TEXAS 1966 — The Parole Board Signed His Release

How does a man sentenced to death for three murders in 1966 walk out of a Texas prison in 1989 with release papers signed by the Board of Pardons and Paroles? This telling follows Kenneth McDuff from Rosebud to the ballfield in Everman, where Robert Brand, Mark Dunnam and Louise Sullivan were taken, and through Furman v. Georgia, the overcrowded prisons and a parole board reading files in minutes. It then turns to the women who vanished in Central Texas in 1991 and 1992, the America's Most Wanted tip from a coworker in Kansas City, and the Waco lawmen who kept searching until Colleen Reed, Brenda Thompson and Regenia Moore were found. You will come away knowing how the system failed, who got it right along the way, and how Texas rebuilt its prison and parole system afterward. The case is closed, and it is told calmly and completely from the record, with the victims' names at the center. Chapters: 0:00 The release of Kenneth McDuff 1:48 Early life and 1966 crimes 5:48 Trial and death sentence 9:09 Legal changes and commutation 12:41 System failure and release 16:13 New crimes and disappearances 21:18 Manhunt and capture 26:01 Conviction and second death row 29:35 Reform of the Texas system 31:31 Finding the missing and execution 34:22 Reflections on a legacy