South Texas Man Set To Die Said He Drank Victim's Blood
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to block the scheduled execution a South Texas man for the slaying of a 12-year-old boy whose blood the convicted killer said he drank.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to block the scheduled execution a South Texas man for the slaying of a 12-year-old boy whose blood the convicted killer said he drank.
U.S. Marshals arrested Jesus Trevino in Clearwater.
Jury selection is expected to begin Friday in the sentencing trial of an East Texas mortician whose murder case inspired the dark comedy "Bernie."
Dallas has seen a surge in violent crime so far this year, and now pressure is growing for Chief David Brown of the Dallas PD to do something about it. Police unions are questioning how to bring that number down.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an appeal from a Fort Worth man who is on death row for smothering an 89-year-old man 12 years ago and robbing him of some $6,000.
The real-life case featured in the 2011 dark comedy "Bernie" heads back to a courtroom April 6 for a new sentencing trial, two decades after Marjorie Nugent was killed.
Investigators say 36 year-old James Hightower is wanted in connection with the murder of Joshua Harewood early Wednesday morning.
The mom accused of killing her two young daughters at their home in Benbrook went before a judge in Fort Worth for the first time Wednesday morning. Judge Ruben Gonzalez found the 31-year-old to be indigent and accepted her plea of not guilty.
The City of Dallas has a murder rate that's up 71 percent this year compared to 2015.
A police officer who has been accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy is out of jail on Thursday. Ken Johnson of the Farmers Branch PD bonded out and was released from a side exit not normally used for prisoners leaving the jail.
Officials have identified the woman found dead several days after her murder.
The shooting allegedly happened during a drug deal, according to an affidavit filed by police.
Police say 21-year-old Corey Freeman shot 20-year-old Davolya Lewis, who died from his injuries Saturday.
Devastating news for a Dallas family after the body of their loved one, found under a bridge, is positively identified. Officials say remains found this past weekend, in the Trinity River Bottoms, belong to Marisol Espinosa.
Texas prisoner Coy Wesbrook is realistic about the likelihood he'll be executed Wednesday for a shooting rampage more than 18 years ago that left five people dead.
Alireza Nikmanesh, 42, shot and killed his boss Kevin Murray in October 2014, moments after he was fired.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced the decision Friday to charge the officer in the January death of Daniel Shaver of Granbury, Texas.
Dallas Police are looking for a man they think may have killed a man and then stolen his identity.
This morning, police, sheriff's deputies and U.S. Marshals have ended their search for an accused killer. Anthony Torres is in custody. It's the third time the suspect has been jailed in the last two months.
Police in Rowlett are searching for a person of interest in the case of a murdered mother. It was back on November 13 of last year that authorities began investigating the death of Laura Grillo.
Critics of bite mark evidence say Texas could be on the brink of taking a stance that would likely reverberate in courtrooms across the U.S.
A former priest has been arrested in Arizona in the 1960 slaying of a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher.
Two Fort Bliss soldiers have been arrested and charged in the killing of a 16-year-old boy.
The state's top criminal court has ruled that it was improper for a Dallas County jury to give an automatic life-without-parole sentence to a man convicted of a double killing in Dallas when he was 17 years old.
Police in Arlington have made an arrest in last Wednesday's shooting death of Brittany Daniel. Detectives have taken 20-year-old Aspen Shaquill Daron Warren into custody for murder.
