America’s Most Wanted tip leads to capture in Big Sandy
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008BIG SANDY, Texas — Acting on a tip from a popular national television program, law-enforcement officials in East Texas swooped down on a residence in the 700 block of North Tyler Street (Texas Highway 155) in Big Sandy early on the afternoon of Dec. 9, 2008, to arrest a fugitive who had been on the lam since the spring of 2005.
Taken into custody without major incident was Duane Beard Jr., who is accused of murdering a woman in Kansas City, Mo., on March 29, 2005.
Sheriff Anthony Betterton of Gilmer, seat of Upshur County, confirmed the arrest.
PHOTO: Looking north on Texas Highway 155, also known as Tyler Street, in Big Sandy during the successful effort to recapture a fugitive accused of murder in Kansas City. Article continues after photos, below. [Photo by TradersGuideofTexas.com]
PHOTO: Looking south in the 700 block of North Tyler Street, also known as Texas Highway 155, in Big Sandy during law-enforcement officers’ successful efforts to arrest a man accused of murder in Kansas City. [Photo by TradersGuideofTexas.com]
PHOTO: Duane “T-Bone” Beard Jr., captured in Big Sandy, Texas, Dec. 9, 2008, is shown here in a police photo from 2005.
Law enforcers informed a reporter for The Big Sandy & Hawkins Journal that someone who had seen information about Mr. Beard on the television program America’s Most Wanted had blown the whistle on the fugitive, leading to the arrest.
According to the report posted at AMW’s Web site, Duane “T-Bone” Beard shot Sherry Stewart and Samantha Curlee after they had borrowed money from him. Ms. Stewart was dead on arrival at a Kansas City hospital shortly after the shooting.
Mr. Beard was arrested and released on $300,000 bond but skipped bail, and his whereabouts was unknown by law enforcers until shortly before his recapture.
Read more at America’s Most Wanted.
