The Slaying of Judy Herron and the Kidnapping for Ransom of Amy McNeil

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In November of 1984, a brutal and shocking murder rocked the otherwise crime-free and exclusive Colleyville subdivision Tara Plantation. Judy Herron was a 37-year-old stay at home parent and was attacked and slain not long after her husband Lee left for work. Though Colleyville authorities enlisted the help of multiple outside jurisdictions, Judy’s killer slipped away without so much as a trace. Less than two months later, two similar, violent crimes perpetrated by the same man had Colleyville Detectives almost certain they’d found the man who murdered Judy Herron. Evidence to prove it, however, was elusive.

If you have any information about the Judy Herron murder case, please contact Colleyville PD at (817) 503-1202.

Special thanks to Shawn B for bringing our attention to Judy’s case.

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0:00.0	The Gone Cold Podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion
0:05.3	is advised.
0:08.1	Colleville, Texas wasn't always the near, exclusively affluent Dallas-Fort Worth suburb
0:13.6	it's known as today.
0:16.4	Around ten years after the state joined the union in the mid-1850s, two families settled
0:22.0	in the area between Big Bear and Little Bear Creeks.
0:26.5	This region was rich with resources, and the soils fertility made this North Texas land
0:32.5	nearly perfect for farming.
0:35.2	Within a couple decades of the Dunn and Whitten families settling the area, four small and
0:40.5	separate communities were formed, Bransford, Spring Garden, Pleasant Glade, and Pleasant
0:46.5	Run.
0:48.3	In 1885, Missouri Man and Union Army veteran, Dr. Lilburn Howard Colle moved to the Bransford
0:55.1	area and quickly became involved in community politics.
1:00.0	He became well-respected fast, as he was a good physician and often offered other veterans
1:06.2	aid in obtaining their rightful pensions.
1:10.1	A small area was named for Dr. Colle in 1914, and by the mid-20th century, the city
1:16.3	of Hearst planned to annex much of these communities and tax the citizens there.
1:22.7	Because folks there weren't too keen on handing any of their hard-earned money over to Hearst,
1:28.0	the communities banded together to form Colleville in 1956, the year they became an incorporated
1:34.9	city.
1:35.9	Still, this new city's growth took time.
1:39.7	Over the next couple decades, the local government became larger and started playing more of
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