A Texas jury awarded nearly $100 million to the family of a man gunned down in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer who thought she was at her own apartment on a different floor. The jury awarded $60 million in punitive damages and $38.6 million in compensatory damages, ruling that Amber Guyger acted …
A Texas man has been arrested after he confessed to killing his uncle because he felt “unwelcomed and unloved” in the uncle’s home. Jose Torres, 37, was found shot to death at his home on Friday after he failed to pick up his wife and children from work and school, KHOU reported. They called a …
A Texas man was arrested last week after human remains were found at a house in Buffalo. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office said in a vague Facebook post that they received a report of a missing person and a child on June 19. The person and child had not been seen by family since July …
The Texas judge who oversaw a trial that convicted a mother of killing her 2-year-old daughter and sentenced her to death now says the woman is “actually innocent” and did not kill her child. Melissa Elizabeth Lucio has been on death in Texas in the union for 16 years, according to PEOPLE. She was convicted …
A Texas grand jury has indicted a woman on a murder charge after she shot and killed a man she said had drugged and kidnapped her. Amy Lejeune, 45, was indicted last month in Gillespie County, KXAN reported. The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office said that it was called on March 15 just after 12:30 p.m. …
Three people in Texas were arrested on Monday after they locked a 6-year-old child into an operating dryer at a laundrymat and refused to let him out. According to Harris County Constable Mark Herman’s Office, deputies were called to the Hi Tek Washeteria by other patrons and found the child “visibly shaking and crying.” When …
An unsealed arrest affidavit for Brad Simpson details his movements — and contradictory statements — after a search was launched for his missing wife in early October. The affidavit reveals a burn site where several cell phones and a laptop were destroyed, Simpson traveling with bulky items in trash bags and under tarps in his …
The husband of a Texas realtor who disappeared on October 6 has now been charged with her murder. An arrest affidavit for Brad Simpson was sealed for 30 days by the judge, so no information is available, KATV reported. Simpson, who was already behind bars on domestic violence and gun charges, was transported to a …
A Texas mother has been charged with trying to sell her newborn over social media. Court documents say the Houston Police Department began an investigation on September 23 after receiving a report that 21-year-old Juniper Bryson tried to sell her baby on Facebook, KPRC reported. The report said that Bryson had asked a family member …
A Dallas singer was shot onstage Saturday night as she was signing autographs following a downtown performance. Jada Arnell Thomas, 26, had just finished a performance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters when the gunshots rang out, KXAS reported. “It was a packed house, people were in line getting autographs and we heard …
Three Texas men have been indicted on capital murder charges for the shooting death of a Beaumont woman who interrupted them burglarizing her car last month. The murder of 39-year-old Ebonie Gilbert was caught on surveillance video on September 26, KFDM reported. A time stamp on the Ring doorbell video shows the suspects — identified …
A teacher at a Texas daycare center has been arrested and charged with severely injuring a 3-month-old child in a baby bouncer, causing brain and retinal damage. Jasmine Collum, 24, is charged with injury to a child and is being held at the Bell County Jail on a $125,000 bond, KCEN reported. The Temple Police …
