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The next case I'm going to share with you all is the one I mentioned in the intro of this episode, which happened in Southeast Texas.

Around dusk on Sunday, December 8th, 1963, a game warden in Jasper County, Texas named John, also known as J.D.

Murphree, was patrolling a wooded bayou about five miles north of the community of Mauriceville when he heard the distinct sound of a shotgun blast ring out.

In the direction of the sound, he noticed what appeared to be a few people hunting ducks from inside a hunting blind.

J.D.

knew that the hours for which duck hunting was approved had already ended for the day, so he approached the blind to investigate, and I assume prepared to write whoever was responsible for the gunfire a citation for the offense.

He'd spent most of that day stopping waterfowl hunters in the area and checking their licenses, approving their duck stamps, and ensuring that they hadn't killed more birds than the law permitted.

So this trip was nothing out of the norm.

But when he got closer to the area where he believed the after-hours gunshots had come from, he realized there were at least three or four guys inside the structure.

And when he announced that he was a game warden, the group inside quickly took off.

As the offenders were splintering away, one of them, a 16-year-old boy, fired a shotgun two times in JD's direction at fairly close range.

The round struck the game warden in his stomach and the back of his head, killing him instantly.

He was left in about 18 inches of water.

But not long after the shooting, an older man who'd been in the hunting group pulled JD's body from the water and reconvened with the others.