Justice finally served in 1984 Refugio murder

Earlier this month District Judge Kemper S. Williams sentenced a Montana man to life in prison for the murder of Robert Dale Mooney, whose body was found in Refugio in 1985. After almost 40 years, the long arm of justice is bringing closure to the family of Mooney who lived in Zapata, Texas.

“My grandmother was never the same,” Mooney’s daughter, Kristy, said in a phone call last Friday. “After my father disappeared, my family said it was like a light went out. He was her only son.”

Kristy was 2 years old when her father went missing. She said most of her adulthood has included searching for information about her father’s case. “When Google came out, I started using it to try and find things out.”