Jason Thornburg has been charged with the deaths of three people found dismembered and burned in a dumpster — and he reportedly admitted killing his roommate earlier this year and a girlfriend who disappeared four years ago.
TikTok star Gabriel Salazar and three friends were killed earlier this week in a fiery crash that ended a police chase in Zavala County, Texas. Salazar, 19, and the other people in his car were all pronounced dead at the scene. The Zavala County Sheriff’s Office said that one of its deputies heard a Crystal …
An infant boy died and a 5-year-old boy was critically injured on Friday when their mother threw them from an interstate highway bridge into a Louisiana lake. Shreveport Police identified the mother as Ureka Black, 32, and said she has been charged with one count each of second degree murder and aggravated assault causing serious …
Fort Worth firefighters responded to a dumpster fire in the western part of the city early Wednesday morning, and when they’d extinguished the blaze, they found three dismembered bodies. One of the bodies was that of a child, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. The others were a young woman or a teenage girl and …
An 80-year-old Texas woman has been charged in the fatal shooting of her 52-year0old daughter earlier this week. The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office said it was called to a home in the southeastern part of the county just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, In Forney reported. When they arrived, they found Connie Lynn Helms dead …
A 36-year-old Texas woman hasn’t been seen since September 1, and police are asking for help finding her. The La Porte Police Department said that Josefa Vela was last seen leaving her, driving a black 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe with Texas plate number MCW6430. She’s described as having brown hair and brown eyes and visible tattoos …
A Texas woman survived being set on fire by an abusive ex-boyfriend last week when her 10-year-old granddaughter ran next door for help after seeing the incident unfold. San Antonio police said that Roberto Cocolan, 43, was arguing with Deborah Romo, 57, when he allegedly poured gasoline on her and used a lighter to ignite …
Harrison County Sheriff’s deputies recovered a body from a pond believed to be that of a Texas woman who disappeared on Monday. Jessica Adair, 46, was reported missing near the pond where the body was found. A justice of the peace ordered an autopsy.
A Texas man was arrested Wednesday night after he called 911 and said he’d shot his wife. Charles Alan Duckworth, 70, reported that he’d shot 69-year-old Brenda Harkness Duckworth just after 6 p.m., the Cleburne Times-Review reported. Johnson County Sheriff’s deputies and Keene Police Department officers responded and found the victim dead inside the home. …
A man who shot and killed a Texas Lyft driver and opened fire inside the Plano Police Department on Sunday “may have been inspired by a foreign terrorist organization.” Matthew DeSarno, Special Agent in Charge of FBI Dallas, said, however, that investigators “do not believe the suspect was provided assistance by others or that others …
Texas officials are looking into the death of a newborn whose body was found Tuesday morning south of Austin near Onion Creek. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office said the infant was found in a shallow grave and could have been there for as long as a week. A fisherman found the body, according to the …
A Texas man told police he had engaged in “inappropriate sexual contact of his daughter” for a considerable length of time, both in the San Antonio suburb of Live Oak and in the state of Washington, where they lived before moving to Texas. Live Oak police were tipped to the possible abuse by the victim’s …
