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 …
Texas authorities announced Thursday they had arrested a second person in connection with the death of a 8-year-old child earlier this year. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that Kara Walker, 17, was charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury. Her boyfriend, 18-year-old Nolan Stallings, was arrested on the same charge in …
A Texas mom who claimed she sold her 6-year-old disabled son and then fled to India with her family after being questioned has been captured. Cindy Rodriguez-Singh had been on the FBI’s “10 most wanted fugitives” list — added to the list just last month — following her October 2023 indictment for the murder of …
Three young children led police on Monday to the bodies of their parents, who had apparently died in a murder-suicide. Houston Police say the 26-year-old father shot the 26-year-old mother before killing himself, KHOU reported. Their names have not been released. Police were called to the apartment complex in west Houston just after 5 p.m. …
A 40-year-0ld Texas man stands charged with the stabbing death of a 77-year-old grandfather as he rode his bicycle to work earlier this month. Houston Police say Aaron Bartholomew Sheehan was booked into the Harris County Jail on Tuesday, charged with murder in the August 7 death of Anival Patricio Elvir Ortiz, KHOU reported. Ortiz …
A Texas woman with a volatile work history was arrested last month for allegedly shooting her boss in the head over a work dispute and then hitting him with the tractor-trailer she was driving. Patricia Ruth Holt, 57, reportedly had difficulties with the 47-year-old manager of the trucking yard where she worked, Carl Joseph Donaldson, …
A Texas man was arrested last week after he allegedly made lewd comments to an 11-year-old girl while wearing only a diaper with a pacifier around his neck. Wesley Worl, 45, was arrested on Thursday and charged with criminal solicitation of a minor and criminal trespass, KLTV reported. According to a police report, the incident …
A Texas man has been charged with murder in the fatal attack of his mother, which he reportedly confessed to a friend over a gaming app. Authorities said they learned about the incident from 24-year-old Robert Babin’s friend, who called police when he saw the messages, KTRK reported. “I am in trouble and I need …
