13-06-2025
Man indicted in connection with girl's death at Stillhouse Hollow Lake
BELL COUNTY, Texas (FOX 44) – A Killeen man has been indicted in connection with a girl's death at Stillhouse Hollow Lake.
The Bell County Sheriff's Office's Criminal Investigations Division presented information to a Grand Jury on Wednesday. This was in reference to an investigation into the death of eleven-year-old Zoey Rene Walls, who died on Stillhouse Hollow Lake on July 2, 2023.
Upon reviewing the information provided, an indictment was given against 44-year-old Joshua Glenn Walls for the charge of Criminally Negligent Homicide.
Investigators and members of the Bell County Sheriff's Office's Violent Crimes Apprehension Team found Walls on Thursday, took him into custody, and placed him in the Bell County Jail. Justice of the Peace Cliff Coleman has set his bond at $50,000.
This comes after the Bell County Sheriff's Department originally responded to a report of a boat crash on Stillhouse Hollow Lake at approximately 7:58 p.m. on Sunday, July 2. The Central Bell County Fire Department, AMR Ambulance, U.S. Corps of Engineers Parks Rangers, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Game Wardens also responded. It was reported that an eleven-year-old girl identified as Zoey was struck by a boat.
The investigation revealed the victim had been at the lake with her family, riding on a tube drawn by the family boat, when she fell from the towed device. When the father, who was operating the boat, returned to pick her up, she was struck by the boat and suffered fatal injuries.
The Sheriff's Office says a bystander witnessed the family's cries for help and assisted, taking the victim to the Stillhouse Hollow Marina located at 4596 Simmons Road. First responders then arrived.
Justice of the Peace Nicola J. James pronounced Zoey dead and ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office.
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