A Texas father who allegedly beat his toddler son shortly before his death Saturday may face upgraded criminal charges. KTRK reported that Antonio Hicks Sr., 21, was charged with serious bodily injury to a child for striking his son, Antonio Hicks Jr., 2, several times while potty training him. The toddler died at a hospital …
Police in Texas are asking for the public’s help locating a man who reportedly hasn’t been seen or heard from in the past three weeks. The Round Rock Police Department announced Friday in a bulletin that they have reason to believe Christopher Branham, 26, is “endangered.” Branham was last seen June 24 at the Red …
A 60-year-old Texas man has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 41-year-old woman whose body was found last month in a black, 50-gallon tote box floating on Kentucky Lake, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported. Investigators say that Traci Leigh Jones had been producing pornography with Jeffrey Rogers and his wife, elementary …
An Army investigator said this week that a promotion for Vanessa Guillen made her the same rank as a suspect in her death and disappearance, Spc Aaron Robinson, and that he was “in no way in her chain of command.” The Army said in a statement that Guillen was promoted from private first class to …
Remains found earlier this week east of Fort Hood in Texas are those of Pfc Vanessa Guillen, her family told the Washington Post on Sunday. According to the Post, family members said that Army investigators had made the positive identification, 2 1/2 months after Guillen’s disappearance from the base. The discovery of the remains on …
A Texas woman was charged with beating her 5-year-old goddaughter to death last week and blaming the girl’s injuries on dust mites, KFDM reported. When medics responded to the home last Friday, they found Brenika Lott, 32, performing CPR on Daviana Landry, who “was completely nude and had apparent bruising on her arms, chest and …
Authorities believe a Texas man fatally shot his pregnant girlfriend Monday afternoon before he took another woman’s car at gunpoint. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Darionne Burley, 26, was found dead in the front passenger seat of a car parked in a lot in Mansfield. Police were called to the scene after a woman reported …
Netflix star Joe Exotic has been moved out of isolation and into a medical unit at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, according to a post on his Instagram account. According to the post, the Tiger King — real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage — had been in isolation because of the COVID outbreak for …
Texas officials announced Friday that they’ve declined to reverse the 2016 firing of an ex-police officer who allegedly gave a homeless man a feces sandwich. According to the San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio officials said an independent arbitrator upheld Matthew Luckhurst’s second termination, citing his especially appalling conduct. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus had …
Tipster leads investigators to skeletal remains of soldier missing since August
The Humane Society of North Texas has taken custody of 124 animals seized from Denton home, where they were found in feces-filled cages, infested with fleas, underweight, and ill. The home, the Human Society said, had “the worst cockroach infestation we have ever seen on site.” The society said it assisted Denton authorities taking the …
Human remains found on the side of a Texas road in 1990 were recently identified as a woman who hadn’t been seen or heard from for three decades. KTRK reported that Manvel police confirmed the bones found off County Road 101 in September 1990 belong to Julie Gwenn Davis. Despite their announcement, it remains a …
