LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas(KTLA) -- A search of a rural property near the town of Hardin found no evidence of a mass grave, according to police following up on a tip from a psychic that 25 to 30 dismembered children were buried there.
After hours of speculation, Liberty County Judge Craig McNair announced that no bodies were found inside the house.
Cadaver dogs were inside and found nothing.
Earlier in the day, officers did find evidence of what they believed was blood on a back door, but nothing else suspicious.
Investigators now admit the call may have been a hoax.
Officers from Liberty County were initially tipped off about the alleged mass grave by a psychic.
"All we know is the sheriff department received a call about a mass grave, or something like that, with several bodies," a source told the Houston Chronicle.
"They went and checked it, and there was nothing there. The caller went back and said, 'No, you went to the wrong house.'
"They go back out and go to the house and see something dark that could have been blood, and do a persumpting test that it was human blood."
"At this time we have not recovered any bodies," he said.
Authorities now say a 'foul' stench coming from the house turned out to be from piles of rotting garbage.
And the blood on the door was believed to be related to an earlier incident, the source told the Houston Chronicle.
A man identified as living in the home at the site of the investigation told The Houston Chronicle he hasn't killed anybody and though he has "a lot of friendsÂ… I haven't helped anybody bury any bodies."
The man is a long-haul trucker.
He and his wife are currently on the road heading to Georgia.
They have lived at the residence for three years, he said.
McNair said the calls from the self-professed psychic supposedly came from Hays County.
The caller chose to remain anonymous, McNair said.
McNair said local prosecutors might pursue charges against the tipster if there proves no foundation for the call.
After hours of speculation, Liberty County Judge Craig McNair announced that no bodies were found inside the house.
Cadaver dogs were inside and found nothing.
Earlier in the day, officers did find evidence of what they believed was blood on a back door, but nothing else suspicious.
Investigators now admit the call may have been a hoax.
Officers from Liberty County were initially tipped off about the alleged mass grave by a psychic.
"All we know is the sheriff department received a call about a mass grave, or something like that, with several bodies," a source told the Houston Chronicle.
"They went and checked it, and there was nothing there. The caller went back and said, 'No, you went to the wrong house.'
"They go back out and go to the house and see something dark that could have been blood, and do a persumpting test that it was human blood."
"At this time we have not recovered any bodies," he said.
Authorities now say a 'foul' stench coming from the house turned out to be from piles of rotting garbage.
And the blood on the door was believed to be related to an earlier incident, the source told the Houston Chronicle.
A man identified as living in the home at the site of the investigation told The Houston Chronicle he hasn't killed anybody and though he has "a lot of friendsÂ… I haven't helped anybody bury any bodies."
The man is a long-haul trucker.
He and his wife are currently on the road heading to Georgia.
They have lived at the residence for three years, he said.
McNair said the calls from the self-professed psychic supposedly came from Hays County.
The caller chose to remain anonymous, McNair said.
McNair said local prosecutors might pursue charges against the tipster if there proves no foundation for the call.
