GUILTY TX - Brian, 31, & Michell Conrad, 35, Zach Doan, 14, murdered, 29 Sept 2005

[vanillasky]

I live in the area and have learned quite a bit about this case. Pretty much everyone around here knows who committed this crime. It's a drug dealer named Barney Sawyer. He's been guilty of numerous crimes in this area, including (allegedly) the disappearance of a young woman named Monica Appleton. But he always gets off scott free because of alleged connections with Pampa officials. This is a corrupt little town, as evidenced by the case of district attorney Rick Roach. He was elected on a "tough on drugs" stance, and then re-elected despite never prosecuting any cases. The feds finally brought him down with the help of one of his assistants, for rampant meth use, using drug seizures for his own purposes, etc. This is the kind of place where I live.

Anyway, Barney Sawyer allegedly is behind this because Brian Conrad told him he didn't want drugs around his family (there is a meth house just down the road from the Conrad home). He told Sawyer he was going to go to the authorities. Sawyer said if you do that, I will kill your family. You know the rest of the story.

Don't be surprised if there's never an arrest in this case. But if there is, remember the name Barney Sawyer and where you heard it first.

Barney -- your time is coming.

I just read that Barney Sawyer was killed yesterday morning.

http://www.amarillo.com/stories/040606/new_4384478.shtml

A Pampa man died Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was riding in rolled over near Lefors.

Barney Earl Sawyer, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene about two miles east of Lefors on Farm-to-Market 1312, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

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The Jaguar then slid sideways in the ditch and rolled over, ejecting Sawyer from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seat belt, the DPS said.

 

[christine2448]

Todd - isn't it possible that you are putting your life in danger?

That's what I've been thinking!

 

[mom3dd]

from march-06
http://amarillo.com/stories/031106/new_4196744.shtml
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Missouri authorities have charged King, 23, with two counts of first-degree murder in the Sept. 29 slayings of Orlie and Dawn McCool in Pineville, Mo. - one day before three members of a family were found dead in their homes near Pampa.

Gray County authorities have named King as a suspect in the Sept. 30 shooting deaths of Brian Conrad, 31, his wife, Michell Conrad, 35, and her son, Zach Doan, 14.

King has not been charged in the Pampa slayings
There are more articles if you put kings name in but from what I have read no motive stated yet

 

[SewingDeb]

http://abortionviolence.com/TX.HTM#CITY PAMPA

Capital Murder (3 counts), First-Degree Murder (2 counts), Attempted Murder, Second-Degree Arson, Grand Theft Auto, Burglary and Theft


On March 23, 2006, a Gray County, Texas grand jury indicted King on three counts of capital murder. This was shortly after he pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Orlie McCool and Dawn McCool.

Lynn Switzer, Gary County's district attorney, told The Pampa News that she will seek the death penalty against King.

and

In July 2005, King had been released from prison to a halfway house in St. Louis, having served only 17 months of a 14-year sentence for second-degree arson and burglary. On September 23, 2005, King left the halfway house, saying he was going to work, and never returned.

 

[OkieGranny]

Feature article from March 2014 about the surviving daughter, nearly ten years later:

http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-girl-who-saw-too-much/

Michell&#8217;s ten-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, Robin Doan, was at the end of the hallway, crouched by her bedroom door, which was partially open. She saw King walk out of her mother and stepfather&#8217;s bedroom and head her way. She ran back to her bed and pulled the covers over her head. He stepped into her bedroom, aimed his gun at her, and pulled the trigger. The shot went wide, hitting a pillow, but Robin made a grunting noise and fell to the floor, pretending she was dead. King fell for her act. He turned around, walked into a third bedroom, and shot Robin&#8217;s fourteen-year-old brother, Zach. King then walked into the kitchen and rummaged around for food before driving away...

King was sentenced to life without parole &#8212; one of the twelve jurors refused to vote for the death penalty, which requires a unanimous vote...

Robin told me she has come up with a plan for her life... &#8220;I want to do pediatric nursing,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I want to help kids who get hurt, who need help. I want to be the first one there.&#8221; There was a long silence over the phone, and I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder if Robin was trying not to cry. &#8220;I just wish I could tell my mom that I&#8217;m going to be a nurse,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think she would like that a lot.&#8221;