HOUSTON (KRLD) - Harris County Sheriff's Deputies say Jay Patrick Hammersley reported his wife, Mara Vestal, was missing on March 19th. He told deputies she left with her belongings.
But, during the investigation, Hammersley confessed to killing his wife and disposing of her body. Police haven't released a motive in the killing as of yet.
He is currently being held on a $105,000 bond in the Harris County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility.



