A Texas grand jury has indicted the man suspected of killing a 16-year-old cheerleader on capital murder charges. The indictment says Rafael Govea Romero, 23, killed Lizbeth Medina in the course of a burglary, according to Fox News. It says Romero hit the teen “with a hard object” and repeatedly stabbed her “with a sharp …
Lady Bird Lake is a placid-looking, river-like reservoir that stretches for six miles along the Colorado River in downtown Austin, Texas. But its gentle surface belies a tragic history — in the past 18 months alone, 10 bodies have been pulled from the waters, most recently a man found there Monday. That man’s identity and …
A Texas man wanted for raping a child was arrested this week, just days after local police appeared on television asking for help finding him. White Settlement Police said that Steven Skalij had been previously arrested on a sexual assault of a child charge, but after a judge lowered his $500,000 bond to $100,000 and …
A Texas man has been charged with his wife’s murder after he was found acting erratically and screaming while covered in blood “from the waist up.” San Antonio Police responded to the scene on the city’s northwest side around 7 a.m. Monday and found 44-year-old Carlos Portillo “walking up and down the sidewalk here, just …
An Illinois man suspected in the shootin deaths of eight people in Illinois was found dead Monday night in Texas. US Marshals confronted Romeo Nance in Natalia, Texas, at about 8:30 p.m., and the confrontation ended when Nance shot himself, the Country Herald reported. Joliet Police launched an extensive manhunt for the Nance, who was …
“Cheer” star Monica Aldama’s 27-year-old son has been indicted on 10 counts of child pornography in Texas. It’s the second child porn scandal to hit the Netflix series after another of its stars, Jerry Harris, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a conviction in 2022. Austin Aldama was arrested and released on bond …
A grand jury has convened in Texas to determine if any law enforcement officer should face criminal charges in connection with the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde nearly two years ago. The Uvalde Leader-News said a dozen people were selected to serve on the grand jury on Friday and that they …
The parents of a 3-month-old baby boy who died late last year in a filthy motel room from malnourishment and neglect were indicted Thursday on murder charges and other felonies. Skylynn Katherine Tuerk, 33, and Charles Devin Harris, 27, were both indicted on four counts. In addition to murder, the McLennan County grand jury charged …
Texas authorities have released a sketch of a man wanted for shooting a driver in the head on Interstate 45 last month. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said that Arthur Luna Jr. called 911 at about 5 a.m. on December 14, 2023, after the unknown man, in a white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, began driving …
Three people have been arrested after apartment maintenance workers found a malnourished toddler with her ankles duct taped together in November. Court documents say that Kenry Joseph Flukers, Toniesha Deshae Perkins, and Mya Jhari Breaux-McGruder have been charged with injury to a child by omission and unlawful restraint, KTRK reported. The three are accused of …
Nicolas Shaughnessy and his then wife Jaclyn Edison hired two hit men to kill his parents in 2018, then moved in with his mother — who survived the shooting — for three months before police nailed down the truth of what happened that night. Barking dogs alerted wealthy Austin jewelry Ted Shaughnessy, 55, to intruders …
Amber Hagerman, 9, was snatched off her pink and white bicycle in Arlington, Texas, on January 13, 1996. Her body was found four days later, and her killer was never identified. But her name lives on.
