Authorities Searching Texas and Louisiana for Man Recently Convicted of Murder 

Published January 31, 2022

The Sabine County Sheriff’s Office has reported that they are looking for Matthew Hoy Edgar, who was sentenced by a jury to 99 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division for the murder of Livye Lewis on October 31, 2020.

Edgar had failed to appear for his trial on Thursday, January 27, 2022. His trial was continued in his absence by his attorney.

The Sabine County Sheriff’s Office continued its search after the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Lufkin Police Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the United States Marshall’s Office joined the search on Thursday. The Sheriff’s Office responded to a number of Edgar sightings across the county, including additional locations in both Jasper and Orange Counties. The Sabine County Sheriff’s Office has never stopped looking for Edgar and will do so in the future with the help of other law enforcement agencies.

Edgar has not been found as of January 31, 2022, and the search continues in both Texas and Louisiana with the help of Texas Rangers from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the US Marshall’s Service, the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office.

Sabine County Sheriff Tom Maddox would like to remind residents that if they see or encounter Edgar in or around Sabine County, they should call the Sheriff’s Office at (409)787-2266 or 911. Residents are asked not to contact Edgar, but rather to contact the Sheriff’s Office or the nearest law enforcement agency.

Featured image source: Sabine County Sheriff’s Office.