Man sentenced to 20 years over a 'Texas Killing Fields' case, decades after dozens of bodies found

A man convicted over a "Texas Killing Fields" death was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday in a rare trial related to the bodies of dozens of women found near Houston beginning in the 1970s.

Man sentenced to 20 years over a 'Texas Killing Fields' case, decades after dozens of bodies found

TL;DR

  • A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday.
  • The conviction is related to a death in the "Texas Killing Fields" area.
  • Dozens of women's bodies were found near Houston starting in the 1970s, linked to this area.
  • This trial is considered rare in connection to the "Texas Killing Fields" cases.