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Man convicted of murder after walking away from Sabine County courthouse back in custody
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:31 am
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:31 am
I forgot all about this story. The dude was on trial for murder and he just walked out of the courthouse and disappeared.
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Apparently, he was smoking a cig on the back porch of a house a few miles from his mom's house when the Marshalls rolled up on him.
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According to the Sabine County Sheriff’s Office, on Thursday, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Matthew Edgar was apprehended and taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Edgar was immediately taken to the Sabine County Jail to await formal sentencing by the court, the sheriff’s office said. He has been on the run since January of this year.
Matthew Hoy Edgar had been arrested in November 2020 in connection with the death of Livye Lewis, 19.
According to testimony in court during the murder trial back in January 2022, investigators said Lewis was found dead on FM 83, about 2.5 miles east of Hemphill. She had a gunshot wound to the neck.
Edgar was found in the same area lying in the fetal position and bloody. According to court testimony, Edgar was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Edgar said he remembered drinking on the porch and awoke in the ambulance. Investigators say Edgar cried when he learned Lewis was dead.
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At 3:34 a.m., the man Livye had been talking to earlier texted Edgar, asking where she was. Edgar responded with “dead,” according to court testimony. The state pointed out that Edgar would be the only person who would know Lewis was dead at that time.
That testimony occurred during day two of the trial. Edgar walked away from the courthouse unescorted on day two, and was supposed to return the next day for the continuation of proceedings.
However, he failed to show up for day three, Jan. 27, 2022, and law enforcement began searching in earnest for him. He was never found until he was taken into custody today, Dec. 29, 2022.
Though he was not present, the trial proceeded, and he was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of Livye Lewis.
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Apparently, he was smoking a cig on the back porch of a house a few miles from his mom's house when the Marshalls rolled up on him.
This post was edited on 12/30/22 at 7:45 am
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Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:33 am to stout
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Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:34 am to boosiebadazz
If you go spend some time in the Sabine county jail I am sure you could nail 1 pretty easily.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:35 am to stout
So he got so wasted he murdered his friend and barely remembered it?
That's a strange story
That's a strange story
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:38 am to Powerman
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So he got so wasted he murdered his friend and barely remembered it?
He got upset she was talking to another man and rage killed her.
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According to testimony in court during the murder trial back in January 2022, investigators said Lewis was found dead on FM 83, about 2.5 miles east of Hemphill. She had a gunshot wound to the neck.
Edgar was found in the same area lying in the fetal position and bloody. According to court testimony, Edgar was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Edgar said he remembered drinking on the porch and awoke in the ambulance. Investigators say Edgar cried when he learned Lewis was dead.
According to court testimony, Edgar and Lewis had been at a party and an argument started regarding Lewis’ conversations with another man. After everyone had left the party, Lewis was on her way to Hemphill when Edgar caught up to her. Later, Lewis was found dead in the vehicle at the side of the road, but there was no evidence of a wreck.
Also during the trial, the state showed texts sent from Edgar’s phone.
“I will watch y’all, take y’all with a smile on my face,” said one of the messages he sent to Livye Lewis.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:43 am to stout
I sure thought he was dead. Mom of the girl had sure been seen doing some weird things after that could have been taken as covering up his murder.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:46 am to stout
Man I was reading the news release waiting for the 'coulter rule'
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:51 am to SuperSaint
There's a picture of him on the article. What are you talking about?
Posted on 12/30/22 at 7:56 am to stout
With a year head start I think I would have to try to be hidden a long way from anywhere they may think to look. Hopefully not near a parent’s home.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 11:14 am to stout
A lot of unsolved questions. How was he able to hide on his home turf for almost a year?
The Sheriff's investigators never thought to search that property?
I heard the mother and grandmother were arrested, but have not confirmed.
The Sheriff's investigators never thought to search that property?
I heard the mother and grandmother were arrested, but have not confirmed.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 11:25 am to stout
She looked pretty.
Posted on 12/30/22 at 11:29 am to East Coast Band
quote:Yes. Why was she hanging around with some mulleted trash ball with old lady glasses?
She looked pretty
Posted on 12/30/22 at 11:35 am to East Coast Band
What was she doing hanging with a tinted-glasses, lowlife-looking dude like that?
Posted on 12/30/22 at 1:29 pm to shutterspeed
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What was she doing hanging with a tinted-glasses, lowlife-looking dude like that?
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