Daniel Howey’s finances led to charges in his murder nearly 4 years after his body was found in Dutton Lake, investigators say

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A recent set of eyes on the Chambers County Sheriff’s Workplace helped crack the 2020 murder case of a man found dead in Dutton Lake.

This week, two males are going through homicide fees in connection to the dying of Daniel Howey.

Howey was a 37-year-old man who wanted a wheelchair and had mental and developmental disabilities.

Investigators say his life ended at Dutton Lake in 2020 over cash.

“Mr. Howey was mainly discarded like a bag of trash,” Chambers County Sheriff’s Workplace Felony Investigations Lt. Tanner Dickens mentioned. “He was primarily within the care of that group dwelling, and Mr. Richardson sort of took care of him per se.”

Eyewitness Information reported on the Harris County group home earlier than for its dangerous circumstances and alleged questionable care.

Howey was discovered lifeless dozens of miles away in Chambers County on Oct. 13, 2020.

Detectives instructed ABC13 it was 5 months after he acquired a $1.2 million settlement in a private harm case.

“The detectives began doing a dive into Mr. Howey’s funds and looking out into his financial institution accounts. Once they took that dive, they discovered {that a} substantial sum of money was going lacking,” Dickens mentioned.

Investigators instructed ABC13 that eyewitnesses say Howey threatened to report Richardson for stealing his settlement cash.

Legislation enforcement says a second man, Shaun Sandles, is charged in Howey’s homicide as Richardson’s confederate. In accordance with Texas Division of Felony Justice data, Sandles is at the moment sitting in jail for an unrelated conviction for harm to a disabled individual.

“I do not know the extent of his involvement within the funds, however I consider he was an acquaintance of Mr. Richardson,” Dickens mentioned.

As for Richardson, together with this homicide cost, he is concurrently in hassle with the regulation out of Harris County for his accused function in a number of crimes involving the group dwelling.

He at the moment has eight open court docket circumstances that embody allegations of harm to a disabled individual, aggravated assaults, exploitation, and theft.

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