1:00 PM Update: Erath County Sheriff’s Office released the report regarding the arrest of Troy Doud in shooting death of former Brown County resident Jeff Sewalt in Stephenville on February 1st. Doud is in the Erath County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Doud was arrested Wednesday night in Stephenville at his home without incident.
The Erath County Sheriff’s office said that Sewalt was dealing with Doud in a business transaction regarding a pickup. The report states that Doud confessed to currently being in possession of the vehicle title which other evidence indicates was in Sewalt’s possession the morning of his murder.
The report states that Doud told authorities that he repaid the loan secured through Sewalt’s possession of the vehicle title by three installment payments. Doud stated that he received the title from Sewalt several weeks prior to February 1st. Doud also confessed to speaking with Sewalt on February 1, 2013 at 9:38am, but he did not provide any written documentation to back his claim about having settled his account with Sewalt, the report states.
Original Article: A Stephenville man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the murder of Brownwood native Jeff Sewalt.
According to Erath County Jail officials, 46-year-old Troy Reagan Doud was arrested by the Erath County Sheriff’s Office and charged with the murder. As of Friday morning, Doud remained in the Erath County Jail and bond had not been set, according to jail records.
56-year-old Jeff Sewalt was found dead at his home in Stephenville Friday afternoon with a gunshot wound to the head. Sewalt was a former longtime resident of Brownwood and the Brookesmith area and moved to Stephenville in recent years. Many relatives of the Sewalt family reside in the Brownwood area.
