Man sentenced to 20 years over a 'Texas Killing Fields' case, decades after dozens of bodies found

A man convicted in connection with a death linked to the "Texas Killing Fields" has been sentenced by a jury to 20 years in prison. The sentencing took place in Galveston, Texas, following a rare trial related to the discovery of dozens of bodies of women found near Houston over the decades, beginning years ago.

The case stems from one of the most notorious serial murder investigations in the region, where numerous female victims were discovered in a remote area along Interstate 45 south of Houston. Despite the high number of bodies recovered from the area over the years, criminal trials and convictions remain uncommon.