There were tense moments in Hemphill when the mother of a murder victim came face-to-face with her daughter’s accused killer in a Hemphill convenience store. Now, it appears the mother
Weâve learned more details about the weekend arrest of Sabine County murder suspect Matthew Hoy Edgar. The 24-year-old Hemphill man is currently under Grand Jury indictment on a murder charge, accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Livye Lewis on October 31st, 2020.
Edgar was released from the Sabine County Jail on a $50,000.00 bond a few weeks ago, but he was arrested again over the weekend on new charges of assaulting a woman and also criminal mischief, both of which are felony level charges.
Weâve learned that the Sabine County Grand Jury recently indicted Edgar on the new charges, and according to the indictments the crimes occurred on the same day that Livye Lewis suffered fatal rifle shots through her upper body.