A Texas man was charged with attempted capital murder this week after police found him and his 8-year-old son hanging from a staircase baluster. McKinney Police officers were sent to the home, where Kendall Thigpen-Watkins, 32, was threatening to kill himself and his son, the Dallas Morning News reported. “Our officers immediately cut the rope …
A Texas man suspected of gunning down his ex-girlfriend earlier this week returned to the scene on Thursday and killed himself. Pasadena Police were alerted to a suspicious person — 20-year-old Juan Carlos Mata — at the apartment building where Lesley Reyes, 19, had lived with her parents, KHOU reported. He was seen near a …
A Texas Uber driver who was shot by his passenger — who erroneously thought he was kidnapping her into Mexico — died Wednesday after his family decided to take him off life support. Daniel Piedra Garcia, 52, had been at University Medical Center since Friday, when Phoebe Copas, a 48-year-old Kentucky woman, shot him while …
A 48-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested Friday after she shot her Uber driver on a Texas highway. Phoebe Copas allegedly told police she shot 52-year-old Daniel Piedra Garcia because she believed he was taking her to Mexico instead of her requested destination. El Paso Police were called to the scene on U.S. 54 near Loop …
A Texas judge this week rejected a plea deal offered to a Waco man who admitted killing his estranged wife’s dog and laying their bodies out in her parking space at the church where she worked. The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office offered Scott Riggleman deferred probation for 10 years in return for pleading guilty …
A Texas woman reported being kidnapped, raped, and held for ransom during Galveston County’s annual Go Topless Jeep Weekend last month. The woman said she was forced into a pickup truck on May 21 and taken into Humble, where one of the men raped her. She said her abductors demanded a ransom in order for …
A 68-year-old Texas woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her sister, one of two women found dead at the scene in San Antonio. An arrest affidavit says that Dores Campos told an emergency medical technician that she shot and killed Patricia Sauceda, 64, KSAT reported. The affidavit says that 72-year-old …
Authorities in Texas have issued an Amber Alert for two young girls believed to be in grave or immediate danger. Zylah Faulks, 2, is described as 2 feet 9 inches tall and 30 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Kamil Brown-Sykes, 9, is described as 3 feet 9 inches tall and 80 pounds with …
A Texas teenager accused this week for murdering his parents, sister, and brother allegedly told a man who confronted him inside the home that he killed them because they were cannibals and were going to eat him. Cesar Olalde, 18, is charged with killing his mother, Aida Garcia-Mendoza; father, Reuben Olalde; older sister Lisbet Olalde; …
A new search warrant filed in Lubbock, Texas, suggests that the death of a 4-year-old boy nearly two years ago may not have been a random shooting, as previously thought. Cornelius Carrington was shot dead in a drive-by shooting on December 17, 2021, KCBD reported. According to the new warrants, “multiple tips” have pointed Lubbock …
Police in Midland, Texas, have made an arrest in the disappearance of 20-year-old Madeline Pantoja, who returned home after a night out 10 days ago and vanished. The Midland Police Department said it was charging Mario Juan Chacon Jr with murder, the Midland Reporter-Telegram said. KOSA reported that remains, identified as Pantoja, had been found …
A Dallas mom died Saturday after she was caught in crossfire between gunmen firing at each other from two vehicles traveling down the street. Dallas police identified the victim as 39-year-old Ana Moreno, and family members told WFAA that she was in her vehicle, on her way to shop for a prom dress with her …
