Ronny Lee Carey Jr. was charged this morning with first degree felony murder in connection with the death of 40-year-old Ryan Michael Sullivan, whose burned bones were found last week.
Justice of the Peace Chad Jenkins set a $1 million bond on the 37-year-old Carey. Carey has been in the Orange County Jail for a week on an unrelated charge.
Orange County Sheriff’s Captain Cliff Hargrave announced the charges this morning. He has said investigators believe Sullivan was killed in December.
The investigation began on January 24 when a patrol deputy received a tip. Sheriff’s detectives began talking to other witnesses and obtained a search warrant for a house and property off FM 1136, north of Interstate 10. Orange County records show the property is owned by Carey.
On January 29, searchers found human remains. Hargrave said the remains were bones that had been burned.
-Margaret Toal, KOGT-
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