Travis Clements

Travis Ray Clements, a 35-year-old White man from Austin, Texas, was a father to three boys. He was known to friends as "Trav" and described as smart and funny.

On the evening of June 11, 2021, Travis and his wife drove with their three children to meet a man they knew, Anthony Ryan Lilley, in southeast Austin. The meeting took place in the 4123 block of Todd Lane. During the encounter, shots were fired. Travis was struck and killed. His wife was also shot, but she survived her non-life-threatening injuries and was able to call 911 to report that she had been robbed and shot. Their children, who were in the car during the incident, were unharmed and placed with a family member by crisis counselors.

Following an investigation, the Austin Police Department identified the man they met, 31-year-old Anthony Ryan Lilley of Liberty Hill, as the suspect. On June 15, 2021, Lilley was arrested and booked into the Travis County Jail, where he was charged with the murder of Travis Clements.

The prosecution came to an unexpected end just over a week later. On Saturday, June 26, 2021, Lilley was found unresponsive in his cell at the Travis County Correctional Complex. Corrections staff and EMS personnel administered CPR, but their efforts were unsuccessful, and Lilley was pronounced dead. His death while awaiting trial closed the murder case. As of June 2021, an investigation into Lilley's death was underway, involving the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Rangers, and the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.