Donna Elaine Culpepper, 62, of De Kalb, Texas, was found dead on a rural property on Private Road 42041 near De Kalb on June 19, 2025. Family members became concerned when they couldn’t reach her and went to the property where she sometimes stayed; deputies discovered two bodies and opened a double-homicide investigation. Records list Donna as having died from gun violence that day. She had deep community ties and had worked for years as a correctional officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Deputies identified the second victim as Texas corrections officer Charles Beckham, who investigators believe was shot multiple times after likely interrupting a burglary at his home in the early hours of June 19. Evidence indicates the killer tried to destroy evidence by setting Beckham’s truck and his body on fire. Within days, law enforcement arrested 34-year-old Clyde Allen Stephens II in White County, Arkansas, driving a vehicle belonging to one of the victims; Bowie County authorities announced he would face capital murder charges and later indicted him on related counts.

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