Suspect arrested on theft charge in Terrell, coming to Hunt County
By Larry Briscoe
Correspondent
An 18-year-old Terrell man is expected to be jailed in Hunt County this week on a murder warrant. He was arrested on a Terrell theft warrant and placed in the Ellis County jail, according to Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks.
Meeks said the murder warrant was issued in the Thanksgiving homicide that occurred at a residence on CR 2400 west of Quinlan.
Kyle Anthony Kauffmann has been charged with murder in the death of William Dow Schauer, 70, a Hunt County resident of Terrell.
“Mr. Schauer was found by relatives deceased in his home on the day before Thanksgiving,” the sheriff said.
Kauffmann was identified as a person of interest in the death by late last week.
Meeks’ office received a call the day before Thanksgiving about 1:25 p.m. of an unattended death on CR 2400.
“Upon arrival, deputies discovered a white male deceased inside his home,” Meeks said. “Family members had found the victim after not hearing from him for a couple of days. It was discovered that the victim’s 2012 white Lincoln four-door along with other items were missing.”
The body was taken to the Dallas Medical Examiner’s Office in Dallas where it was determined that Schauer’s death was a homicide.
“Investigators with the sheriff’s office found the vehicle in a parking lot at an apartment complex in Terrell,” Meeks said. “The vehicle was seized and a search warrant was issued to search the vehicle Kauffmann had committed a theft in Terrell and Terrell Police Department had a theft warrant issued for him, and he was picked up on that warrant and placed in the Ellis County jail.
In the meantime, we were able to get a murder warrant issued for the suspect and we served the warrant on him in Ellis County. We should be transporting the suspect to the Hunt County Detention Center this week on the murder charges.”
Meeks commended Lt. Roger Seals and his Criminal Investigation Division “for working countless hours on this case and gathering enough information to get a warrant for the suspect. I would also like to thank Texas Ranger Laura Simmons for her help in solving this case.”