Man accused of boy's murder held in jail on $3 million bond
A Texas man accused of murdering 11-year-old Logan Cline was booked into the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on Tuesday, according to online jail records.
Corey Allen Trumbull, who had been imprisoned in Nevada, was formally charged with capital murder and tampering with evidence Wednesday in connection with the boy's Dec. 14, 2019, death in a Wichita Falls hotel room, according to court records.
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Wichita County Justice of the Peace Rodney Burchett set 34-year-old Trumbull's bail at $3 million, according to court documents.
Trumbull was extradited from Nevada to face charges in Wichita County.
He and the child's mother, Stormy Loraine Johnson, are suspected of repeatedly abusing the boy over a period of time and beating him to death, according to allegations in court records.
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Police believe the couple dumped the child's body in an abandoned car where Wichita Falls police found it Feb. 27, 2020, in the 1200 block of Kenley Lane, within walking distance of the hotel, according to allegations in court records.
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Johnson, 39, has been charged with murder and tampering with physical evidence in connection with her son's death, according to court documents.
She has been held in jail in Wichita County since Aug. 13, 2021, on a total bail of $1.250 million, according to online jail records.
A Wichita County grand jury indicted Trumbull April 14, 2020, on a charge of capital murder of a person 10- to 14-years-old in connection with the boy's death, court records show.
Prosecutors can seek life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of a child 10 to 14 years old.
Both Trumbull and Johnson were convicted of other charges in Clarke County, Nevada, and served time in prison there before they were brought to Wichita County.
Trumbull has convictions for battery-domestic violence with a deadly weapon, lewdness with a minor and child abuse, endangerment or neglect, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections.
Johnson was convicted of child abuse, endangerment or neglect, according to online prison and jail records.
The couple got in touch online and met in Midland where Johnson is from, according to Las Vegas, Nevada, arrest reports. After they left Wichita Falls, they drifted to Las Vegas with Johnson's daughter.
Before his arrest, Trumbull's last known address was a homeless shelter in San Angelo, according to arrest reports and publicdata.com.
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