The Brief
- Ronald Brandyburg was sentenced to life in prison on July 9, 2026, for the January 2020 murder of Brookshire resident Clifford Richard.
- A Waller County jury convicted Brandyburg in April after deliberating for just 24 minutes following a four-day trial.
- Prosecutors said Brandyburg fatally cut Richard’s neck with a box cutter and argued life in prison was the only appropriate sentence.
WALLER COUNTY, Texas – A Waller County judge sentenced Ronald Brandyburg to life in prison Thursday for the 2020 murder of Brookshire resident Clifford Richard.
Man gets life sentence for 2020 Brookshire murder
What we know:
Judge Gary W. Chaney of the 506th Judicial District Court imposed the sentence on July 9 after hearing arguments from Assistant Criminal District Attorney John Brennan, Criminal Division Chief Richard Magness and Brandyburg’s defense attorneys.
Brandyburg was convicted by a Waller County jury on April 18, 2026, in connection with Richard’s Jan. 14, 2020, killing. Jurors returned a guilty verdict after just 24 minutes of deliberation following a four-day trial.
According to prosecutors, Brandyburg killed Richard by cutting his neck with a box cutter. During the trial, jurors heard testimony from three eyewitnesses, a paramedic who treated Richard, a Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences medical examiner, a former Brookshire police officer, Texas Ranger Jeffrey Wolf and psychiatrist Dr. Michael Arambula.…