A mother of two whose 13-year-old son fatally stabbed her 4-year-old daughter as she slept has recounted the harrowing ordeal in a new documentary. In Investigation Discovery’s The Family I Had, Charity Lee relives February 5, 2007, the day her 13-year-old son, Paris Bennett, choked her daughter Ella Lee, 4, before stabbing her 17 times. Charity said …
A family in Cypress, Texas, is asking for public’s help in locating a father who reportedly vanished earlier this month after going to purchase a vehicle. KHOU reported that Alberto Arias-Nunez, 37, was last heard from on December 13 when he called his wife to tell her that he arrived in Tyler. Arias-Nunez was supposedly going Tyler to …
A Texas first grader’s humbling letter to Santa Claus has prompted an outpouring of donations after her teacher posted the note to social media. ABC News reported that Ruth Espiricueta, a first-grade teacher at Monte Cristo Elementary School in Edinburg, instructed her students to pen a letter to Santa about something they want and need. Espiricueta said she …
A Texas grand jury has indicted the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity on hazing charges for a November 2016 incident in which a pledge was allegedly forced to roll around and feces and vomit, deprived of sleep, and body-slammed — which resulted in a lacerated spleen. ABC News reported that prosecutors said they are zeroing in …
A Texas woman is behind bars after police accused her faking her son’s illness and sending him to numerous unnecessary doctor visits and surgeries. The Star Telegram reports that 34-year-old Kaylene Bowen-Wright is accused of starting the cycle of claiming her 8-year-old son was sick when he was 11 days old. Court records indicate between 2009 …
A Texas fast-food employee is being hailed as a hero after saving a customer from the potentially dangerous effects of diabetes. According to Fox News, former police officer Rebecca Boening pulled into the drive-thru lane of a Burger King in Amarillo after realizing her blood sugar had dropped. By the time it was her turn …
An investigation is underway after a father and his two children were found dead in their Texas home early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide. KDAF reported that the children’s uninjured mother called 911 from their North Richland Hills home. The mother allegedly told police that her husband and their 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were …
Jurors convicted a former priest this week for killing a beauty queen nearly 60 years ago. According to People, 85-year-old John Feit was found guilty on Thursday and given a life sentence the following day. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Irene Garza was 25 in 1960 when she was murdered in McAllen, Texas. Feit was 27. …
A Texas woman was killed Thursday night after she stopped on the highway to help an intoxicated man who had spun out his truck. Develtrick Adair, 25, reportedly spun out his truck on the middle lane of the highway around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday night while allegedly driving under the influence. Several people, including 56-year-old …
Police hope a tip from the public will crack the case
A Houston man had his SUV stolen in front of his restaurant after he left it unattended and running outside the building. The restaurant owner, Daniel Yang, said he left his vehicle running for barely two minutes to go inside his Midtown business. When he came back out, the SUV was gone. He told ABC13 that …
Authorities apprehended a Texas woman who allegedly sent homemade bombs to former President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott when cat hairs found on a device matched a cat she owned. According to The Guardian, legal documents filed in a Houston court this week laid out police’s case against Julia Poff, 46, who’s accused of …
