The Pearland robbery was similar to the Christmas Eve heist in Irving, where two dozen employees were tied up in the back of an Oshman's sporting goods store. Irving Police Officer Aubrey Hawkins was killed when he approached the robbers behind the store. He was buried Thursday. He was finally caught after a three-hour standoff in El Paso and was sentenced to 99 years for aggravated kidnapping and burglary. Texas authorities won't discuss any leads they are pursuing or what security measures they are taking for the fugitives' victims and prosecutors.
Some relatives are clearly frightened.
Halprin was serving 30 years for injury to a child. Relatives of another of the fugitives, Patrick Henry Murphy Jr., went on television in Dallas on Thursday night, pleading for him to surrender. Murphy was serving 50 years for aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon and burglary in Dallas. You know you weren't raised to do this. Just stop the pain that the family is going through.