Ed Bell seems to have been responsible for many of the 1970's murders, and by looking at the consistency of the victims found, you can kind of tell those were his. Additionally, he has admitted to most of those in the September 2011 interview. I'm enclosing my list of victims within the 1970's, but
in no way, shape, or form is this list considered by me to be exhaustive.
Jeanie Monk - Baytown; Missing - 5'2" 100 pounds, blondish brown hair, green eyes, fair complexion. Mr. & Mrs. L. E. Monk, 118 E. Hunnicutt, still have not heard from their 16-year-old daughter, Jeanie, who has been missing since June 11, 1971. STILL UNRESOLVED.
Colette Annise Wilson - Age 13, Caucasian. She was dropped off by her Band Leader at a bus stop in Alvin on June 17, 1971. Her nude body was found in West Houston, near I-10 and HWY 6 near Addicks Reservoir, some 35 to 40 miles from where she was last seen 5 months earlier. She had been killed by a gunshot to head; her band instrument was never located. The remains of Colette Wilson were found within 35 yards from where the body of 19 year old Gloria Gonzales was later discovered
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIMS Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Brenda Jones - Age 14, brunette. She disappeared while walking in the East End on Galveston Island, close to I-45, to visit an aunt on July 1, 1971. Her body was found the next day in Galveston Bay, close to Seawolf Park. She had a slip crammed in her mouth and had died of a head wound.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM - but not in Bell's confession in 2011 to Houston Chronicle STILL UNSOLVED.
Sharon Shaw – Age 14. On August 5, 1971, two 14-year old Webster girls, Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw, disappeared from an outing in Galveston (from a surf shop co-owned by Bell). An investigation was launched the same day by the police department in nearby Webster in Harris County. Their skeletal remains were discovered about five months later in the Taylor Bayou near Shoreacres in southeast Harris County. Michael Lloyd Self confessed, but recanted the confession he made to
Officer Tommy Deal & Webster Chief of Police Don Morris (both police were 'crooked' and were incarcerated for bank robberies in Texas during this time). Self is the only man in America convicted solely on a confession.
Ed Bell claimed responsibility and he named her in his 2011 confession interview with Houston Chronicle.
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnoct06.pdf BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM STILL UNSOLVED.
Rhonda Johnson – Age 14. On August 5, 1971, two 14-year old Webster girls, Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw, disappeared from an outing in Galveston (from a surf shop co-owned by Bell). An investigation was launched the same day by the police department in Webster in Harris County. Their skeletal remains were discovered about five months later in the Taylor Bayou near Shoreacres in southeast Harris County. Michael Lloyd Self confessed, but recanted the confession he made to
Officer Tommy Deal & Webster Chief of Police Don Morris (both police were 'crooked' and were incarcerated for bank robberies in Texas during this time). Self is the only person convicted solely on a confession in America.
Ed Bell claimed resonsibility, as he named her in his 2011 confession interview with Houston Chronicle.
http://thepolicenews.net/html/gcpnoct06.pdf STILL UNSOLVED.
Gloria Ann Gonzales - Age19, brunette. She disappeared on October 28, 1971 near her home in Houston. Her body was found near Addick's Reservoir in west Houston, within 35 yards from where the body of Colette Wilson had been discovered months earlier. She died from blunt force trauma to the head. (
Possibly a Bell victim but didn't identify her by name, however, his other victims were found in the same place) STILL UNSOLVED.
Alison Craven - Age 12, Caucasian. Her mother returned home from after running errands for 1 hour on November 9, 1971. Her daughter was missing from their apartment near I-45. Police later found partial remains in a nearby field, two hands along with bones from an arm and some teeth. On Feb 25, 1972 the rest of her skeleton was found in a Pearland, TX field, also near I-45 and 5 to 10 miles from where she was last seen. (This was one the
wasn't in Bell's confession.)
+1SK STILL UNSOLVED.
Debbie Ackerman - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. students Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson both were students from Galveston’s Ball High, both disappeared on November 11, 1971 and they were found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. They were in Turner's Bayou in Texas, both girls were shot twice and their hands and feet bound and only partially clothed. Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Maria Johnson - Age 15, Caucasian, brunette. Galveston Ball High student disappeared from Galveston Mall on November 11, 1971 and found dead two days later, 10 miles north of where they disappeared, close to I-45 and Highway 3. Their bodies were in Turner's Bayou in Texas City where fishermen saw them floating, both girls were shot twice before being dumped in the water. Their hands and feet were bound and only partially clothed. Edward Harold Bell was a suspect but never charged because of circumstantial evidence. He later wrote a letter admitting the murders of Ackerman and Johnson, but wasn’t charged. He is in prison on unrelated charges.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Kimberly Pitchford - Age 16, Caucasian; last seen at a Pasadena driving school near I-45 on January 3, 1973. She was found strangled two days later in a ditch near Angleton near 288, about 30 miles south of where she was last seen. However, the authorities still deem the case unsolved. Edward Bell identified her as one of his victims (in a 09/2011 interview with the Houston Chronicle called ‘The 11 That Went to Heaven”, but I don’t believe he was charged.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Georgia Geer - Age 14, Caucasian, brunette. Georgia Geer skipped school on September 6, 1974 and disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both her and Bracewell had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM.
Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Brooks Bracewell - Age 12, Caucasian, brunette. Brooks Bracewell skipped school on September 6, 1974 and disappeared from a convenience store in Dickinson, close to I-45. Both her and Geer had been beaten to death and found were found in an Alvin Swamp.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Unnamed girl picked up off Highway 2004 near Santa Fe: Possibly
Nina Lynn Kluge, 16, of Cypress, who failed to arrive home Oct. 22, 1975, after visiting friends in Rosharon. Her car was found abandoned along Texas 6, about four miles west of Santa Fe, TX.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Unnamed Houston girl with red or blonde hair killed in mid-1970s: No further information.
BELL'S SUPPOSED VICTIM Bell claimed responsibility in a 2011 interview with Houston Chron, but no charges have formally been brought forth, therefore, considered, STILL UNSOLVED.
Nina Lynn Kluge, 16, of Cypress, who failed to arrive home Oct. 22, 1975, after visiting friends in Rosharon. Her car was found abandoned along Texas 6, about four miles west of Santa Fe, TX. ***Similar to Jessica Lee Cain's Disappearance!***
+1SK STILL UNSOLVED.