Matt Elza Hipke, 62, pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child on April 2. Authorities said his body was found by Gregg County Sheriff’s Office investigators just weeks later. According ...

LONGVIEW, Texas — A Longview doctor who confessed to sexually abusing child patients is dead, officials confirmed Tuesday. Matt Hipke, 62, was found dead at his home in the Bella Terra area of ...

Heather Jolicoeur, mother of one of children that Hipke abused, his death prior to the sentencing has robbed her of a confrontation she needed to have.