Friday, August 2, 2013

William Merle Greenawalt Dies; 1 Of 3 Elderly Men Allegedly Held Captive In Texas Home By Walter Renard Jones

William Merle Greenawalt Dies; 1 Of 3 Elderly Men Allegedly Held Captive In Texas Home By Walter Renard Jones: HOUSTON — One of three men found malnourished and held against their will in a dungeon-like garage of a Houston house has died.

A Houston police statement Tuesday says 79-year-old William Merle Greenawalt died Thursday. Two other former captives, 59-year-old Dean Cottingham and 64-year-old John Edward Padget, are out of the hospital and in the care of Adult Protective Services.

Walter Renard Jones was arrested at the scene July 19, when the men were found. The 31-year-old Houston man remains jailed on two counts of injury to the elderly with serious bodily injury. A message left with his attorney wasn't returned.

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