BEAUMONT - The Jefferson County grand jury has returned a murder indictment against a man who admitted to KFDM News he stabbed and killed his girlfriend because of jealousy.
The grand jury indicted Roy James Samuel, 55, on a charge of murder.
Loretta Lynn Harris, 43, was stabbed in the chest in her home at 4135 Jeanette in northeast Beaumont shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday, April 2.
Beaumont Police Ofc. Carol Riley told KFDM News on April 2 that Samuel arranged to surrender at the Jefferson County Jail. He was transported to the Beaumont Police station for questioning before officers returned him to jail.
His bond was set at $100,000.
KFDM reporter Ron Reynolds interviewed Samuel while officers were escorting him into the police station for questioning April 2.
Ron Reynolds: "Did you kill your ex-girlfriend?"
Samuel: "Yes."
Ron Reynolds: "Why did you do it?"
Samuel: "Jealous."
Ron Reynolds: "Why were you jealous?"
Samuel: "Because she left with another man last night after I asked her not to."
Ron Reynolds: "Are your remorseful?"
Samuel: "Yes, sir."
Samuel was Harris' ex-boyfriend.
Harris' male roommate told KFDM News he and another woman in the home woke up and heard Harris screaming and saw that she had been stabbed. The man said Harris told them to call 911 before she passed out.
Police and paramedics responded. Harris died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth.
Ofc. Riley said before Harris lost consciousness, she told her roommates who stabbed her, uttering the initials 'R.J.'
Riley said the roommates knew the man and gave police enough information to identify him.
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