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From 2010:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...on-dead-in-southeast-Houston-home-1710977.php
From 2014:
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...-life-spiraled-down-so-did-murder-5587299.php
New feature article on Patrick's murder:
http://www.khou.com/news/investigations/patrick/who-killed-patrick/369350245
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...on-dead-in-southeast-Houston-home-1710977.php
The body of Patrick Russell Carver was discovered in a home in the 9900 block of Southport near Fuqua about 10:40 a.m., police said.
Police said he had apparent blunt force trauma on his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
From 2014:
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...-life-spiraled-down-so-did-murder-5587299.php
Rusty Carver said he never heard much in the months following the Sept. 1, 2010, beating death of his son, Patrick, in south Houston. He never understood why, because he thought the case did not seem that complicated. As he saw it, the killer likely was someone his son knew - there was no sign of forced entry.
Carver's one moment of relief early on came when a Houston police detective said there was a good chance the case could be solved quickly. There appeared to be an abundance of physical evidence along with some tips offered by Carver and some of Patrick's friends about who might have attacked him. But the detective's partner, Chandler, quickly pulled him away and told him not to say anything, Carver recalled.
From then on, neither Carver nor his ex-wife, Patrick's mother, received any updates on the investigation, he said...
Chandler's termination letter said he "did very little work on this case," including failing to follow up on a tip from a cab company, enter witness statements or contact a potential witness... So, as a city arbitrator this week begins to determine if Chandler should return to HPD, the families of homicide victims can only wonder if their questions will ever be answered.
New feature article on Patrick's murder:
http://www.khou.com/news/investigations/patrick/who-killed-patrick/369350245
The way Patrick was murdered led many to believe the suspect or suspects were someone he knew, possibly from a drug deal gone bad. Several copies of house keys were passed between friends and acquaintances who dropped by the house.
Patrick’s body was found lying just a few feet inside the front door, which was unlocked. There was no forced entry. No broken windows. Blood smeared the white walls...
After the Ryan Chandler scandal broke and tarnished the image of the Houston Police Department, new detectives were assigned to all of his cases... Patrick’s file wound up on the desk of Sgt. Fil Waters after Ryan Chandler’s laziness. Waters is a hard-nosed, tough-talking detective with more than 22 years in HPD’s homicide division. He claims to have obtained confessions in 88 percent of his cases...
Waters centered his investigation on one suspect: Rusty. The grieving father was stunned and confused... According to Rusty, Waters claimed Rusty was angry at his son for staying in the home, and that he used a motorcycle helmet to bludgeon his son to death...
Sources confirm that the police investigation was completed and forwarded to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in February 2016, with Rusty named as the prime suspect. Prosecutors have yet to present the case to a grand jury to determine if charges should be filed.
Six years after Patrick’s murder, Rusty stares down at his laptop at a photo of his lost son.
“Some day, we will all know the truth,” he said.