Murder suspect released from jail on PR Bond

Lee Alfredo Villapando, a suspect in the April 2020 murder of John Lewis Helms, was released from the Archer County Jail Thursday, Sept. 16, on a personal recognizance bond.

The 97th District Court Order which lowered the suspects bond to a $500,000 personal recognizance bond states Villapando is seriously ill and confined in a hospital on a ventilator and cannot be expected to appear or comply wit…