Denied public defender, also charged with arson in addition to kidnapping and sexual assault
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/21/2937155/man-held-in-torture-of-parker.html
The Other Women...
Police Widen Probe of Kidnapping Suspect (A LOT of information here)
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/15/2924498/kidnapping-suspect-apparently.html#ixzz1HOpVw54B
Amelia "Amy" Martinez Smith, 51, reported missing in
2000 after her Parker County
home and car were torched.
Left work on Feb 3, 2000 at 10pm and arrived to an empty home in Parker County. Her husband was visiting his mother, and her children were not home.
Firefighters were called at 4 a.m. Feb. 4. Investigators later determined that the fire had been purposely set.
She hasn't been seen or heard from since, her credit cards were never used.
The 62 year old woman recently rescued... March 2011 She didn't like the suspect and called him "the bad man" especially after he tried to kiss her and groped her.
She was abducted at gunpoint,
her house and car were torched 2 days later and she was held captive for nearly 2 weeks... in a "house of horrors."
Chains, handcuffs, gags, leather ankle restraints.... he said he sexually tortured her after stringing her up on a homemade rack used for skinning deer.
This article also explains how they found her:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/03/14/2921209/suspect-in-kidnapping-torture.html
Shonda Townsend - 19 - 2010 vanished while driving home after leaving friends in Mineral Wells.
Her car was later discovered abandoned.
Even before they rescued the above 62 year old woman, they looked into a possible connection between the cases. They only lived a few miles apart. Shonda's family doesn't believe he is involved but wants it investigated. Police are looking at credit card and cell phone records.
They had scheduled an interview with him, but he requested a lawyer before that.
He DID reportedly tell a Texas Ranger that he didn't know anything about Shonda's case.
http://weatherforddemocrat.com/homepage/x1498159830/Judge-denies-request
Shonda is the only younger one, but it also would have been the first time he had a child around that age too. Up until that point these victims are all
about 3 years older than him when they disappeared.
The biggest thing that makes me question his involvement (in addition to wondering about whether the age would matter to him) is the fact that
her car was not torched.
Why would he change his MO with her, if he then continued it with the most recent victim?
Police Investigate Jeffrey Maxwell In Shonda Townsend Disappearance...
http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-mi...arolds-disappearance-20110321,0,5900926.story
Questions Follow Kidnap Arrest
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/questions-follow-kidnap-arrest-118043849.html