There are many billboards outside of Vidor, Texas, inspired by the real-life Texas Killing and Three Billboards Outside: The Murder of Kathy.

James Fulton's family erected a metal cross for Kathy Page on Friday, March 2, in Rose City.The billboards were put up to question if the police department worked hard enough to solve the murder.Fulton's message has remained the same despite the different billboards that have been installed.The inspiration for the Oscar best picture-nominated film is believed to be his billboards.Yi-Chin Lee is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

James Fulton posed for a picture in front of one of his billboards on Friday, March 2, in Rose City.The billboards say that the police department didn't work hard enough to solve Kathy Page's murder.The billboards were put up in the 1990s.Fulton has different billboards installed over the years, but his message remains the same.The inspiration for the film is believed to be his billboards.

James Fulton talked about the murder of his daughter, Kathy Page, at his house in Rose City.In the early 1990s, Fulton began to put up billboards questioning the police department's work in the case.Fulton's message has remained the same despite the different billboards that have been installed.The inspiration for the Oscar best picture-nominated film is believed to be his billboards.Yi-Chin Lee is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

One of James Fulton's billboards questioning the Vidor Police Department not working hard enough to solve the 1991 murder of his daughter, Kathy Page, could be seen from interstate 10 in Rose City.The billboards were put up in the 1990s.Fulton's message has remained the same despite the different billboards that have been installed.The inspiration for the Oscar best picture-nominated film is believed to be his billboards.Yi-Chin Lee is a reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

James Fulton's family erected a metal cross to honor his daughter, Kathy Page.

His story may have inspired an Oscars front-runner, but James Fulton is not going to watch the show.

He did not know that the movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture.

It doesn't matter if it wins an award or not, unless it helps him find justice in his daughter's death.

For 27 years, Fulton has lived with the pain of his daughter's death.He has been trying to keep it out of his thoughts.He wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about it.It would be terrible to be killed.It feels like the local police will never arrest the alleged suspect.

The small city of Vidor is 100 miles east of Houston and is where Fulton has put up billboards for decades.Fulton believes the police department let the killer of his daughter go free after she was found dead.

Martin McDonagh has said that he saw a series of billboards on a bus in Texas and the South.He didn't remember where they were, but the emotional messages he saw stayed with him.

Vidor P.D.One billboard along the highway states that does not want to solve the case.The Attorney General should investigate.

After seeing the signs, he wrote and directed his film.The creators of the movie, which is fiction, did not reach out to Fulton.Hundreds of thousands of people have come to see the movie.

The film is set in Missouri and features a mother grieving over her daughter's killing.It grew from something that was true.

Thousands of people call Vidor home.It is not far from the Texas border with Louisiana and has a swampy feeling.

Like that of its fictional counterpart, the history of Vidor is based on racism.Its main intersection is a long row of fast-food restaurants, unlike the quaint town center seen in the movie.

According to the U.S. Census, the median household income was $39,418.Ten percent of residents have at least a college degree.

Fulton lives in a clean, tidy house with a lake behind it in the small city of Rose City.After Kathy was born, he moved his family to the area.He had trouble making ends meet in Mississippi.A neighbor told him he could get a job in the shipyard.

Fulton did well for himself and his family.He bought land along the highway.Everything changed in a day.

The police called Fulton at 4 a.m.He doesn't remember the day.He doesn't remember Kathy's age.The family would later install a metal cross with her name on it, but he doesn't remember where she died.

Kathy had been married for over a dozen years, her father said.He says that one of her children committed suicide after the murder.Her niece said she was the fun aunt.Her father said she was a happy person.

Fulton was told by the police chief that he suspected Kathy's husband in the case.Fulton said he believed the police chief told the man's parents not to worry.

Fulton will say what he thinks he knows but can't prove, "I believe the chief of police took a bribe and he's taken care of her husband."

The Burma-Shave ads strung together a message on a series of billboard signs.Everyone in town knew about the case.

Sherry said that one of the people in the movie had the same words as Kathy.Raped while dying.

The man did see the film.She was proud of her dad for how many people were questioning what if it were them.

She hopes it will refresh the case they have worked so hard to investigate on their own.

She said that her father had to do something like that because her family had gone through it.He had the foresight to do it.You have to do something.

There is a new police chief in the area and he wants to solve the case.He read the file after a year on the job.He spoke with the previous chief and the district attorney.He has not seen the movie.

There were three murders in Vidor last year.Kathy's murder case is the only one that is still open.Her case file is in a box behind the desk.

The billboards don't offend him.Kathy's surviving family members have never had justice.

He needs a witness.There was not enough evidence to support the case.He hopes someone will come forward.

Fulton will keep fighting.He wants the Texas Rangers to look into it.He doesn't want it in the hands of the city.

Fulton said he wanted to try to get something done before he died.It is not over yet.No.I am fixing to do a lot more than what I have already done.

Jayme McGlothin said that the experience changed Fulton.He lived for the kids, grandkids and great-grandkids he had left.

His first wife was still alive when they had Sunday dinners.Sometimes after church, there are Sunday lunches.

McGlothin said that they are a family that just wants justice.We want to end it for my grandpa.