The Austin Police Department (APD) today terminated VonTrey Clark, who is suspected in the murder of Samantha Dean, the former Kyle Police Department victims service coordinator who was found dead in Bastrop in February. She was seven months pregnant at the time.
Clark, 32, was fired for withholding information during an internal investigation and associating with known felons. Three people who are also suspects in the murder were either in jail or questioned by authorities, including a man identified as a close associate of Clark's. At this point, Clark has not been charged with a crime in connection with Dean's death but the criminal investigation is ongoing. APD is not the lead investigating agency in the case; the Bastrop County Sheriff's Office began the investigation and later handed it over to the Texas Rangers.
APD has said Clark was put on paid administrative leave since February. An internal investigation revealed a relationship between the two. Court documents recently unsealed give credence to the notion that Clark was the father of Dean's unborn child and did not want her to have the baby.
