STOCK PHOTO SJNT staff Robert Dale ClaryCOLDSPRING — Robert Dale Clary, 67, of Shepherd, convicted in a 5-year-old murder case, recently was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Clary pleaded guilty on March 25 to the murder of 59-year-old Rhonda Darline Richardson of Shepherd, in 411th District Court before Judge John Wells. District Attorney Todd Dillon said the plea is the final chapter in an investigation that began when Richardson was found murdered in a wooded area near her home near FM 2025 in May 2019. At that time, San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives arrived to a gruesome crime scene. A combined response from county, state and federal investigators identified several potential suspects, but further investigation focused on Clary. However, authorities lacked sufficient evidence to bring charges against Clary by the end of 2020. In 2022, at the request of both the Sheriff and District Attorney’s Office, a team of independent investigators, analysts and…