The Murder of Father Patrick Ryan Part 1: Room 126

Published: Feb. 17, 2023, 12:03 a.m.

b'When Father Patrick Ryan disappeared from Denver City, Texas on December 21st, 1981, his congregants thought he\\u2019d gone to help someone or was called away to Plains, the other Yoakum County town where he was priest. By Christmas Day, however, after missing three Masses, they were worried and reported Father Ryan missing. Meanwhile, 85 miles to the southeast, police detectives in Odessa were investigating a mystery of their own \\u2013 the murder of a John Doe whose body was found in a seedy, highway side motel.

If you have any information about the 1981 murder of Father Patrick Joseph Ryan, please call the Odessa Police Department at (432)335-496 or Odessa Crime Stoppers at (432)333-8477

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The Odessa American, The Austin Chronicle article \\u201cWho Killed Father Ryan?\\u201d by Jordan Smith, Texas Court of Appeals documents, and Scott Lomax\\u2019s book \\u201cThe Case of James Harry Reyos: A Wrongful Conviction Revealed\\u201d were used as sources for this episode.

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