3/20/82 - Steven George Barnette

17, beaten to death by Harris County deputy constable, Billy Hampton McCreight, deputy William T. Gordon and William F. Whigham. Steven Barnette died with a ruptured spleen resulting from the hours of torture and beatings. McCreight was charged with murder and first-degree felony violation of civil rights. The deputies were also indicted in the teen-ager's death. Barnette was arrested at the scene of several residential burglaries. After two criminal trials and one plea bargain, the parents of Steven Barnette received a judgement against the three. To this day, the deputies have yet to satisfy the judgement against them.

Billy Hampton McCreight

William T. Gordon

William F. Whigham