Houston police confirmed Tuesday that a 9-year-old boy found deceased inside a Harris County apartment died from homicide. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a teen boy contacted police on Sunday to say that his brother was dead and had been for quite some time — possibly a year. The teenager had been living alone with his …
While it wasn’t clear just how long the children had been abandoned in the apartment, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said it was an “extended” period of time, “and I emphasize ‘extended.'”
A 36-year-old Texas man has been charged with fatally shooting his mother then stuffing her dismembered body into a crate he built last month. Court documents released on Friday say that Robert Barnes confessed to killing his mother and cutting her body up so he could fit it into the crate, according to KPRC. Investigators …
The father of a 4-year-old boy found brutally murdered on a residential Dallas street last month was arrested Thursday on outstanding warrants. Harris County Constable 4th Precinct deputies conducted a traffic stop on North Sam Houston Parkway West and took Trevor Gernon, father of young Cash Gernon, into custody, the precinct said. He was arrested …
A 5-year-old boy found dead in a Texas hotel room last week has been officially identified as Samuel Olson, and an autopsy determined the boy was murdered by blunt head trauma. The woman arrested in Samuel’s disappearance — Theresa Balboa — appeared in a Harris County court Monday on a charge of tampering with evidence/human …
Six-year-old Houston boy Samuel Olson was dead on May 10, more than two weeks before his father reported him missing, according to court documents filed in the case on Thursday. Charging documents against 29-year-old Theresa Balboa, the girlfriend of Sam Olson’s father, say that Balboa called her roommate on that date and told him the …
Investigators on Tuesday recovered the remains of a 21-year-old Texas college student who was reported missing by his family a year ago to the day, ABC13 reported. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office also revealed that it had arrested four people it believes are connected to the death of Zulyr Kaleem. Jose Varela and Austin Walker, …
Authorities in Texas say a woman has been arrested for driving a school bus while intoxicated while children were on board. According to Fox News, 55-year-old Linda Sue Godejohn allegedly attracted the attention of witnesses as she drove in Spring on Thursday afternoon, weaving and striking a divider. One witness recalled that “it wasn’t just …
Authorities in Texas believe a teenage family acquaintance rushed into a recent birthday party and opened fire on attendees — and the survivors say a pet dog named Zero is the reason they all escaped with their lives. According to the New York Post, Harris County police investigators allege Javian Castenada burst into the Houston …
Authorities in Texas say a man is facing criminal charges after allegedly setting his ex-wife’s house ablaze this week. As the Houston Chronicle reported, 35-year-old Robert Lee Cummins had been living in a tent in the backyard of the residence on Green Timbers in Atascocita before recently moving into the garage. He and his ex …
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a former Rice University football player with selling the drugs that a current player fatally overdosed on earlier this year. Twenty-five-year-old Stuart Michael Mouchantaf was being held Friday in the Harris County jail in Houston on a charge of delivery of a controlled substance causing death. The county district …
One Texas woman is facing criminal charges and another is recovering from a brutal injury after what authorities describe as a violent attack at the victim’s home. According to KTRK, 41-year-old Jessica Collins was arrested on suspicion of biting the nose off of another woman. In an interview with local reporters, the alleged victim said …
