MURDERED: Brittany McGlone
On May 4, 2007, 19-year-old Brittany McGlone did something she rarely did. Instead of going home after work, she went to her boyfriend’s house. By that afternoon, she was found dead in his bed, brutally beaten. She was naked, and her underwear was missing from the scene. In the home’s only bathroom, investigators found signs the killer may have showered before leaving. There were no signs of forced entry or robbery, only a small circle of people who knew she would be there. More than 15 years later, one man was arrested, but he was later released and walked free. Someone still knows what happened in that house.
Brittany McGlone’s family received a Season of Justice grant. In 2025, they put up a billboard near Winnsboro, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, asking for tips. It is scheduled to come down soon, which is why this episode is being released now, so the family’s plea for help can be heard not just in Wood County, but around the world.
Brittany McGlone
Courtesy: Hope McGlone
Brittany McGlone
Courtesy: Hope McGlone
Brittany working at ALCO
Courtesy: Hope McGlone
Brittany McGlone
Courtesy: Hope McGlone
Jeff Stogner in 2024
Source: Facebook
The Stogner’s house where Brittany was found dead in her boyfriend’s bed.
Courtesy: Wood County Sheriff’s Office
The bathroom where detectives believe Brittany’s killer took a shower.
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The tub where detectives believe Brittany’s killer took a shower.
Courtesy: Wood County Sheriff’s Office
Some of Brittany’s clothes on the bedroom floor
Courtesy: Wood County Sheriff’s Office
Brittany’s mother, Patricia, in 2007
Courtesy: Patricia Tice
The garden gnome outside of the house
Courtesy: Wood County Sheriff’s Office
Brittany and her grandfather, James McGlone
Courtesy: Patricia Tice
Chad Carr in 2007
Courtesy: Wood County Sheriff’s Office
Chad Carr from his arrest for Capital Murder in 2022.
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Brittany’s billboard from a Season of Justice Grant.
Courtesy: McGlone Family
Timeline:
Chad Carr assaults a woman with a jack handle inside her trailer
Chad is released from jail after serving time for the 2001 assault.
Before 5 a.m.
Brittany McGlone finishes her overnight shift at a Lowe’s distribution center and goes to her boyfriend Jeff Stogner’s house.
Around 7:45 a.m.
Jeff’s stepfather returns home after dropping off his wife at work.
About 8:30 a.m.
Chad Carr briefly stops by the house while Brittany is inside, sleeping.
Around 9 a.m.
Jeff and his stepfather leave to pick up his grandmother, leaving Brittany alone in the house. According to the stepfather, Brittany is last seen alive, sleeping in Jeff’s bed.
9:21 a.m.
Chad is seen on surveillance leaving the ALCO store.
9:21 a.m.-10:20 a.m.
Chad has a gap in his timeline, and his whereabouts are not fully accounted for.
About 10:20 a.m.
Chad arrives late to an eye doctor appointment.
About 11:40 a.m.
Chad leaves the eye doctor’s office.
Around 11:55 a.m.
Chad picks up Jeff’s sister, Velva, from school.
About noon to 3 p.m.
Chad and Velva make multiple stops, including a bank, lunch, a return trip to the eye doctor, an insurance office, a flower shop and another store.
Around 3:30 p.m.
Jeff calls Brittany’s mother after being unable to reach her.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m.
Jeff returns home and finds Brittany dead in his bed.
About 3:30-4 p.m.
Chad and Velva arrive at the house shortly after law enforcement.
A search warrant is executed at Chad’s residence, where investigators recover clothing with possible blood, a ski mask and two pairs of women’s underwear.
James McGlone, Brittany’s grandfather and abuse suspect, dies.
A new sheriff, Kelly Cole, reexamines the case and refocuses on Chad Carr.
Chad Carr is arrested and charged with capital murder in Brittany McGlone’s death.
Within 90 days, a grand jury returns a no bill, and the case does not proceed to trial.
A billboard seeking tips in Brittany’s case is put up in Sulphur Springs.
Sulphur Springs, Texas
The city where a billboard seeking tips in Brittany’s case was placed.
The Stogner Residence
The approximate location where Brittany was found murdered in Jeff’s bedroom.
Lowe's Distribution Center
The location where Brittany worked overnight before going to Jeff’s house.
Chad’s Residence
The approximate location where Chad was staying with his aunt at the time of the murder.
Cleburne, Texas
The city Jeff and his stepfather traveled to the morning of the murder, verified by investigators through surveillance footage.
ALCO Store
The former location of the store where Brittany worked and where Chad was seen on surveillance the morning of the murder.
Sonic Drive-In
The location where Chad said he picked up breakfast for his aunt the morning of the murder.
Eye Doctor’s Office
The location of Chad’s 10 a.m. appointment, where he arrived late.
Flower Shop
One of several stops Chad and Velva made the afternoon after the murder.
Please contact the authorities if you have any information about the case:
Wood County Crime Stoppers
Anyone with information can remain anonymous by calling Wood County Crime Stoppers at 903-760-1008 or contacting the Wood County Sheriff’s Office at 903-763-2201.
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Episode Source Material
- Original Reporting by Madison Cavalchire
- Warrant of Arrest & Probable Cause Affidavit. Chad Earl Carr, Cause No. 22-141-1. 2022. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
- Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Investigative Files, case no. 07-02400. 2007. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
- Wood County Sheriff’s Office. Offense Report, case no. 01-5552. 2001. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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