains, and officials said no other searches are planned.
- Galveston County’s 2024 task force reexamined the long‑unsolved Texas Killing Fields cases, where more than 30 victims were found along the I‑45 corridor between Houston and Galveston.