Deceased/Not Found TX - Myrtle Green Hudson, 34, Port Arthur, 11 Sept 1986

[Kat]

The Doe Network:
Case File 545DFTX

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/545dftx.html

Myrtle Ann Green Hudson
Missing since September 11, 1986 from Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas.
Classification: Endangered Missing



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Vital Statistics
•Date Of Birth: November 10, 1951
•Age at Time of Disappearance: 34 years old
•Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 5'10"; 150 lbs.
•Distinguishing Characteristics: Black female. Brown eyes, black hair.
•Marks, Scars: A mole on her neck and a scar on her left leg.
•Clothing: Last seen wearing jeans and white tennis shoes
•Dentals: Available. She has a large gap between her top front teeth.


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Circumstances of Disappearance
Myrtle Hudson was last seen in Port Arthur, Texas on September 11, 1986. Her purse, car and keys were found at her home.
When Myrtle's husband came home from work, he knew instantly that something was wrong. His 3-month-old daughter was sleeping peacefully, but his wife wasn't there.
Less than an hour later he found the lifeless body of his 18-year-old daughter, Willette. She was found deceased in the attic of the attached garage of the family's small, rented home in east Port Arthur.
An autopsy revealed that Hudson's oldest daughter was strangled sometime between 13.00 and 16.00. There were no signs of a struggle.
The intruder apparently gained entry by breaking a window in the front door. Drops of blood were found in the house.

Police linked Tommy Lee Stewart to the double slaying of Myrtle Hudson and her daughter, and DNA evidence linked Stewart to the crimes. Stewart, already serving a life sentence for a sexual assault conviction, confessed to the killings and told authorities where they could find Myrtle Hudson's body.



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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse
800-346-3243
Or
Port Arthur Police Department
409-983-8663

NCIC Number: M-213741206
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Source Information:
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse
Houston Chronicle 9/13/86
Brownsville Herald 1/12/08

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/hudson_myrtle.html
Man confessed. No charges as a condition of a plea.

Myrtle is not listed in Namus at this time.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/13720757.html?source=enews&c=y
January 12, 2008

Stewart told investigators he dumped Myrtle Hudson's body in a remote location on Pleasure Island.

Police say late last week they took Stewart to Pleasure Island and he led them to an area where they found some of Myrtle Hudson's remains.

I just stumbled on that I bolded above while looking for articles.

We need to contact LE and confirm she was found?

Myrtle has been listed as missing for 24 years. Come home soon.

 

[Kat]

I sent an email to the admin's at Doe Network to see if they can verify whether or not Myrtle's remains were recovered in 2008.

 

[Kat]

My email got returned undelivered. I guess I had a bad email address for Doe Network. If someone knows how to get ahold of them please let me know. TIA.

 

[awakeandaware]

Myrtle,
We care about you. You have not been forgotten.

 

[HTXfuerte]

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-...s-Houston-13613197.php?utm_campaign=sftwitter

The Texas victim with "purple" hair reminds me of her so much.

 

[CastlesBurning]

Bumping for Myrtle - it's now been 35 years.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

 

[Pennysmom1]

Myrtle is still listed as missing at NAMUS

Missing Person / NamUs #MP9097

View NamUs missing person case MP9097 for Myrtle Ann Hudson missing from Port Arthur, Texas. Date of last contact: Sep 11, 1986. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

April 13, 2020

Myrtle Ann Hudson & Teen Daughter Murdered By Serial Killer

Myrtle Ann Hudson & her 18-year-old daughter Willette Hudson were murdered by a man who wouldn't be identified until over 20 years later.

ourblackgirls.com

<<Twenty-two years later, in January 2008, evidence in the Hudson case was tested and identified as belonging to a man named Tommy Lee Stewart. His DNA matched samples taken from Willette Hudson’s clothes. Stewart was a man with a history of violence and murder. In 1971, in Waco, Texas, he was charged and convicted of breaking into the home of Jean Carolyn Matthews before kidnapping and killing her. He was sent to prison and released in 1986, the same year he attacked the Hudsons.

By the time authorities caught up with Stewart in 2008, they weren’t surprised to find out that he was in prison yet again. They learned that in November 1986, just months after he broke into the Hudson’s home, Stewart was arrested. He sexually assaulted a minor, hog-tied her, beat her over the head, and left her to die on Pleasure Island, Texas. She survived the vicious attack and bravely reported him to the authorities, and Stewart has been locked up in prison since that time.

Detectives visited Stewart in prison and confronted him with the evidence collected during the initial Hudson murder investigation. Stewart confessed to the crimes and told police that he also killed Myrtle and disposed of her body. He told them he left her on Pleasure Island, the same as his surviving 1986 victim, but Myrtle’s body has never been located.>>(bbm)

 

[Caring1]

3 Unidentified Person Exclusions

 

[John/Jane Doe]

Myrtle Ann Green Hudson – The Charley Project