Stabbed and left in a field near I-20: Who killed Lawrence Dell Salisbury?

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28-04-2025

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ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – Just before midnight on April 29, 2014, Ector County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 call. A body had been found in an open field off Parkway, just south of Interstate 20 in Odessa.
The body of 59-year-old Lawrence Dell Salisbury, also known by the aliases Larry Salisbury and Lawrence Kitchens, was found lying in the dirt, hidden by tall grass and silence. He had been stabbed multiple times in the upper torso. Investigators believe he had been killed elsewhere and left in the field overnight.
Today, more than a decade later, Salisbury's case remains unsolved. No suspects have ever been arrested. No one has ever been charged.
'We want people to remember these names,' said Susan Rogers, CEO of Odessa Crime Stoppers. 'Because these cases are still open. They still matter.'
Not long after Salisbury was found, law enforcement released an 'Attempt to Locate' bulletin for a woman who may have been the last seen with Lawrence. The woman was last seen the day before Lawrence was found, April 28, 2014, at the McDonald's inside Love's Truck Stop in Andrews, Texas.
Her image was captured on surveillance footage, but it's unknown whether she was ever located.
'She might have just been a witness,' Rogers explained. 'Someone who saw him last or had a conversation with him before this happened. If you recognize her, or if you are her, we just want to talk. We're still hoping to learn more.'
The passage of time has made the case more difficult. Evidence ages. Witnesses move. Memories fade. But Rogers says that also brings new opportunities.
'Sometimes people are afraid to talk when it first happens,' she said. 'But now, ten years later, maybe they're ready.'
She emphasized that no tip is too small, whether it's a memory of seeing someone near the field, a comment overheard in passing, or someone who simply remembers Salisbury.
'Even if you're not sure it's important, let us decide that,' Rogers said. 'Because sometimes it's the tiniest piece that solves the puzzle.
If you have any information about the 2014 murder of Lawrence Dale Salisbury, or if you recognize the woman last seen with him at the Andrews Love's Truck Stop, please contact Odessa Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS or submit a tip online at 333tips.org.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the P3 Tips app, and a cash reward is available for information that leads to an arrest.
'You don't have to know everything,' Rogers said. 'Even the smallest tip could be the missing piece.'
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