A man found guilty in the "Texas Killing Fields" case was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison on Thursday. James Dolphs Elmore Jr., 61, was convicted of manslaughter in the death of 16-year-old Laura Miller by a Galveston County jury. The sentencing came a day after the jury found him guilty, marking a rare trial linked to the discovery of dozens of bodies near Houston dating back to the 1970s. Miller's body was found in 1986 in the area now known as the "Texas Killing Fields," a stretch of land along Interstate 45 southeast of Houston where the remains of more than 30 girls and young women have been discovered. The case has drawn attention through books, movies, and a Netflix documentary. Laura Miller was one of four young women whose bodies were found between 1984 and 1991 in a rural field off a desolate dirt road in League City, about 28 miles southeast of Houston. Elmore was accused of preparing a vial of cocaine that was administered to Miller by Clyde Hedrick, a man authorities believe was responsible for the deaths of the four women. Hedrick, who was Elmore's longtime friend, was the subject of a grand jury indictment earlier this year, but he died by suicide before the grand jury presentation. He had previously been convicted in 2014 of manslaughter in the death of Ellen Beason, a young woman found in 1985. Hedrick was released from prison in 2022 and was still on parole at the time of his death. After Laura Miller's death, her father, Tim Miller, founded Texas EquuSearch, a nonprofit organization that helps locate missing people. Most of the deaths linked to the "Texas Killing Fields" remain unsolved. In 2022, William Reece, an Oklahoma death row inmate, pleaded guilty to three murders in Texas, including the deaths of Laura Smither, Jessica Cain, and Kelli Cox. He received life sentences for each murder. Reece's convictions added to the ongoing efforts to solve the many cold cases associated with the "Texas Killing Fields."