Gary Thomas will never forget the letter he
received in early 2000. It was from John Joe Gray, a suspect in a felony
assault case, offering a not-so-subtle warning to the area's chief criminal
investigator: He had no intention of answering charges that he had attacked a
state trooper.
"What he said was this: 'If y'all come to get me, bring
body bags,' " said Thomas, now a local justice of the peace.
Thomas remembers the message clearly, not because of its
unvarnished threat, but because — after 12 years — Gray, who doesn't
acknowledge the authority of any government, continues to dare police to come
and get him.
Sequestered on a 50-acre, wooded compound in East Texas since
jumping bail more than a decade ago, Gray and his clan have effectively
outlasted the administrations of four local sheriffs, all of whom have decided
that John Joe's arrest is not worth the risk of a violent confrontation. (Read further: Source)
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