Serial Killer in Austin? 2 More Bodies Found in Lady Bird Lake!
Death investigation
Child death
April 20, 2024
Texas Parents Charged in Deaths of 6-Week Old Twins
Texas parents have been charged in the connection with the death of their twin infants last fall. Angelina Belinda Calderon and Fernando Vega, both 21, have been jailed on two counts each of serious bodily injury to a child, KTRK reported. Houston Police were called to the home on October 4, 2023, after two 6-week-old …
Murder
April 19, 2024
10-Year-Old Texas Boy Confesses to Murder 2 Years Ago – When He Was 7
A 10-year-old Texas boy confessed to shooting a man in the head while he was sleepint two years ago — when he was 7 . The boy was being questioned about alleged threats to kill another student on a bus when he made the confession, the Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office said. The Gonzales County Sheriff’s …
Animal Crimes
April 16, 2024
Toddler Mauled to Death by 3 Dogs at Babysitter’s Home
Texas police are investigating after three dogs attacked a toddler at his babysitter’s home, killing him. Investigators were called to the Duncanville home at about 11 a.m. on Monday and found the 1-year-old boy unconscious. He was rused to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, where he died, WFAA reported. Police said there were other children …
Murder
April 10, 2024
Houston Woman Found Shot Dead Outside Locked Apartment; Toddler Son Found Uninjured Inside
A Houston woman was found shot to death Monday night outside her apartment, with her 3-year-old son locked inside. Police said they were called to the apartment building and found the 23-year-old woman dead in the doorway with multiple gunshot wounds, KTRK reported. Family members identified her as Diamond Thorton. Thorton’s wife, Nene Carr, arrived …
Court
April 5, 2024
BOLO: Convicted Rapist on the Run After Texas Judge Refuses to Remand Him Prior to Sentencing
A Texas judge declined to hold a man in custody after his conviction last week on aggravated assault charges, and now the felon is on the run after he didn’t show up for the punishment phase of his trial. A Travis County jury took just three hours on March 28 to find 56-year-old Hai Vo …
Kidnapping
April 4, 2024
Texas Woman Makes Daring Escape From Husband Who Tried to Kidnap Her at Gunpoint
A Texas man is behind bars after he allegedly kidnapped his wife, who escaped him and drove off in his car — with him on the hood. Brownsville police said they were called at 7:13 a.m. on Saturday about a kidnapping in progress in which Martin Severiano Vela, 37, had come into a home, where …
DUI
March 29, 2024
Texas Teen Drunk Driver Gets $50K Bond Months After Killing 6 in Crash
A Texas court last week gave a 17-year-old charged with killing an India-born Georgia family of six in a drunk driving crash a $50,000 bond and let him out with home monitoring. Luke Resecker was charged with six counts of intoxication manslaughter, two counts of intoxication assault, possession of a controlled substance, and possession of …
Child Abuse
March 28, 2024
Texas Mom Charged With Injuring Child After Baby’s Twin Dies
A Texas mother was arrested Wednesday following an investigation in the death of her 3-month-old baby earlier this month. But Brittney Alisha Bailey, 31, was charged only with injury to a child, related to injuries found on the dead baby’s twin sister. Austin police were called to an apartment on March 10 for a medical …
Death investigation
March 24, 2024
8-Year-Old Girl Found Dead in Houston Hotel Pool
An 8-year-old girl was found dead in a Houston hotel pool Saturday night after being reported missing. According to KPRC, the girl was reported missing shortly before 10 p.m. at the DoubleTree in northwest Houston. The body was recovered after the pool was drained. A witness told the station the girl was trapped in a …
Murder
March 18, 2024
Texas Woman Turns Herself In After Gunning Down 80-Year-Old Dallas Woman
A 30-year-old Texas woman is behind bars after she turned herself in to Grand Prairie Police and said she’d shot a woman in Dallas. Police informed their Dallas counterparts, who went to the home of 80-year-old Betty Hearn and found her dead from a gunshot wound, KXAS reported. Grand Prairie police arrested Kelsie Miles on …
Child sex crimes
March 16, 2024
Texas Man Arrested After Driving More Than an Hour for Sex with 14-Year-Old
A Texas man has been arrested after he drove more than a hour from his home in Sugar Land to The Woodlands to meet a person he believed was a 14-year-old for sex. It was, unfortunately for Max Talmadge Lambert, a sting operation, KPRC reported. Lambert, 62, was arrested by the Montgomery County Human Trafficking …