Sheriff Arrests Two for Murder One in 5-Year-Old Cold Case

On Friday, the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects in connection with a 2010 murder. The Sheriff heralded the re-opening of the five-year-old cold case in April regarding the death of Brian Kyle Plunkett, whose skeletal remains were discovered by deer hunters in the state park north of San Angelo on Oct. 25, 2010.

Plunkett, 23, was reported missing on June 13, 2010 by his parents. Plunkett was reported by his parents to be in the process of leaving San Angelo and moving back to his home state of Louisiana at about the time of his disappearance.

“The Criminal Investigation Division of the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office has made it a priority over the past two years to bring a resolution to the two cold cases we currently have open,” Tom Green County Sheriff David Jones said in a press release. “They (TCGSO CID and personnel) have worked diligently and many hours to bring this case to the point where there is sufficient evidence to obtain arrest warrants on these two individuals. The investigators will continue with the investigation until its conclusion: [A] final disposition at trial. I am very proud of the work the investigators are doing in bringing justice to the victims and their family in these difficult cases.”

George Dale Simmons was arrested and charged with murder, a first degree felony and is being held in the Tom Green County Jail on a $250,000 bond.

Also arrested was Kimberly Nicole Linthicum, also charged with first degree murder. She is also in the Tom Green County Jail but with a $200,000 bond.