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Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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ODESSA, Texas — Seven people were charged Wednesday with capital murder after they reportedly kidnapped a man and then assaulted and sexually assaulted him before burying his body. The man, 26-year-old Fred Hardy McNeal, had been reported missing by his sister in September. The body of McNeal, a Portales native, was not found until October in a shallow grave on a property near Sheep Pasture Road and F.M. 181. Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis said he has never seen a crime like this in all his time in law enforcement. ...
ODESSA, Texas — A body found in a shallow grave in Ector County, Texas, in October has been identified as Fred Hardy McNeal, 26, of Portales. Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis identified McNeal at a news conference Monday. The Sheriff’s Department said in a news release McNeal was last seen by family in August and described him as “a transient known to hang out in West Odessa.” Messages to family and friends were not immediately returned on Tuesday, but a spokesman for the Odessa funeral home handling services said McNeal...
