By Mycah Hatfield ACB13 News
Friday, December 30, 2022
While it is unclear how the 18-year-old died, deputies described the scene as a “gruesome crime.” An autopsy is being conducted.
SAN JACINTO COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two men are behind bars after a young woman was found dead in Coldspring, Texas earlier this week.
Deputies with the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 100 block of Ellis Road at 11:55 a.m. on Dec. 28 in reference to a woman found dead.
The victim was identified as 18-year-old Katelynn Michelle Brandon from Onalaska.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers said she died from several stab wounds to the back of the neck and shoulder blades. He described it as “gruesome.”
Brandon’s family members were the ones who found her body Wednesday morning in the trailer home she shared with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Thorin Keepers, 28.
“When they didn’t hear from her after several hours, they elected to drive over there and see. And they walked in the house and found what they found,” Sheriff Capers said.
The sheriff estimated the woman had been dead for several hours before her family found her.
Thorin Keepers is charged with murder and tampering with/or fabricating physical evidence. His father, Daniel Keepers, 50, is also charged with tampering with/or fabricating physical evidence.
“We have a witness who seen them come out of the residence with Katelynn’s phone and then throw it in a location off of SH-2025 in north Cleveland,” Sheriff Capers explained.
Those familiar with the situation said the couple had a tumultuous relationship.
The two men were taken into custody at their home in the Cleveland area on Dec. 29, deputies said.
