After more than 40 years of unanswered questions and decades of frustration from families of victims, authorities have arrested a man suspected of participating in at least two deaths related to the “Texas Killing Fields.”

A man who long remained a prime suspect in the so-called “Texas Killing Fields” murders has died.

Clyde Edwin Hedrick, a suspect in the 'Texas Killing Fields' murders, is under parole review by the Texas Parole Board. Tim Miller, whose daughter was among the victims, is advocating for Hedrick to remain under strict supervision, arguing against any reduction in monitoring given Hedrick's past conviction for involuntary manslaughter and ongoing suspicion in multiple unsolved cases.

In 1985, 29-year-old Ellen Rae Beason's body was discovered near the Galveston causeway, but it wasn't until nearly three decades later that her murderer was caught.

Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, won a default judgment in his 2014 wrongful death lawsuit filed against Clyde Edwin Hedrick. Galveston County judge Lonnie Cox granted Miller’s motion for default judgment on Monday and awarded him $21,020,000 in damages.