HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas (KETK) -- After nearly four decades of questions and heartbreak, authorities have announced a breakthrough in the 1987 murder of 29-year-old Rickey Herriage, bringing long-awaited closure to a cold case that haunted East Texas for years.

Beyond the Headlines: Who was the East Texas brother that was murdered nearly 40 years ago?

On Sunday, March 8, 1987, around 1:00 p.m., the body of Rickey Herriage was found beneath a bridge on County Road 1500 near Walnut Creek in Henderson County. He had been shot multiple times and thrown from the bridge. Despite numerous leads and theories, no motive or suspect was identified at the time and the case eventually went cold.

Rickey Herriage was born on January 13, 1958, in Anson, Texas and grew up in Athens after his family relo

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