The 17-year-old boy who was shot while heading home from an Astros game with his family died in July. His organs were donated.
David Castro (Courtesy of David's family)Family shares photos of 17-year-old David Xavier Castro who was shot during a possible road rage shooting after sn Astros game on July 6, 2021. (KPRC 2)Family shares photos of 17-year-old David Xavier Castro who was shot during a possible road rage shooting after sn Astros game on July 6, 2021. (KPRC 2)Family shares photos of 17-year-old David Xavier Castro who was shot during a possible road rage shooting after sn Astros game on July 6, 2021. (KPRC 2)Family shares photos of 17-year-old David Xavier Castro who was shot during a possible road rage shooting after sn Astros game on July 6, 2021. (KPRC 2)Family shares photos of 17-year-old David Xavier Castro who was shot during a possible road rage shooting after sn Astros game on July 6, 2021. (KPRC 2)
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Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, a Texas trailblazer in civil rights, died at the age of 94 on Sept. 26, 2021, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Sissy was born in Corpus Christi in 1926 and spent her life working for equal rights and social justice.
The body of 33-year-old Janae Gagnier, better known by her social media name of “Miss Mercedes Morr,” was discovered at her home in the Cortland Apartments in the 5200 block of Pointe West Circle on Aug. 29, Richmond police said in a news release.
ZZ Top’s bassist Dusty Hill died at his home in Houston on July 28 at the age of 72.
FILE - Dusty Hill, of ZZ Top, performs before the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race in Concord, N.C., May 24, 2015. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 29, 2021, that Hill had died in his sleep. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)FILE - Dusty Hill of U.S. rock band ZZ Top performs on stage during their first concert in Germany in Hamburg, northern Germany, on Oct. 8, 2002. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 29, 2021, that Hill had died in his sleep. (AP Photo/Christof Stache, File) (AP2002)FILE - Dusty Hill, left, and Billy Gibbons from U.S rock band ZZ Top perform at the Glastonbury music festival in Somerset, England, June 24, 2016. ZZ Top has announced that Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures and bassist, has died at his Houston home. He was 72. In a Facebook post, bandmates Billy Gibbons and Frank Beard revealed Wednesday, July 29, 2021, that Hill had died in his sleep. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File) (2016 Invision)
The beloved Third Ward bakery owner died after complications with COVID-19 on Sept. 29.
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Kendrick Lee is the 8-year-old boy found dead in an apartment in west Harris County in October. The mother of the children, Gloria Y. Williams, 35, has been charged with injury to a child by omission and tampering with evidence (corpse). Her boyfriend, Brian W. Coulter, 31, has been charged with murder in the death of the Williams’ child, whose skeletal remains were found in the apartment, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
Astros Hall of Fame starting pitcher J.R. Richard, died at the age of 71.
FILE - In this June 1, 2012, file photo, former Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the Astros' baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Houston. Richard, a huge, flame-throwing right-hander who spent 10 years with the Astros before his career was cut short by a stroke, has died, the team announced, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. He was 71. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)HOUSTON, TEXAS - AUGUST 03: Former Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard shakes hands with Houston Astros owner Jim Crane as he is inducted into the inaugural class of the Houston Astros Hall of Fame before a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on August 03, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) (2019 Getty Images)UNDATED: J.R. Richard #50 of the Houston Astros poses for a photo. Richard played for the Astros from 1971-1980. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images) (1971 Rich Pilling)
TikTok star Gabriel Salazar, who had more than 2.2 million followers on the social media platform, died following a fiery crash in Texas that killed three other people on Sept. 26.
Robert Barnes, 36, is charged with murder and tampering in connection with authorities’ discovery of the body of his mother, Lucila Barnes, 72, on Oct. 21.
Authorities found Lucila Barnes’ body on Thursday in the 11100 block of Cactus Point Court near Barker Cypress and Cypress North Houston in northwest Harris County.
