A Texas man was sentenced to prison for the 2020 murder of his roommate and romantic partner who had his throat cut in this home.
A Galveston County jury sentences 26-year-old Christian Hickman-Staudt to 55 years for the murder of his roommate, League City resident Donald Heard in July 2020. Hickman-Staudt initially left the state but was arrested in Minnesota in October 2021 and extradited to Texas for trial.
Several electronic devices from the home were seized and a forensic examination of the devices led detectives to Hickman-Staudt who was identified by family, friends, and neighbors as a roommate and romantic partner of Heard.A timeline of events was pieced together by League City Detectives Gina Vogel and Ross Haunschild using digital media records.
Hickman-Staudt's trial began on Sept. 25, with prosecutors Ricque Davis and Casey Kirst presenting Facebook records, text messages, and surveillance videos as evidence. During Detective Vogel's testimony, jurors listened to a recorded interview in which Hickman-Staudt admitted to being present at the time of the murder and claimed home invaders broke in, robbed, and killed the victim.
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