A Texas police officer is dead and two others were injured after a shooting overnight that officials described as an apparent ambush. The incident occurred around 2:15 a.m. Saturday while three Harris County deputies were working “police-related extra jobs” at a Houston bar and lounge. The officers were checking on a disturbance outside the venue …
A Texas toddler who wandered away from home chasing a neighbor’s dog into the woods has been found safe and reunited with his mother. Christopher Ramirez, 3, disappeared from his Grimes County home at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Deputies headed to a wooded area about five miles from his home …
Texas police are searching for a 3-year-old boy who disappeared Wednesday afternoon when he chased a neighbor’s dog into the woods. Christopher Ramirez’s mother believes her son was kidnapped, but the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office says they’ve found no evidence to say the boy was abducted, KHOU reported. Araceli Nunez said she only took her …
Jason Thornburg has been charged with the deaths of three people found dismembered and burned in a dumpster — and he reportedly admitted killing his roommate earlier this year and a girlfriend who disappeared four years ago.
TikTok star Gabriel Salazar and three friends were killed earlier this week in a fiery crash that ended a police chase in Zavala County, Texas. Salazar, 19, and the other people in his car were all pronounced dead at the scene. The Zavala County Sheriff’s Office said that one of its deputies heard a Crystal …
An infant boy died and a 5-year-old boy was critically injured on Friday when their mother threw them from an interstate highway bridge into a Louisiana lake. Shreveport Police identified the mother as Ureka Black, 32, and said she has been charged with one count each of second degree murder and aggravated assault causing serious …
Fort Worth firefighters responded to a dumpster fire in the western part of the city early Wednesday morning, and when they’d extinguished the blaze, they found three dismembered bodies. One of the bodies was that of a child, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. The others were a young woman or a teenage girl and …
An 80-year-old Texas woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of her 52-year0old daughter earlier this week. The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home in the southeastern part of the county just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, In Forney reported. When they arrived, they found Connie Lynn Helms dead …
A 36-year-old Texas woman hasn’t been seen since September 1, and police are asking for help finding her. The La Porte Police Department said that Josefa Vela was last seen leaving her, driving a black 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe with Texas plate number MCW6430. She’s described as having brown hair and brown eyes and visible tattoos …
A Texas woman survived being set on fire by an abusive ex-boyfriend last week when her 10-year-old granddaughter ran next door for help after seeing the incident unfold. San Antonio police said that Roberto Cocolan, 43, was arguing with Deborah Romo, 57, when he allegedly poured gasoline on her and used a lighter to ignite …
Harrison County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a body from a pond believed to be that of a Texas woman who disappeared on Monday. Jessica Adair, 46, was reported missing near the pond where the body was found. A justice of the peace ordered an autopsy.
