Texas Killing Fields ( location ) - wikipedia Texas Killing Fields ( location ) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article is incomplete. Please help to improve it, or discuss the issue on the talk page. ( August 2017 ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) The Texas Killing Fields is an area bordering the Calder Oil Field, which is a 25 - acre patch of land situated a mile from Interstate Highway 45. Since the early 1970s, some 30 bodies of murder victims have been found within the Killing Fields area. These were mainly the bodies of girls or young women. Furthermore, many young girls have disappeared from this area. Their bodies, if they are deceased, are still missing. It is believed that many of the murders are the work of serial killers. Many of the victims were aged 10 -- 25 years, and many shared similar physical features. A few of them had similar hairstyles. Despite exhaustive efforts by the League City, Texas police, along with the assistance of the FBI, very few of these murders have been solved. The fields have been described as `` a perfect place ( for ) killing somebody and getting away with it. '' After visiting some of the sites of recovered bodies in League City, Ami Canaan Mann, director of the film, Texas Killing Fields, commented, `` You could actually see the refineries that are in the south end of League City. You could see the I - 45. But if you yelled, no one would necessarily hear you. And if you ran, there would n't necessarily be anywhere to go. '' Contents 1 Victims 2 Suspects 3 The Krystal Jean Baker case 4 Film adaptation 5 See also 6 References Victims Victim Age Residence Last seen Discovered Brenda Jones 14 Galveston, Texas 000000001971 - 07 - 01 - 0000 1 July 1971 000000001971 - 07 - 02 - 0000 2 July 1971 Last seen on her way to visit her aunt. Colette Wilson 13 Alvin, Texas 000000001971 - 06 - 17 - 0000 17 June 1971 Disappeared at County Road 99 and Hwy 6. Body found at Addicks reservoir near Gloria Gonzales ' body Rhonda Johnson Webster, Texas 000000001971 - 08 - 04 - 0000 4 August 1971 000000001972 - 01 - 03 - 0000 3 January 1972 Discovered near Clear Lake, deceased. Sharon Shaw Webster, Texas 000000001971 - 08 - 04 - 0000 4 August 1971 000000001972 - 01 - 03 - 0000 3 January 1972 Discovered near Clear Lake, deceased. Gloria Gonzales 19 Houston, Texas 000000001971 - 10 - 28 - 0000 28 October 1971 Alison Craven 12 Houston, Texas 000000001971 - 11 - 09 - 0000 9 November 1971 000000001972 - 03 - 09 - 0000 9 March 1972 Debbie Ackerman 15 Galveston, Texas 000000001971 - 11 - 11 - 0000 11 November 1971 000000001971 - 11 - 13 - 0000 13 November 1971 Last seen outside an ice cream store with Maria Johnson. Maria Johnson 15 Galveston, Texas 000000001971 - 11 - 11 - 0000 11 November 1971 000000001971 - 11 - 13 - 0000 13 November 1971 Last seen outside an ice cream store with Debbie Ackerman. Kimberly Pitchford 16 Houston, Texas 000000001973 - 01 - 03 - 0000 3 January 1973 Last seen at school. Suzanne Bowers 12 Galveston, Texas 000000001977 - 05 - 21 - 0000 21 May 1977 000000001979 - 03 - 25 - 0000 25 March 1979 Discovered in Alta Loma, Texas. Brooks Bracewell 12 Dickinson, Texas 000000001981 - 04 - 03 - 0000 3 April 1981 Last seen with Georgia Geer at a convenience store. Georgia Geer 14 Dickinson, Texas 000000001981 - 04 - 03 - 0000 3 April 1981 Last seen with Brooks Bracewell at a convenience store. Sandra Ramber 14 Sante Fe, Texas 000000001983 - 10 - 26 - 0000 26 October 1983 Still missing. Hiede Villareal - Faye 23 League City, Texas 000000001983 - 10 - 10 - 0000 10 October 1983 000000001984 - 04 - 01 - 0000 April 1984 Last seen at a convenience store. Laura Miller 16 League City, Texas 000000001984 - 09 - 10 - 0000 10 September 1984 000000001986 - 02 - 03 - 0000 3 February 1986 Last seen at a convenience store. Shelley Sikes 19 Texas City, Texas 000000001986 - 05 - 24 - 0000 24 May 1986 Car found abandoned on I - 45. Still missing. Suzanne Rene Richardson 22 Galveston, Texas 000000001988 - 10 - 07 - 0000 7 October 1988 Still missing. Lynette Bibbs 14 Houston, Texas 000000001996 - 02 - 01 - 0000 1 February 1996 Last seen with Tamara Fisher. Tamara Fisher 15 Houston, Texas Laura Smither 12 Friendswood, Texas 000000001997 - 04 - 03 - 0000 3 April 1997 000000001997 - 04 - 20 - 0000 20 April 1997 Last seen jogging. Jessica Cain 17 La Marque, Texas 000000001997 - 08 - 17 - 0000 17 August 1997 000000002016 - 03 - 18 - 0000 18 March 2016 Her abandoned truck was found on I - 45. Tot Harriman 57 League City, Texas 000000002001 - 07 - 12 - 0000 12 July 2001 Last seen driving. Still missing. Sarah Trusty 23 Algoa, Texas 000000002002 - 07 - 12 - 0000 12 July 2002 000000002002 - 07 - 26 - 0000 26 July 2002 Last seen biking. Teressa Vanegas 16 Dickinson, Texas 000000002006 - 10 - 31 - 0000 31 October 2006 000000002006 - 11 - 03 - 0000 3 November 2006 Last seen leaving the Green Caye subdivision. Krystal Baker 13 Texas City, Texas 000000001996 - 03 - 05 - 0000 5 March 1996 Last seen at a convenience store. Jane Doe 000000001986 - 02 - 03 - 0000 3 February 1986 Janet Doe 000000001991 - 09 - 08 - 0000 8 September 1991 Suspects One suspect was convicted murderer Edward Harold Bell, who was 72 years old in November 2011. Bell claimed in a 1998 letter to police that he had murdered 11 girls in Galveston County. Although he was a longtime suspect, prosecutors said they did not have enough evidence to prosecute him. William Lewis Reece, a 58 - year - old Texas man, has been named a suspect in four of the murders and charged with three of them. He has been charged in the murders of Tiffany Johnston, 19, Jessica Cain, 17, and Laura Smither, 12. He is suspected but not charged in the death of Kelli Cox, 20. He was serving a 60 - year sentence for kidnapping when he led police to the remains of Cain and Cox in 2015. The Krystal Jean Baker case In April 2012, 16 years after Krystal Jean Baker 's beaten, raped and strangled body was found, Kevin Edison Smith was arrested and convicted of murdering her. In 2009, Smith had been arrested on a drug charge in Louisiana. At about the same time, a detective tested Baker 's dress for DNA. A match was confirmed, using advanced technology that was not available at the time of Krystal 's disappearance. A jury deliberated for about 30 minutes and found Smith guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison. Film adaptation A film adaptation of the deadly events that occurred along the I - 45 highway was released on September 9, 2011, with the title Texas Killing Fields. It was directed by Ami Canaan Mann and starred Sam Worthington and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film is loosely based on the murders while depicting a fictional portrayal of the struggle that local police faced while attempting to solve the murders. The film focuses on the lead police detectives, Capt. Brian Goetschius and Mike Land, who dedicated their careers to solving the mysteries of I - 45. The filmmakers hired officers Goetschius and Land as consultants while making the movie. Screenwriter and Federal Agent Donald Ferrarone said he drew information from an interview with a kidnapping victim and the family of one of the murder victims. Janet Miller, mother of victim Laura Miller, said in an interview with the Dallas Morning News that she was angry at first about the film, stating `` I was upset because no one notified me. The parents should know what 's going on. '' Tim Miller, the father of Laura Miller, said he saw the film for what the filmmakers intended -- to raise awareness about the crimes and to generate new tips. In an interview with CBS News for 48 Hours, actor Sam Worthington said, `` People -- you never know -- might just go and see the movie and go, ' Oh, I remember when someone went down in the fields, and I remember a certain car and a certain person seemed a bit dodgy. ' Maybe a family can then know what happened to their daughter. '' See also Anthony Allen Shore Gwynns Falls Leakin Park -- notorious body dumping ground in Baltimore, Maryland List of serial killers in the United States Serial killer References ^ Jump up to : The mystery of the Texas Killing Fields... And how one man may hold the answer to the 30 young women found murdered there Mail Online ^ Jump up to : The real - life mystery of Texas ' killing fields -- CBS News Jump up ^ `` The Killing Fields '' : Disappearance of Texas girl still haunts 48 Hours reporter -- Crimesider -- CBS News Jump up ^ Extra : `` Texas Killing Fields '' director on real - life cases -- 48 Hours -- CBS News Jump up ^ `` Can you help solve these cases ? ''. CBSNews. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Police : No corroboration for killing confession -- The Galveston County Daily News : News Jump up ^ `` Serial killer Edward Harold Bell 's chilling confessions : ' I murdered 11 teenage girls ' - Daily Mail Online ''. Mail Online. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Experts : William Reece fits serial killer profile - ABC News Jump up ^ `` 56 - year - old rapist charged with the murder of teenage girl in 1997 thanks to advances in DNA testing - Daily Mail Online ''. Mail Online. Retrieved 11 August 2017. ^ Jump up to : The Killing Fields -- 48 Hours -- CBS News Jump up ^ `` Man convicted in Texas City girl 's 1996 slaying ''. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Horswell, Cindy ( October 20, 2011 ). `` Detectives hope ' Killing Fields ' film help solve 60 murders ''. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 23, 2017. Jump up ^ Horswell, Cindy ( February 28, 2010 ). `` Victims ' kin skeptical on film on Galveston Co. killings ''. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved May 23, 2017. Jump up ^ `` ' Killing Fields ' movie based on slain, missing Texas girls ''. Dallas News. October 21, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2017. 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Question: where are the killing fields located in texas
Answer: an area bordering the Calder Oil Field, which is a 25-acre patch of land situated a mile from Interstate Highway 45