Williamson County Sheriff's Office Cold Cases

05/25/2025

I haven't worked at the sheriffs office in four years. I emailed/messaged Pokorney to be taken off years ago. Clearly the page hasn't been monitored since Gleason took office. Maybe Sheriff Lindemann will do a better job. At any rate, hopefully they will switch the admin to someone that works there and is interested in Cold Cases.

04/28/2021

April 25 is National DNA Day. In honor of the day, we would like to recognize the assistance of the DNA Doe Project in helping to identify Debra Jackson ("Orange Socks") and Sue Ann Husky ("Corona Girl") and ask the public's assistance in uploading your DNA to GEDmatch and to FamilyTreeDNA to help identify our last John Doe.

On October 3, 1988 the remains of the deceased were discovered in a gully across from a wayside on Highway 29 four miles east of Georgetown, TX. A farmer called the sheriff after his dog dragged the skull into his yard. The estimated date of death was 1-12 months prior the remains being discovered. The white male, possibly of Hispanic or Native American ancestry, was 27-37 years old, stood 5’2 – 5’5 tall, and had straight brown hair with some gray. His nose had been previously broken and his arms were most likely muscular. Due to the insignia on the hat found near the remains, he has become known as “Rebel Ray”.

For instructions on how you can help, go to the Williamson County Sheriff's Office website under "Cold Cases". A member of our Crime Analyst team is assisting with the DNA Doe Project to work to identify our last unknown. Because of his ethnicity, there are not as many DNA matches as there were with Debra Jackson and Sue Ann Husky. We are, in particular, asking the Hispanic community to assist in bringing this person home to his family by contributing your DNA to GEDmatch and to FamlyTreeDNA. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].
https://www.wilco.org/coldcase

01/23/2020

Meet Cold Case Member Lloyd Mattingly and thank you for your service sir:

I joined the Navy after graduating Northern Illinois University in 1971 and spent 8 years as a Navy pilot. I spent one tour as a flight instructor teaching primary flight and aerobatics. I spent a 3 year sea duty tour to the Mediterranean Sea aboard the USS Nimitz and the USS Forrestal. After resigning my Navy commission I joined the FBI to be a Special Agent. I worked bank robberies, white collar crime and went on to ultimately work on the Special Operations Group as a pilot, accumulating over 10,000 flight hours. I retired from the FBI in 2004 after almost 25 years there. I subsequently spent several years years as an elected Trustee in the Village of Montgomery, IL and a couple years as a trustee on the Oswego Public Library District Board of Trustees. I moved to Round Rock TX in 2014.

01/17/2020

08/27/2019

For those who have asked yes we are helping the Taylor Police Department with the assistance of the Texas Rangers. If you have any information no matter if you think it's relevant or not call crime stoppers. Dont make us come to you. To the person or persons responsible, time is running out!

08/07/2019

‪Crucial break in the 40 year old case commonly referred to as “ORANGE SOCKS.” Victim is now positively IDENTIFIED after 4 decades. A press conference is scheduled tomorrow August 7th @ WilCo SO ,2pm. Expect official press release in the morning. No other info until conference. ‬

06/26/2019

Here is the artist behind the updated drawings..meet Natalie Murry

Natalie Murry is a U.S. forensic artist residing in Texas. Though trained and proficient in hand-rendering, Natalie has been a driving force in an ongoing movement to develop and refine digital means of generating forensic art services. The majority of her forensic work is created using professional art software with a stylus and a Wacom Cintiq tablet. As a former law enforcement officer for ten years, Natalie’s background in interview and interrogation, criminal investigations, and evidence handling add depth to her forensic art expertise.

Currently, Natalie works freelance as Natalie Murry Forensic Art. She draws facial reconstructions and postmortem renderings for the King County Medical Examiner’s Office in Seattle. She also serves as Vice President and Lead Artist at ID Forensic Art, offering a remote composite service nationwide to law enforcement agencies through LeadsOnline, the largest online investigative system in the US. This artwork is done entirely digitally on a Wacom Cintiq drawing tablet. This service allows the artist to interview victims and witnesses and complete their composite over an internet connection. In this way, ID Forensic Art can provide forensic art services to any law enforcement agency in the US, many of which have never had access to a forensic artist.

Natalie has taught workshops at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, the Scottsdale Artists’ School in Arizona, the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS), and by request to police departments nationwide.

To see her work visit her website: nataliemurry.com

06/26/2019

Updated drawing of Orange Socks. Her DNA profile is complete and in Genealogy research. We will never give up!

06/26/2019

Updated drawing of Corona Girl. Her DNA is being processed for Genealogy. We will never give up!

05/30/2019

This week we are featuring Detective Craig Hunter. Read below to see what he has accomplished. Another asset that works for free! Wow!

Craig Hunter began working as a Detective for the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in May 2018. He believes it is an honor and privilege to serve in Sheriff Robert Chody’s Cold Case Homicide Unit. He enjoys working with the dedicated detectives in that Unit, along with the families of the victims, in progressing these cases forward.
He is a graduate of Belton High School. He holds an Associate Degree in Law Enforcement from Temple College, as well as Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Texas (now Texas A&M – Central Texas).
Craig is a Master Peace Officer with over 40 years of law enforcement experience. He graduated from the Central Texas Regional Police Academy, the Texas Game Warden Academy, the FBI National Academy (193rd Session), the FBI Command College, and from the LBJ School of Public Affairs Governor’s Executive Leadership Program. For his first 9 years, he served as a police officer and deputy sheriff in the Central Texas area. His assignments included patrol, narcotics, homicide, and in the Greater Austin Organized Crime Unit. He became a Texas Game Warden in 1984 and served throughout Texas in various assignments. As a Commander, he supervised Internal Affairs, the Internal Audit Unit, and the Executive Protection Team. After the 9-11 attacks, Craig was assigned to the Governor’s Special Operations Unit and later served on the Texas Homeland Security Council. In 2007, Craig was promoted to Lt. Colonel where he supervised Field Operations and Special Operations. He was deployed to the Jarrell Tornado, the Columbia Disaster, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, the Polygamist Standoff, the West Explosion, as well as multiple deployments to the Mexican border during Operations Strong Safety and Secure Texas. In 2012, Craig was promoted to Colonel Game Warden, Director of Law Enforcement. He managed and supervised 552 commissioned peace officers, 128 civilians, and 29 law enforcement offices across the state. He retired in 2017 with 34 years of state service. Among his commendations, he has been awarded the “Rookie of the Year Award”, “Deputy Sheriff of the Year” (twice), and “County Peace Officer of the Year”. In 2010, he received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Central Texas 100 Club. Additionally, in 2016 he received the “Legacy Alumni Award” from Texas A&M – Central Texas.
In addition to his duties with Williamson County, he is an Adjunct Professor at Central Texas College where he teaches criminal justice to members of the U.S. Army. Craig’s hobbies include fly fishing, hunting and watching Texas Aggie football. His family includes his wife Bernadette (Texas A&M Class of ’83) and his son Craig Jr. (Texas State Trooper and Texas A&M Class of ’13).

05/06/2019

Meet Detective Jerry Glaeser:

Detective Glaeser is a retired Texas Peace Officer with 43yrs of service and counting. Detective Glaeser has worked for D.P.S., Highway Patrol, HARRIS Co. Sheriffs Dept., Conroe Police Dept., Round Rock Police Dept., Williamson Co. Sheriffs Dept and the Denton Co. Sheriffs Dept. Duties included, uniform patrol, criminal investigation, narcotics investigation, SWAT team member, fi****ms training, range master and fugitive warrant apprehension. Detective Glaeser also holds a Masters Peace Officer license. Detective Glaeser has been around the block more than once and what an asset to the Cold Case Unit! Thank you for your service Sir!

03/29/2019

The Williamson County sheriff said a production company approached him about an idea to focus on the county's unsolved murder cases, with the intent of offering experts to help his investigators.