John Joe Gray with his son, Timothy, and daughter, Ruth, at their compound last week. For more than 11 years, they have lived on a 47-acre strip of Trinity River bottomland, about 100 miles southeast of Fort Worth. Photo: Joyce Marshall, Fort Worth Star-Telegram / HC For 12 years now, he has refused to be taken alive and in a long-ago letter to authorities, the family warned officials to "bring extra body bags," if they come for him. Authorities kept tabs on the compound for months but haven't maintained an active presence for years.