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Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields shared the deadly history linked to the Great Houston area, but there are many things the show left out. The show primarily focused on four victims who were found in the Calder Road Oil Field, as well as three potential suspects in those cases. In reality, though, the case of the killing fields has a far wider scope than what was covered in the series.

There have been at least 33 murders and several disappearances connected to the killing fields as opposed to only four in the focus of The Texas Killing Fields. Given the magnitude and time span over which these cases have occurred, there are also many more suspects than only three. It makes sense to some degree why Netflix would leave out several of these aspects of the case, given it would take dozens of episodes...

Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields tells the story of the Calder Road Oil Field, colloquially known as the Texas Killing Fields, a 25-acre patch of land where dozens of bodies connected to several different suspects have been found. Although the documentary primarily focuses on four unsolved murders that occurred directly in the field, investigators have linked over 30 murders to the area, as well as several disappearances. The vast majority of these crimes are unsolved with no known suspect(s). However, there are some that have either been solved and led to convictions or have very strong suspects who were never definitively convicted.

Currently, there have been four suspects convicted of crimes connected to the killing fields, and these four suspects are collectively responsible for three murders and one disappearance. Additionally, at least three other suspects have been posited as suspects in other cases but were never convicted due to a lack of evidence.

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