The people of Paris, Texas and Lamar County mourned the loss of hermit 79-year-old Auvord Bevans Braithwaite Jones, many in an…unconventional way. On February 1st – just a few days after Auvord’s body was found, tourists of the macabre descended upon his series of shacks on the outskirts of town, looking, likely, for his hidden fortune as if he were some kind of exiled leprechaun. “Keep out by order of Lamar Cty. Sheriff” signs be damned. Newspaper man Bill Jackson wrote a “tribute” to Auvord in which he proceeded to condescend to the newly deceased man, though, perhaps, unintentionally. But while the city of Paris kind of lost its mind or way, County Attorney Jim Thompson and Sheriff Lonnie Player were hitting the case hard but without evidence, they were forced to round up the usual suspects and try to get one to sing. Part 2 of 2.

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True Detective Magazine, The Paris News FBI.gov, The El Paso Times, The Eagle, The Valley Morning Star, and the Austin American-Statesman were used as sources for this episode.

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