Wichita Falls murder investigation leads to multiple charges, but none for murder
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — The Wichita Falls Police Department has arrested four people in connection to a murder investigation; however, none of those arrested were charged with murder. Three were charged with aggravated perjury, and one was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, but one man remains a piece of each charge.
According to police documents, Wichita Falls police detectives obtained a search warrant for Elmondo Gildon's home on March 4, 2025, while 'actively investigating a homicide that occurred in May of 2024.'
The next day, police executed the search warrant and said they found a USB storage device with videos from surveillance cameras around the home.
Police said after watching videos from May 2024, Gildon was seen in possession of a gun at his home and in a car on five separate days.
In Gildon's arrest warrants, police said they also searched his phone and Gildon 'was fearing retaliation for his action, and even shared text messages with others around this time that he had to stay up during the night and 'watch his yard.''
From the arrest warrant, it is unclear what action Gildon was 'fearing retaliation' from.
Gildon has a lengthy criminal record that dates back to the late 1990s and is also a felon on parole until 2028.
Police said Gildon's parole status and the videos that showed him with a gun are what led them to charge him with unlawful possession of a firearm.
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Law enforcement arrested Gildon on April 9, 2025. As of the publication of this story, he remained in the Wichita County Jail with a hold from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Between March 27 and March 31, police charged three women with aggravated perjury in connection to 'an active murder investigation,' and police said each woman had communication with Gildon.
Police said Brittany Johnson, Zelma Barry and Latarrah Roberts lied under oath while giving court testimony on March 19.
In a recorded phone interview from February, police said Johnson told them she saw Gildon with a rifle; however, during the testimony, she denied saying that. That discrepancy is what led to the police arresting Johnson on March 27.
Two days later, on March 29, police arrested Barry. Police said that during her testimony, Barry was asked if she had communicated with Gildon at any point after her police interview on February 26. She testified that Gildon had visited her home after the interview, but they had not spoken by phone.
Then, police said they found that Barry and Gildon had four Facebook Messenger video calls after the police interview.
Two days after Barry was arrested, on March 31, police arrested Roberts.
Roberts was asked during her testimony if she had communicated with Gildon after an interview she had with detectives on March 3, and she testified she had not.
Investigators, however, said they found a text thread on Gildon's phone with Roberts in which they discussed meeting in person on March 4 — one day after Roberts' police interview.
All three women bonded out of jail the same day they were charged or the day after.
All arrest warrants have mentioned either 'an active murder investigation' or a 'homicide that occurred in May of 2024.'
As of publication, Texoma's Homepage is not able to verify which incidents are connected to these investigations.
When Texoma's Homepage contacted police to see if anyone would be charged with murder, they could not speak on the matter.
When Texoma's Homepage asked if they could identify the victims in connection to the murders, they said they were not willing to share that information at the time the request was made.
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