1978 0806 Valley's Oldest Law Officer Remains Active

Has Served 51 Years As A Law Enforcer
by Betty Shepard - Valley Morning Star News Staff 

 Ed Moody ~ Valley Morning (Star Photo) ~ Los Fresnos 

"Dead Man's Curve" Google aerial map view courtesy of Ron & Kathy Ogdee @ "Growing up San Benito"

1953 Jose Rodriguez Torres was suspected of brutally murdering goat herder Juan Meza whose head was struck about ten times.  with a small ax or hatchet.  Deputy Luis Cortez was the size of a giant. (Brownsville Herald archives)

1976 Ed Moody Sr sworn in as Laguna Vista Police Chief (Vol. 26 No. 49 Port Isabel / South Padre Press Decemeber 2, 1976)

Thanks to Ed and Ceci Moody for sharing this real history of a border law enforcer.  Dead Man's Curve image shared by Leo Rodriguez, administrator of "Growing up San Benito, Texas" FB page.  Illustration by Charles Shaw - Texas Monthly Hunting Guide by John Jefferson.

Shepard, Betty.  "Valley's Oldest Law Officer Remains Active:  Has Served 51 Years As A Law Enforcer."  Valley Morning Star.  p.D-10.  Sunday, August 6, 1978.