Texas Rangers and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office are hoping someone will step forward to help solve the 1974 murder of Deputy Edd Williams.
Back on Jan. 12, 1974, Williams was working on an off-duty security job at the Victoria Manor apartment complex on Victoria Dr. near the North Freeway.
Garza said after the suspects ran off, Williams tried to track them down in the parking lot. He was then taken to the hospital where he died during surgery. Garza added that while the bullet hit Williams’ shin, it ricocheted and became lodged in his brain.Fallen Hero Reward-Texas Remembers When Rangers re-opened Williams’ case, Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons learned his gravesite was located at the Victory Place Beautiful Cemetery in Livingston. Lyons went to school with Williams’ son. However, Lyons said the grave had fallen into disrepair, including the headstone being toppled by a falling branch., which was founded by retired Baytown officer Herbert Sims.
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