Nov. 15—VAN ZANDT COUNTY — A Hunt County man is being held at the Van Zandt County jail after being charged with murder in the death of 50-year-old Yvonne Lewis that happened in the Rolling Oaks community.
Phillip Shane Cromwell, 48, of Waco Bay near Lake Tawakoni was arrested on Nov. 7 after police say he ran over Lewis the previous evening with his car.
According to an affidavit released this week, the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call just after 11 p.m. on Nov. 6 with the caller reporting she was on her way to the hospital with an injured Lewis who had been hit by another car.
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Cromwell and Lewis were in a relationship, according to the woman making the call. Lewis died from her injuries at the hospital.
Cromwell arrived at the hospital roughly two hours after Lewis had been admitted. According to the affidavit, Cromwell provided differing accounts of what had happened that didn’t appear to be consistent with the victim’s injuries.
A witness came forward the following day and told a Van Zandt County constable that he had watched the incident on a security camera from a nearby RV. In the affidavit, the witness said he saw Cromwell beat Lewis and then Cromwell reversed the car and backed over her as she stood next to the passenger door. Cromwell then put Lewis in the car and drove away.
Cromwell’s bond has been set at $500,000 bond. He has a an arrest record spanning from 1998 to 2018 in Hunt County for charges ranging from multiple DWIs to theft of property to violating a protective order.
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