KYLE, Texas - A man previously accused of a 2015 double homicide has been arrested and charged again.
52-year-old Larry Simon of Louisiana has been arrested in Bedford County, Tenn. for capital murder in the deaths of 44-year-old Tina Combs and 45-year-old James Wright in Kyle.
Larry Simon booking photo courtesy Kyle Police Department.
The backstory:
In June 2015, police found Combs and Wright dead at a home on South Sledge Street. They were childhood friends who had recently re-connected.
Their deaths were ruled a double homicide, and it would be years before Kyle police would make an arrest in the case.
Simon was arrested in February 2021 and charged with capital murder. Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said then Simon had been living with and working for Wright at the time of the murders and had been identified as a suspect early in the investigation.
Simon had been in the Hays County Jail on "unrelated charges" when KPD secured two arrest warrants for capital murder.
Charges dismissed in 2021
According to Hays County court records, the capital murder charge was dismissed in March 2024.
FOX 7 Austin has reached out to the Hays County District Attorney's office for clarification on why the charge was dismissed and what led to the charge being refiled, but has not received a response.
What's next:
Simon is being held in the Bedford County Jail pending extradition to Hays County, where he will face the charge and await trial.
The Source: Information in this report comes from reporting by FOX 7 Austin's CrimeWatch reporter Meredith Aldis, Hays County court records and previous reporting by FOX 7 Austin.