Finally, one of those leads gave the Cowboy a name. Investigators identified him as Arthur Raymond Davis, 35. He was a fishing boat captain and Vietnam veteran. In a strange twist, Davis was killed less than a mile from where Susan was murdered.
“He died as a result of injuries sustained in a serious car accident. He was actually hospitalized for an entire month and passed away in January of 1984,” said Gregory.
That was just a few months after Susan’s death. Much of Davis’ life, even how he knew Susan is still a mystery. But there is something strange, remember those mysterious phone calls Susan’s mom got after the murder? They continued after Davis’ death. So, who was behind them? We may never know.
“The thing about this case that was so sad for me was she was at the prime of her life, she was young, by all accounts she was so happy, and it just seemed so unfair,” said Samantha Knecht, with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
But she says the similarities between the sketch and the actual suspect are striking.
“When you see it in this case and you see just how spot on the witnesses were with that drawing, it really gives you confidence going forward and looking at other cases where you do have a sketch that you know what, it is possible to find a suspect and compare and say, this is it, this is him,” said Knecht.
She’s convinced they have the right guy.
“I felt confident in the results of the DNA and all the scientific evidence to be able to draw the conclusion that they did in fact have the right person, so we were able to close the case out,” she said.
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