Body of Missing Man Found; Suspects Charged with Capital Murder

LONGVIEW — Two people have been charged in the death of 27-year-old Ronnie Joe Gammage (pictured). KETK reports 20-year-old Sarah Haslam and 19-year-old Daniel Jones are charged with capital murder. Both are in the Gregg County Jail. During the course of the investigation, detectives identified four individuals who may have been involved in Gammage’s disappearance. Detectives interviewed Gammage and Jones. Authorities say that after the interview, the two led police to Gammage’s body, which had been left in Upshur County.

The suspects were identified through bank surveillance video that was released to the media. Police say four people had tried to cash a check on Gammage’s bank account within 30 minutes of Gammage visiting the same bank. Haslam and Jones were initially booked on aggravated kidnapping charges. Gammage was last heard from on December 4. He suffered from a mental disability which could impair his ability to make sound judgments. His vehicle was found abandoned in the parking lot of the Waffle House located at 318 East Loop 281 in Longview. The investigation is ongoing.