Sheriff’s Department Investigates Body Discovered on Gas Well Pad (Update 9:52am)

August 19, 2019 - The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department has released information about the body located off FM 1645.

The deceased has been identifed as Kurt Ebner, 33, of Orange who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. 

The body was sent to Forensic Medical of Texas in Beaumont for autopsy. 


August 18, 2019 - Investigators with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the discovery of a body on a natural gas location.

The body of a man was discovered early Thursday, August 15, 2019, off FM 1645 in the Arcadia Community. 

As deputies and Constable Roy Cheatwood directed traffic near the scene, investigators traveled through the woods and to the site of the body where a pickup truck was located. 

Melissa Crouch, Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, arrived at the scene to pronounce the individual deceased.

At this time, additional information has not yet been released by the sheriff’s department.