Texas

Suspect at center of AMBER Alert shoots himself dead after killing estranged wife, kidnapping toddler son: Police

 Suspect at center of AMBER Alert shoots himself dead after killing estranged wife, kidnapping toddler son: Police
Murder

A Texas man accused of fatally shooting his wife and kidnapping their toddler son on Sunday  has died from self-inflicting gunshot wounds. ABC13 reports that 37-year-old Richard Concepcion, according to police, shot and killed his 32-year-old estranged wife, Sarah Alexis Furey, of San Antonio, before fleeing with their with their 18-month-old boy, Aaron. Police later found …

School Crimes
January 22, 2018

15-year-old girl shot at Texas school; boy, 16, arrested

ITALY, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old student was injured in a shooting at her high school in Texas Monday morning and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, has been taken into custody, sheriff’s officials said. The girl was airlifted to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas following the shooting in the town of …

Turpin Fort Worth Texas home
child endangerment
January 17, 2018

SEE IT: Inside the Turpin’s former ‘House of Horrors’ Texas home, filled with dirt-covered walls, scratches on doors, boarded windows

Emerging images reportedly show what David and Louise Turpin’s Texas home looked like when they moved out in the late 90s. The images, obtained by KESQ, allegedly show what the couple’s Fort Worth home looked like before they foreclosed on it in 1999. The new owners first thought that the scratches on the door were …

Affluent couple ambushed, shot execution-style in shocking gated-community double slaying: Police
Unsolved
January 15, 2018

Affluent couple ambushed, shot execution-style in shocking gated-community double slaying: Police

Police are investigating a double slaying after finding a Texas couple bound and shot execution-style inside their home in a gated community. The Houston Chronicle reported that Bao and Jenny Lam, both 61, were both found shot to death late Sunday inside their ransacked Spring home. “Everything was disturbed. Furniture was overturned, drawers were opened. It …

Apartment being used by two women as a meth lab EXPLODES with small child inside: Cops
Drug Crime
January 14, 2018

Apartment being used by two women as a meth lab EXPLODES with small child inside: Cops

Authorities in Texas have arrested two women they say were operating a methamphetamine laboratory inside of an apartment. According to KDFW, a young child was inside the apartment when the equipment exploded Friday night. Fortunately, the child — and everyone else in the vicinity — avoided injuries. A number of neighbors reported hearing a loud …

Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from oysters
Consumer
January 8, 2018

Woman dies after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from oysters

A Texas woman reportedly died from a flesh-eating bacterial infection after eating raw oysters from a market off the coast of Louisiana. According to KLFY, Jeanette LeBlanc contracted the bacteria in September while visiting family in Louisana. LeBlanc reportedly ate about two dozen raw oysters that she picked up in Westwego. “About 36 hours later she …

Hero husband gets his throat slit while protecting pregnant wife from kidnappers: Reports
Violent Crime
January 5, 2018

Hero husband gets his throat slit while protecting pregnant wife from kidnappers: Reports

Two attackers are on the run after allegedly slashing a Texas man’s throat as he thwarted a potential kidnapping. Othon Maldonado and his wife, Sandra Martinez, pulled into a Houston Whataburger on December 18. They were reportedly exiting their car when two men armed with knives approached them. Martinez told KSAT that the suspects took her …

URGENT: AMBER Alert issued for two little girls, woman found dead
Missing
January 1, 2018

URGENT: AMBER Alert issued for two little girls, woman found dead

Texas authorities issued an AMBER Alert for two little girls who disappeared from Round Rock after a suspicious death on Sunday. KHOU reports that authorities responded to a call regarding a welfare check at a home off of 2600 block of Leslie Court in Round Rock. When they arrived, they found a deceased woman inside the …

Heartbroken dad is furious at repeat DWI offender ex-wife who killed their little girl in drunk driving incident: Report
Family Crime
December 29, 2017

Heartbroken dad is furious at repeat DWI offender ex-wife who killed their little girl in drunk driving incident: Report

A Texas man doesn’t understand why the mother of his daughter didn’t face enough punishment for crashing her vehicle with their little girl inside, killing the child. It was his former wife’s third DWI offense, yet a plea deal allowed her to escape a prison sentence. Austin American-Statesman reports that on Sept. 30, 2015, former elementary …

Little boy dies after treehouse falls on top of him on Christmas Eve
Juveniles
December 28, 2017

Little boy dies after treehouse falls on top of him on Christmas Eve

A 4-year-old Texas boy who suffered extensive head injuries after a treehouse fell on him has died, according to his mother. Courtney Contreras, the mother of Kade Contreras, took to Facebook Wednesday to reveal that her son had passed away. “I’m trying really hard to not question the whys because i will never know that,” …