An apartment fire is a cover for an unsolved murder.
CASE DETAILS On March 26, 2000, the Lufkin, Texas Fire Department arrived at the scene of an apartment fire. As firefighters extinguished the blaze, they discovered a chilling scene. Tied to the posts of the bed was the charred body of a woman. Lieutenant David Young was immediately called in to investigate:
Dental records identified the victim as Megan Curl, a 26-year-old woman who had been a Lufkin resident for five years. In the first grade, Megan had been diagnosed with mild retardation, requiring that she attend special education classes. According to her mother, Sherry McClung, Megan’s life was never easy:
When Megan was in high school, her family settled in Lufkin, 175 miles southeast of Dallas. When she was 18, Megan got married and moved to Arkansas with her new husband, but the marriage was abusive and the two separated. According to Sherry McClung, Megan returned to Lufkin and insisted on getting her own apartment:
On the night of her murder, Megan went to a local nightclub. According to Lieutenant Young, it was there that she was seen talking to a man:
Megan arrived home just after 1:30 AM. A close friend who lived in the same apartment complex waited up for Megan to hear the details of her night out. Megan’s friend requested that her identity not be revealed:
Her friend was concerned and went up to Megan’s apartment to check on her. When Megan answered the door, the friend noticed that the driver from earlier was with Megan:
It was the last time she would see Megan alive. According to Lieutenant Young, Megan’s body was found with the remnants of a nightgown on:
For Megan’s mother, the very thought that her daughter was killed by someone she trusted only added to her grief:
Investigators questioned several men with whom Megan Curl was known to have had relationships. However, each man was able to account for his whereabouts on the night of the murder. Police consider the unidentified man in Megan’s apartment as the prime suspect in her murder. The man is white, with blond hair and a light mustache. On the night of her murder, he wore gold-rimmed glasses. Watch this case now on Amazon Prime in season twelve with Robert Stack and in season one with Dennis Farina. Also available on YouTube with Dennis Farina. Various seasons available now on Hulu. SUBMIT A TIP |
Ashley Lynn
I really believe that her ex husband had another inmate he was friends with in prison kill her ..I mean it kinda makes perfect sense .He was released one week prior to her murder and because she testified against him before he was released his parole was revoked and he was already abusive and i imagine her doing that made him so angry he mightve been friends with a possible killer that offered to do it for him .And i can tell u that once he set fire to her bed he was long gone out of Lufkin and possibly out of Texas ..He could be back in prison now but it was someone her ex abusive husband knew for sure ..Because the manor of which she died was an angry killing ..Tim Purvis her ex mightve told this guy to leave her unrecognizable due to anger he had towards her…
Georgina
I think the woman who witnessed this mysterious man should be looked at! The whole story that was told sounded sketchy.. Why would she be so worried she had a man over . Sounds like a made up events. Usually when people die it usually closer to home. Investigators need to look closer to home. And find out all about this friendship and how close were they and was there any jealousy. My guts not buying the story. I have this gift and when I get it it is usually right. My daughter didn’t believe me , she thought I was crazy til I had a feeling my grandma died and at the same moments my grandpa died, I told her and said never mind I know I sound crazy then next day my family showed up in Seattle where I was living told me my grandma died and as soon as we buried her my grandma my grandpa died. She doesn’t think I am crazy anymore because I can feel things I don’t understand. They need to look at the people near her.
Jerry
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Barbara G Wells
The man with glasses is Gary Wallace he the one whom kill Megan and the cowboy hat is Keith Easta these two men are best friend. Their was a big hit on Meagan from Deanna Ramirez. Deanna and Megan was fighting in 2000.
steven
Where did you get this information? Please and thank you.
Barbara Wells
Megan got her Justice these tow men is in jail!!!
Mari
Does it seem like maybe she was making a love interests upset. Maybe she thought or at least threatened a pregnancy on a man who was married. Or it could be that she was just threatening or evening just playing around with an idea like this not realizing how a threat like that could sound to a man trying to keep his image up. It really seems like we need to know what emotional intelligence she had. And only her exs and friends who saw her around that time could really help. Any link or articles about interviews that went more in dept about her personality and what exactly made her so vulnerable.
Barbara G Wells
Both these men are in jail but there more people are involved!! Im fighting for justice!!! Same people murder my dad, my granddaughter and all these bad thing they doing to me. The F I and Detective are in my life.
Heather Gonzalez
I know who killed her. I’m 100% sure of it. I know who killed Megan Curl..
Unsolved Mysteries
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Heather
The picture of the suspect resembles the other sketch with glasses..HELLO!!! It’s the same man. There is only one killer. ONE!
Tack Linn
It seems to me that the composite of the unidentified man in the cowboy hat resembles the composite of “Jason” from the Jonathan Francia case
carlos p montenegro
I pray for her
Chanita
Apparently The Killer have landed Himself in hot Hot Water with The Authorities He Did Not Have Enough Respect for That WomanThat Is A Sick Human Being!
Blue bird
CMPD!
LUIS FREEH
ONLY THE “SHERIFF” COULD TELL U WHAT “GOLD RIMMED GLASSES” IS CUZ HE THE ONE CLAIMING “KKK” AND MAKIN ALL THE FRAMS KKK.
Concerned Citizen
There is a striking resemblance between the leutinent (the man who spoke the most about the case on camera) and the suspect (with glasses) in the sketch. Unbelievable. Right in front of your face.
Cory
This breaks my heart she was an Angel. Just wanted someone to love her. I was in special ed as a kid and was an outcast as well. Would be awesome to be her friend
Big daddy
So who was it?…did they ever catch him?
anonymous
The guy is responsible for the 1991 yogurt shop murders. This resembles it.
Bernard Short
I remember watching that story 15 years ago back on television plus I later bought the Unsolved Mysteries Bizarre Murders dvd which had the segment even though in Megan’s younger years she was an outcast but I remember watching her story over the years & still haven’t gotten any updates about any one arrested around that time because some one did witnessed the man’s face & was able to tell investigators about what this fella looks like but over the years I’ve seen no more updates ever since.
Marcela Ruby
I would have said the same thing but when this happened Glen Leroy Rogers was already in Prison in Florida- Death Row 1999
Anonymous
Glen Rogers!!
my name is Debbi Washington
I believe that this young precious woman could have been killed by a known serial killer. The destcription of her body describers not only the way he murdered woman by stabbing gashing method. but also how he set ablaze one of his victims an old man who let him stay with him was found dead in his house that had been set on fire to cover up the murder with a message in writing on the wall saying I have to get out of here or something tothat affect. I believe that it should not have taken this long to catch this guy. He is in prison on death row in California I believe I can’t remember his name but he claims to have killed about seventy people mostly women and in a brutal fashion like. He claimed to have killed women in texas although the police did not believe he killed so many his brother did a documentary called my brother the serial killer he has blond hari blue eyes blond mustache and was very good lookin and is known as an extremely good charmer. So he would have been able to charme the pants off of anyone. I would check into this if I were you his name can be found on the internet because he claimed to have been the culprit of Nicole brown simpsons and ron goldman murder for ojay because ojay did not want to get his hands dirtyl There is a picture of him along with Nicole brown and ojay. He told his brother that he was going to take Nicole brown down because her an ojay had money. And if you look at the method in the way Nicole brown was killed her throat gashed to the point of almost decapitation it is worth looking into this man was sick from the time he was a child and everytime he meets a woman he ends up brutally killing her and trying to cover it up plus he is extremely strong. please look into it talk to him at least what do you stand to lose. I investigated my nephew’s death so I can pretty much tell somethings. I believe hie may be the killer of your daughter because if she was so nice as you describe he had to be a serial madman to have done her like that. good luck Debbie Washington God Bless you and the invstigator who will try and look into this cuy.
Dave
Your entire reply is a incoherent mess.
Jason
Seriously. What is with all the spelling and grammatical errors in this thread? Half of these don’t make any sense.
I am interested in what Barbara G Wells said though.
Poe Lemic
Why can’t people use punctation and paragraphs nowadays? Is our educational system around America really that bad?