10.19.2007

Jack County's Jagged Edge


Some might remember the murder trial against Hardy Capps that occurred over in Jack County some time back.

The Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction yesterday.

The beginning of the court's opinion reads:

Lane Akin, the Texas Ranger who investigated the murder, testified that when he arrived at the scene, he discovered a pickup truck parked by the side of the road. The truck=s window was down, and the engine was still running. Inside the truck, he found a two-year-old child, unharmed, strapped into a car seat. In a ditch beside the truck, he found the body of Gina Capps. Akin observed both slash and cut wounds to the body. He concluded that there had been a struggle outside the truck and that a knife had been used to cause the wounds during the struggle. The medical examiner testified that the complainant was killed with a knife with a serrated edge.

10 comments:

Anastasia Von Beaverhousen said...

How tall was Ranger Akin? Kinda makes you wonder... Is HE the 70 ft. tall ranger?

Anonymous said...

Gina Capps was a beautiful person and a wonderful mother to her kids. Hardy Capps is a menace to society and I hope he gets the death penalty.

Anonymous said...

Barry, this story has a lot of good stuff in it. You need to investigate and print the story of the jailhouse informant and how it helped seal the conviction.

Anonymous said...

SAD that SHE didn't live long enough to know her two year old, what I mean is what a loss and hopefully the child is doing well, dispite not having his mom. GOD BLESS THIS FAMILY and let the LORD prevail in his punnishment, amen.

Anonymous said...

Amazing how the guilty always end up praying...a little late.

Anonymous said...

I got called for that jury duty! SOOO glad I didn't get picked! He was just that kind of guy that when you saw him you think "yep he did it!"

Anonymous said...

I am very good friends with her son and he is doing pretty good..

Anonymous said...

I never knew gina but she is my aunt and i wish i could of meet her my father told me a lot about her and wat a good sister she was and i see her son every weekend and he is doing very good and her other son is with his dad he just graduated and even now i dont now her i cry every time i hear her name and i hope Hardy stays there the rest of his life i was born 2 months before this happend to her.

Anonymous said...

Mr.green, could you tell me if the vehicle was found after a rest area,along a curve. If so,I believe I witnessed something.

Anonymous said...

My names colby capps i was in the truck i was the two year old and my dad didnt do this i dont care what yall say so i would appreciate it if yall would quite written stuff about my dad yall were not there and yall do not know. One day my dad will prove his innocence and yall will all be proven wrong. Ill say this and this only, it wasnt even a man that did it and yes i do remember some of it i just never wanted to say anything