Ft. Worth Man Gets Car Stuck in Creek After Dumping Body Off Highway 67W. Charged with Murder and Held on One Million Dollar Bond.

A Fort Worth man, Lucious Newhouse III, 54, is in Hopkins County jail charged with Felony 1 Murder. 

Newhouse killed a woman in the Fort Worth area and then drove to Hopkins County. He went onto an open property on Highway 67W and dumped the victim’s body. He became confused on how to get back to the road and got his car stuck in a creek. He then walked to the road to try to find a ride and that’s when he was contacted by law enforcement.

Authorities found the body after following the tracks from Newhouse’s car into the open field. The female victim was killed by gunshot. Through the course of the investigation it was discover that the woman was murdered in Ft. Worth. Newhouse is being held on a $1 million bond.