Christopher Brian Colbert, 43, is doubtable of assuming as Ronald Shumway, 57, badge said Thursday. Shumway’s charcoal were begin on his acreage in September and badge said he hadn’t been apparent aback April, according to the Dallas Morning News.The buyer of a home on North Winnekta Ave. that Colbert awash assuming as Shumway begin Shumway’s charcoal in a artificial bag covered by adhesive in the yard. Witnesses were able to analyze the charcoal of Shumway, the Morning News reported.
An arrest accreditation for Colbert was issued on Monday and as of aboriginal Sunday he was still at large. Colbert is answerable with accepting beheading of a certificate by bamboozlement and analytical with government almanac – both felonies. He has not been answerable in Shumway’s death, according to WFAA.
“It’s a abhorrent situation,” Mark Shumway, Ronald’s half-brother, told the station. “A man was murdered, active in his own aback yard, had his acreage baseborn and apparently his coffer accounts drained from somebody from what I accept was aggravating to help.”
The Morning News reported, citation cloister records, there was an outstanding accreditation in Grand Prairie accompanying to Shumway’s car. Badge accept Colbert lived next to Shumway or had “access to his property.”
According to the warrant, Colbert airish as Shumway if he contacted a agent in May to get an appraisal on the house. He active the arrangement with the agent accordant to advertise the abode for $145,000. Three canicule later, Colbert contacted the agent and said he capital to advertise the abode as bound as possible, the cardboard reported.
As Colbert was traveling to abutting on the house, the escrow administrator asked him for identification but he claimed he didn’t accept his driver’s authorization on him and would fax it to her. Authorities said he active the closing abstracts as “Ronald D. Shumway,” according to the paper.
“Hey Trish, here’s my authorization and Coffer of America wire,” Colbert allegedly wrote, according to WFAA. “Thanks! Nice to accommodated you.”
The afterward day, Colbert faxed over an edited adaptation of Shumway’s license. The aggregation again beatific over $110,000 the abode was awash for – which was the amount afterwards Colbert rushed to advertise the home. Badge accept he was application Shumway’s coffer annual to accomplish withdrawals.
Shumway bought the abode in 1984 and lived in it for added than 30 years, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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