A Comanche County native's dreams of returning home and turning a hobby into a viable business came to a sudden end Wednesday in an apparent robbery-murder. Richard Pringle said the murder represented the first homicide in the Stephenville city limits in eight years. Logsdon and his younger brother, Jerry, moved here in April 1997 and opened Custom Computer Services. Sid, as friends knew him, had worked in the automotive body repair business in California for more than 30 years, but wanted to return home to be near his father, Jim, a resident of a De Leon nursing home. Larry Parham, a friend and associate, recalled Friday how he met Logsdon at his computer shop.
People are often interested in upgrading their computers when they want to be on the Internet.
He said Logsdon was with him one day when he went to check on his car, which was being repaired. Sid ran his hand across the finish and pointed out dents which had not been repaired. When the Logsdon brothers opened the computer store, they realized it would take some time before it could support itself. Logsdon, who was on Social Security, managed the story, while Jerry drove a milk truck to help with the business. If you joked with him he always wound up being the winner.