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Tuesday, May 5, 2015, OSBI agents traveled to Texas to arrest a suspect in a 2006 homicide case. Agents located Howard Shelton Mason, Jr., (d.o.b. 3/22/1960) in El Paso and arrested him for killing 77-year-old Burney Ray Bounds. October 15, 2006, Bounds’ body was discovered by a friend at Bounds’ residence, 10569 214th Street, Blanchard, Oklahoma. The McClain County Sheriff requested OSBI investigative and crime scene assistance. The investigation revealed Bounds’ house was ransacked and the victim was tied up. The medical examiner reported Bounds’ cause of death was traumatic asphyxia and the manner of death was homicide. During the course of the investigation, leads became sparse and the case went cold. In the past 18 months, OSBI has hired more agents allowing an increase in investigative resources. In January 2015, a new agent was assigned Bounds’ case and was able to identify evidence pointing to Mason. With the assistance of the Texas Rangers, agents arrested Mason at a halfway house in El Paso. Mason was on parole in Texas for failure to register. He was booked into the El Paso County jail where he awaits extradition to Oklahoma. The attached mug shot is Mason in 2007.