Did Billy the Kid have any descendants?

Did Billy the Kid have any descendants?

They say the only reputed heir of Billy the Kid, self-proclaimed great-grandson Elbert Garcia, supports the request. Graves has even opened an official homicide investigation file on the death of Billy the Kid (case No.

What happened to Billy the Kid family?

At about age 21, Billy the Kid was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Born on New York City’s East Side, Billy as a child migrated with his parents to Kansas; his father died there, and the mother and her two boys moved to Colorado, where she remarried.

Why does Billy the Kid have two graves?

New Mexico and Texas both have graves for Billy the Kid. The man Pat Garrett famously shot in 1881 is buried in New Mexico. The grave in Texas is for “Brushy Bill” Roberts, who in 1950 claimed Garrett shot the wrong man and that he was in fact Billy the Kid.