Details - Unsolved Homicide

Texas Rangers Cold Case Investigation Details

Royal Cumby

REFERENCE NUMBER: 236 - Unsolved
COMPANY: A
RACE: White
SEX: Male
CITY: Santa Fe
COUNTY: Galveston
RELATED YEAR: 1983
SUSPECTS: None

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DETAILS:

On 05/29/1983 at approximately 7:20 PM, Royal Taylor Cumby, Jr., was shot and killed at the intersection of 4-1/2 Street and Avenue Q in Sante Fe. The killer or killers escaped in Cumby's vehicle and it was discovered abandoned, in LaMarque, at approximately 10:00 PM. A motive for the Murder was never determined and no suspects have been identified.

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Contact us by telephone at 1-800-346-3243. Your information will be forwarded to the Texas Ranger assigned to this case.

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