North Texas Man Convicted In Carjack Slaying Set To Die
A North Texas man who was hiding under a truck trailer when he was arrested for a fatal carjacking 12 years ago is facing execution this week in Huntsville.
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A North Texas man who was hiding under a truck trailer when he was arrested for a fatal carjacking 12 years ago is facing execution this week in Huntsville.
Sources told CBS 11 News that former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams will be charged with capital murder in the deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland, and Mark Hasse.
Six suspects are in custody in connection with what investigators believe is a gang-related homicide of a 21-year-old man in rural Ellis County last week.
A North Texas court agreed that a 25-year-old Arlington man spent months stalking and terrorizing a woman before shooting her dead. Today Roshan Sah was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.
With no arrests in the Kaufman County murders, there are lingering questions about the reward money being offered for information on the cases.
A couple is heading to prison after pleading guilty to killing an Arlington man, stuffing his body in a refrigerator, and dumping it in Ellis County in 2011.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says a slain prosecutor and his wife were aware of the dangers of his job but his determination to "do right" by people wasn't diminished.
The prosecutor who has replaced the district attorney murdered in North Texas says her staff is "unnerved" but will continue to adhere to their oath to serve the community.
A jury in Tarrant County on Thursday took only 36 minutes to convict a man of murder. Marquise Brooks was found guilty of robbing and shooting a man at a Fort Worth apartment.
During a Wednesday press conference officials with the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a North Texas man was arrested for making a terroristic threat against a judge in Kaufman County.
Hopkins County officials will resume their search Wednesday for two inmates who escaped from the county jail in Sulphur Springs on Tuesday morning.
CBS 11 News has learned a tip led investigators to an area just down the street from where the Kaufman County District Attorney and his wife were murdered. The tip suggests the suspect or suspects may have been conducting surveillance.
For the first time since the bodies of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found and the investigation into their murders began, the sheriffs department has re-opened Blarney Stone Way.
After the weekend murder of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, law enforcement presence at the Kaufman County Courthouse and other North Texas offices has been beefed up. One judge said Monday, "We obviously have some folks that are out to do harm to elected officials."
There's an increased security presence at the Kaufman County Courthouse on Monday, and authorities may revisit building a new courthouse complex with secured parking.
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were found dead inside their home.
A Dallas-area man has been sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend and the death of their unborn child.
When looking at the numbers, compared to the same time last year, the murder rate in Dallas is up more than 50-percent. But Dallas police say the numbers are skewed, because last February saw record low homicide numbers.
Authorities say an East Texas man has been arrested for allegedly fatally shooting his wife after finding her at the home of another man.
Attorney Jack Ebel testified that solitary confinement in a Colorado prison was destroying the psyche of his son, Evan. Now authorities are investigating whether Evan Ebel is linked to a Colorado assassination and the shooting of a Texas deputy.
A condemned Dallas woman who avoided execution with a last-day reprieve in January is asking a Dallas judge to again halt her execution now set for early next month.
FBI agents in Colorado are comparing notes with agents in North Texas to see if there's a link between the man who was killed in Wise County and the murder of Kaufman County prosecutor Mark Hasse.
The U.S. Marshals Service says a man wanted in a Memphis murder has been captured in Texas.
The mother of a Mesquite family committed suicide after murdering her husband and two children.
Grand Prairie police need help tracking down a man who they believe shot two people in less than two weeks. One of those victims died from his injuries. Police are hanging their hat on some evidence found at the scene of one crime.
