UPDATE According to WFAA, the shooter in Wednesday’s shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas has been identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn. Initial Coverage A shooter killed one detainee and wounded two others Wednesday morning at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas. Early reports said that two detainees …
A Texas man was sentenced to death this week for the brutal murder of a young mother found buried in a crawl space beneath his house days after she disappeared. Valerian “Will” O’Steen, 28, was convicted of the murder of 26-year-old Marissa Grimes in February 2022 at the end of a lengthy trial in Tarrant …
A former Texas daycare worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to abusing children in her care that was caught on surveillance video. Catherine Elizabeth Guziejka pleaded guilty to six counts of injury to a child, KLTV reported. A date for sentencing has not yet been set, but her attorneys asked for 10 years for each count, to …
Houston police are asking for help finding two sisters who disappeared from their home on Sunday. The girls, 14-year-old Ana Mejia and 12-year-old Brittany Mejia, were last seen at about 3 p.m. leaving the home with their 10-month old brother, Jacob Sibran, KHOU reported. Houston police said Tuesday morning the baby had been found safe, …
A Texas man has been arrested after a 6-week-old baby he was caring for was admitted to a hospital with multiple injuries. Court documents say doctors found the baby girl with fractures to her ribs and leg bones and a torn frenulum — a connecting tissue — and was underweight with blood in her vomit …
A Texas woman who fled to India while police investigated the disappearance of her 6-year-old son was indicted this week on new charges. Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, captured in India last month and brought back to Texas to face a murder charge in the presumed death of Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, was indicted Monday on charges of abandoning a …
Police in Texas are investigating a beheading at a Dallas motel Wednesday. Police said they were called to the Downtown Suites motel at about 9:30 a.m. and found the victim stabbed multiple times with an “edged object,” KDFW reported. Police have not confirmed that the victim was beheaded, but images from the station’s helicopter showed …
A Texas teenager was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly killing his father and then leading police on a high-speed chase in the victim’s truck. Authorities said the 16-year-old boy has not been charged with Willie Washington’s murder but with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault of a family member, KTRK reported. Washington, …
Police in Texas have arrested a second person in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of a flight attendant earlier this year. Joni Thomas, 62, is facing a charge of tampering with evidence, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Dennis William Day, 66, was charged with Rana Nofal Soluri’s murder in June, after a coworker reported …
Texas authorities have secured an indictment against an assisted living facility and two of its supervisory employees in connection with the death of an elderly disabled resident during a winter storm in 2021. The Travis County District Attorney’s Office said that Harvest Renaissance – Austin and its former executive director, Mendi Ramsay, and former wellness …
A SWAT standoff in a Houston suburb overnight Wednesday began when the suspect’s father came to Stafford police headquarters, saying his son had killed someone, and ended hours later with the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. The suspect, identified as 35-year-old Adrian Mercado, shot at police when they first arrived around 10 p.m., …
Update 10:50 a.m. – CNN identified the 11-year-old boy’s killer as 42-year-old Leon Gonzalo Jr. He was booked into jail Tuesday morning. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Gonzalo is “the defendant charged with shooting and killing the child.” The victim has not been publicly identified. Update 8 a.m. Tuesday: Court records say that …
