La Porte PD officer under investigation for alleged involvement in Heights-area capital murder case
A La Porte Police Department officer with three and a half years on the job is under investigation for the misuse of official information or bribery by the Texas Rangers, according to a search warrant obtained by KPRC 2.
โItโs not moving quickโ: Nearly 800 people charged with murder or capital murder in Harris Co. jail are waiting for trial
A new legislation proposal hopes to address the backlog of court cases statewide by prioritizing murder and capital murder cases. If passed, the law would mandate judges to take up those cases first.
$1.8M bond set for father tied to disappearance of his 2-year-old daughter after police say he choked his wife to death
A Pasadena man accused of choking his wife to death back in October has now been charged with capital murder in connection to his daughterโs disappearance, Houston police announced Wednesday.
Charges filed against suspect accused of running over construction worker, stabbing Montrose apartment manager
A suspect has been arrested and charged in the death of a man who fatally struck a construction worker, then stabbed an apartment complex manager after driving into the building during a violent rampage, according to Houston police.
โWhere are their parents?โ: Brothers in blue support death penalty sought for suspects charged in murder of Deputy Almendarez
Law enforcement officials are asking for the death penalty in the fatal shooting of a veteran Harris County deputy who was gunned down after interrupting three suspects who were allegedly trying to steal his catalytic converter.
1 in custody, 1 on the run: Brothers accused of fatally shooting man, carjacking another during getaway in southwest Houston
Houston police have arrested a suspect and are searching for his brother after the two allegedly killed one man, and carjacked another on a chaotic-filled evening at an apartment complex in southwest Houston.
Retrial ends with conviction of Fort Bend County man who killed his estranged wife, mother-in-law in 2009
Albert James Turner was convicted Friday by a jury of capital murder for stabbing his wife and mother-in-law to death in 2009, Fort Bend County District Attorneyโs Office said in a news release Saturday.
6-year-old child shot, killed by his father in Matagorda County, sheriffโs office says
MATAGORDA COUNTY, Texas โ The sheriffโs office in Matagorda County said a man is facing a capital murder charge in connection with a shooting involving his young son. Lt. James Orr said deputies were dispatched to a shooting in the Frost Mobile Home Community near Bay City around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The victim was a six-year-old boy and the boyโs father, Jacob Graves, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder. Hudson and his daughters stopped by the property to drop off flowers for the family. She said she first met the boyโs mother a few years ago but also knew his father.