b'victim: Just 36 years old, Dolores Salazarvictims:worked as a bank teller and was a DoLoRes Salazar devoted Dallas Cowboys fan. AlthoughJames & she had no children of her own, she Accused: was appreciated and beloved by hermichelle large family, members of which wor-robert Rosales ried about her tumultuous relation- butlership to Robert Rosales.location: From age 16 in 1999, Rosales beganAccused:racking up a long series of misde- adam williams 300 Block of balboameanor charges in Nueces County including unlawful carrying of aAmanda noverron west side of c.c.firearm, discharging a firearm, autolocation:near airport rd. @burglary, evading arrestall of which were dismissed or disposed after hepadre island beach in kleberg baldwin blvd. satisfied probation requirements. county, near mile marker 263The one charge that finally stuck came down after Salazar, his ex-girlfriend, was found dead in her bed, blud-geoned to death with a hammer after being sexu-ally assaulted, according to the murder indictment. On her obituary page, Salazar is said to have been preceded in death by five cousins of her generation. Rosales has pleaded not-guilty and is in jail awaiting trial. James Butler, 48, and his wife Michelle, 45, led a happy-go-lucky, nomadic lifestyle that took them to all parts of the United States, traveling intentionally out of the way victims: routes that would lead to the discovery of new com-john w. hughes munities and new friends. Their last adventure started at their home in New Hampshire, destined to Florida for steven romine seasonal workby way of Corpus Christi. For the first two weeks of October, the couple rented an RV space at Padre Balli Park on the island, then moved south to james tennant free camping on the beach in Kleberg Co. After two days with no contact, worried family members reported Accused: them missing on October 17, but their 2018 Chevy myles dingman truck and RV were nowhere to be found, until it was photographed being driven by Adam Williams, 33, over benjamin lableu the border from Laredo into Mexico.After an extensive search by location: every variety of law enforce-ment agencies, the decom-500 Block of clarideposing bodies of the Butlers were found buried in the off nas dr. flour bluff dunes south of Bob Hall Pier, in This strangely under-reportedKleberg Co., in an area known triple homicide in Flour Bluffas The Bowl, a natural contour appears related to the traffickingof relief in the dune line, on of methamphetamines by AryanOctober 27. On November 6, Brotherhood-connected gangWilliams, who had a felony members. John W. Hughes, 49,warrant out of Utah in addition Steven Romine, 59, and Jamesto the new murder warrant in Tennant, 39, were found shot to death inside a home in the 500 block of Claride St., offKleberg Co., was arrested with N.A.S. Dr. in Flour Bluff, an area of the city notorious for drug dealing, overdoses, andAmanda Noverr in the state related violent activity. A robbery call that was upgraded to a shooting on Friday, Decem- of Jalisco, Mexicoboth have ber 13th, led to the discovery of the men. Two suspects, Myles Dingman, 27, and Benjaminbeen extradited back to the LaBleu, 29, were arrested the next day in Flour Bluff. Two credit cards belonging to anotherU.S. The couple was traveling Flour Bluff murder victim, Eddy Soranaka, were found in LaBleus possession. with a three-year-old child.TheCoastalBend.com THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINEQ2.2020 69'