John Freeman, 51, was found dead at his home on Private Road 1652, about three miles north of Chico, Texas, on June 15, 2022. Deputies and EMS responded after a concerned friend called and confirmed Freeman had died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators from the Wise County Sheriff’s Office worked with the Texas Rangers and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. A suspect, 39-year-old McKinley Mantrell Bradford of Lawton, Oklahoma, was identified and arrested in Wichita Falls on June 18, 2022, then transferred to Wise County custody.

The case went to trial and resulted in a conviction and sentence in December 2024. Did anyone nearby on Private Road 1652 in June 2022 see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened that day?