Prime suspect in the Texas Killing Fields murders interviewed in an all-new episode of ‘The Evidence Room’

HOUSTON – Could a serial killer have been walking among them for years undetected?

Perhaps only Clyde Hedrick will ever know for sure.

Over the last four decades, Hedrick has been linked to a number of murder victims found in the marshy stretch off I-45 between Harris and Galveston counties that became known as ’The Texas Killing Fields.’ But he’s never been charged in those cases.

So could the death of Ellen Rae Beason, a 29-year-old woman who disappeared from a bar in League City in 1984, finally unravel the mystery?

“We’re dealing with a possible serial killer,” says Galveston County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Tommy Hansen. “He’s not going to have a warm blood in his system.”

In an all-new episode of the KPRC 2 Investigates true crime docuseries ‘The Evidence Room,’ we’re taking you deeper inside ‘The Texas Killing Fields’ cases that have haunted our collective memory for 40 years to reveal the stumbling blocks that have kept the victims’ families from getting closure.

And, for the first time–you’ll hear from Hedrick, the man who remains a prime suspect in the killings, in exclusive on-camera interview.

“How is it you are connected to all these women, and they all end up dead?” asks KPRC 2′s Robert Arnold.

‘The Texas Killing Fields’ continues Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. exclusively on the KPRC 2+ livestream.

‘The Evidence Room’ is now in its sixth season.

The original true crime docuseries produced by KPRC 2 Investigates received national honors from the 44th Annual Telly Awards in 2023. The Telly Awards honors “innovative, inclusive, and disruptive work that breaks through the static.”

You can stream new episodes from Season 6 of ‘The Evidence Room’ Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. on KPRC 2+. You can also catch up on previous seasons here.

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• Search for the KPRC 2+ app on your smart TV or streaming device – including Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Google TV.

• Get the new KPRC 2+ mobile app – which is free to download in the App Store or on Google Play.

• Look for the KPRC 2+ livestream in the “Watch Live” section of the Click2Houston news app.