Murder without a body; 17-years later the Ebarb family wants justice for Kenny
- Pennie Ferguson/Daily News
- Jul 12, 2022 Updated Jul 12, 2022
Sabine County, Texas-
July 15 will mark 17-years since family members last saw or spoke to Kenny Dwayne Ebarb.
Family members in Sabine County are still waiting for answers after the 2005 disappearance, and murder. Kenny was just two days shy of his 28th birthday. He was last seen near the 21000 block of Countryside Road, near FM 1960 in Humble, Texas. The date was July 15, 2005. A date that is etched heavy in the hearts of his children, parents, and extended family.
The report indicated Ebarb had gone to collect money from someone he knew. He has never been seen or heard from again. His vehicle was located the following day, abandon and burned in Huffman, Texas. At the time of his disappearance, Ebarb resided in Spring, Texas. His kids are left to wonder what happened. His remains were never found, and no one has ever been charged in the disappearance. "We want justice, we want to know what happened," Ebarb's sister in law Amy told us. The now cold case is being investigated by the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Sabine County residents Rex Ebarb and his wife, Amy, continue to look for answers. "I'm sure we know who did this, and so do police," Amy said. Keeping Kenny's case alive after more 16-years is a struggle, she added. We want justice for Kenny. There is a murderer walking the streets.
His brother Rex, and Amy attended a session at the Parents of Murdered Children conference, back in 2007.
Ebarb's family has dealt with his disappearance with emotions that range from hope to despair, frustration to anger, grief to loneliness.
Rex Ebarb said he had a special relationship with his "baby brother" — nicknamed "Boogie." He said he remembers teaching his brother to ride a bike, fish and hunt." The Houston Chronicle 2017,
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Group-helps-families-of-slain-loved-ones-1
"Kenny was a good father. He was a good brother. He was just so much fun to be around," Rex Ebarb said in the interview, blinking back tears. "He looked up to me. We were really close. I guess I should have been there more for him."
The case is considered a murder without a body.
The family sought help looking for Kenny Ebarb from Texas Equusearch, but we never had many volunteers, and the area we were searching is just too big, Amy Ebarb said.
The case is considered a "homicide without a body" by investigators at the Harris County Sheriff's Department. The Ebarb family say there is one "person of interest" in the case, but the investigation stalled.
"They believe they know who did it, but they have a lack of evidence," Amy Ebarb said.
Amy has been very active in trying to keep the case alive over the years. "I called homicide a couple weeks ago to update our info, and left a message for their cold case investigator to call us back. I left them two numbers, and they have yet to call me back it takes an act of Congress to get any kind of answers or help from Harris County." On July 17, he would have been 45-years old. This is a particular difficult time of the year, and this family has waited for what sometimes seems like an eternity for answers, and justice.
His children, and step children Katherine, Brooke, Will, Alexis, Mariah, Jordan, and McKenna hold him near their hearts as they grapple to understand why he was taken from them.
Crime Stoppers has offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Kenny Ebarb's assailant or assailants. And his case — No. 05505 — is still listed at
www.texasequusearch.org/missing-persons.
Sabine County, Texas-
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