An inmate accused of killing 22 older women so he could steal from them was killed by his cellmate Tuesday in a Texas prison. Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesperson Hannah Haney said Billy Chemirmir’s cellmate was also serving a life sentence for murder, according to the Associated Press. She did not release the name …
A Texas man has been charged with multiple counts after allegedly shooting his girlfriend in the foot, an injury that ultimately led to the amputation of the woman’s leg below the knee. The incident took place on August 6, but Joe Astrain, 26, was not arrested until September 16, KABB reported. An arrest affidavit says …
A 17-year-old Texas girl, briefly the subject of an Amber Alert last week, is now in custody and facing a murder charge in the death of a man who was reported missing on earlier last month. The man who was initially wanted for abducting Natalie Navarro is still at large and is also charged with …
Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting incident at the upscale Arboretum shopping center in Austin, Texas. According to KTBC, a suspect was in custody. “At this time we do not have any information to believe there’s a threat to the public,” police said. Emeregency medical personnel pronounced two people dead at …
A 4-year-old Texas girl’s drowning death possibly played a role in Monday’s apparent murder-suicide that claimed the lives of her parents and two brothers. Farman and Layla Sherwani, and their sons Mateen Sherwani, 2, and Shaheen Sherwani, 12, were found dead at their Allen home after a family member who lived there called the police …
A Houston woman has been arrested after she allegedly killed an elderly landlord more than two years ago, collected rent from tenants, and told investigators, when they found the remains of the landlord, that they belonged to a dead dog. Pamela Ann Merritt, 43, was charged in May with the murder of 78-year-old Colin Kerdachi, …
A Texas man was arrested last week after he allegedly shot his girlfriend in the head at a gas station. Giovanni Pera Paschal, 40, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first degree murder, KSAT reported. The shooting took place on August 12 at about 5:30 p.m. at a Valero gas station in San Antonio, …
A Texas man was arrested Thursday and charged with killing his common law wife the day before. The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office said that Abel Giovani Nava, 22, allegedly gave police a “full confession” and said he did killed Jocelyn Morales, 22, because of “jealousy problems.” Morales was found dead on Wednesday and foul play …
An 11-year-old Texas girl found dead on Saturday was wrapped in a trash bag and stuffed into a laundry basket shoved beneath her bed. Maria Gonzalez stayed home Saturday morning when her father, Carmelo Gonzalez, went to work shortly before 10 a.m., as CrimeOnline reported. The father said he got a message from Maria not …
A Texas father returning home from work on Saturday found his 11-year-old daughter dead and under her bed. Carmelo Gonzalez called 911 just after 3 p.m. and said his daughter, Maria Gonzalez, wasn’t breathing. Paramedics tried unsuccessfully to revive her, and she was pronounced dead, KPRC reported. “The medical examiner concluded that the cause of …
A Texas husband has been charged with beating a man to death over the weekend after learning he was having an affair with his wife. Harris County deputies found the body of 32-year-old Francisco Antonio Serrano Romero in a “detached structure” on property owned by Narciso Cruz Banos, 49, and his wife, 42-year-old Francisca Salazar …
Police in a small east Texas town have arrested three adults and two juveniles in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy last month. Dispatchers were called about a body lying in the road just after 1:30 a.m. on June 7, although the body had been in the street for more than 90 …
