A Texas man is accused of killing his girlfriend and then telling people she had met a different man in South Dakota and wanted to stay with him.
Christopher Charles Sanders, 53, is charged with murder in connection with the disappearance of 31-year-old Molly Richards, according to Denton County jail records reviewed by Law&Crime. The case stretches back to October 2025.
Steven Richards, Molly Richards’ father, told the Little Elm Police Department that she had begun living with Sanders at a home in Little Elm in October 2025, according to an arrest affidavit reviewed by regional ABC affiliate WFAA. He said he got a text from her stating that she and her boyfriend were going to travel to South Dakota, and he last saw her in November…