Seldon Wayne Colvin charged in 1984 Montgomery Cty TX Double Murder

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Man charged in 1984 Montgomery County double slaying
June 4, 2010

A 58-year-old man has been charged and arrested in the slayings of two people found shot to death more than two decades ago in Montgomery County.

Seldon Wayne Colvin was arrested in Pasadena Wednesday, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

He was indicted by a grand jury on murder and capital murder not long before his arrest in the deaths of John Robert Buckels, 38, and Janis Petkas McMahan, 37, Sept. 28, 1984.

Blood found at the slaying scene was linked to Colvin, officials said.

Authorities said the badly decomposed bodies of Buckels and McMahan were discovered along Old Highway 105 near Cleveland. They had been shot.

Blood found at the scene was collected by investigators, but DNA testing was not available at the time. The evidence was stored at the Houston Police Department Crime Lab and the case remained unsolved.

But in 2009, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Cold Case detectives reviewed the case and had the blood tested, linking Colvin to the killings.

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Investigators: Suspect arrested in 1984 double-murder cold case
June 4, 2010


Credit: MCSO
Seldon Wayne Colvin

CLEVELAND, Texas—A man was arrested and charged in a double-murder cold case out of Montgomery County this week, thanks to DNA evidence.

According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation began on September 28, 1984, when the badly decomposed bodies of John Robert Buckels, 38, and Janis Petkas McMahan, 37, were found along Old Highway 105 near Cleveland.

Detectives said both victims were shot to death.

Investigators collected evidence, conducted interviews, followed numerous leads and even developed suspect information, but they were unable to solve the case.

Blood evidence collected in the investigation was stored at the Houston Crime Lab for nearly 25 years until cold-case detectives re-opened the investigation in July of 2009.

DNA testing was applied to the evidence, thanks to grant funds made available through the National Institute of Justice, and analysis linked the evidence to a suspect that had been identified back in 1984.

Detectives tracked down witnesses in Texas and Florida, and on June 2, they arrested Seldon Wayne Colvin, 58.

Colvin is facing murder and capital murder charges in Montgomery County.