Hiram Bodry

Hiram Bodry

Hiram Bodry, January 5, 2001 (Randall County Jail)

Hiram Bodry, 46, of Pueblo, Colorado, was charged with capital murder in both Randall County (death of Clifford Shannon Espinoza, whose body was found in a rural field south of Canyon, Texas, Nov. 13, 2000) and Moore County (death of Patricia Norris Hart, shot at the Cactus liquor store where she worked, Nov. 10, 2000). Bodry and co-defendant Tom Raper were captured near Lawton, Oklahoma, on Nov. 12, 2000, after a chase and shootout, having fled through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge before surrendering. He was also wanted on Floyd County warrants for burglary of a habitation and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in connection with a break-in near Floydada, Texas, during the same spree. Bodry was found dead in his cell at the Moore County jail in Dumas on May 6, 2001, in what authorities described as an apparent suicide, before either of his capital murder cases was resolved in court.