A man — and a murder — remembered
Michael Robert with Lady Bird Johnson (Screenshot from HoustonLGBTHistory.org) The 1996 slaying of Michael Robert is back in the news as the man who admitted killing him is released, then sent back to prison DAVID WEBB | Contributing Writerdavidwaynewebb@yahoo.com The tragic murder of a prominent South Texas gay activist 26 years ago has been brought back to the forefront for relatives and friends of the murdered man because of his killer’s continued criminal activity.
Sean Keith Fey, 55, pleaded guilty to the bloody slaying in 1996 of Texas Human Rights Foundation board member Michael O’Bannon Robert but served only 19 years of his 35-year sentence.
Now, however, Fey has landed back in prison after violating his parole with illegal drug activity. Fey was convicted on May 25 this year of possession of a controlled substance after police found the drugs on him during an arrest in 2021 on suspicion of making a terroristic threat in Guadalupe County.
Fey was held in jail on the parole violation charge after his arrest until his transport to the Garza West Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Beeville on July 29.
