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A man who fled the country after kidnapping and killing his ex-girlfriend in 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison,
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has announced the decision to seek the death penalty for Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel and Franklin Pena, both Venezuelan nationals, charged with the abduction, assault, and murder of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in June.
Jose Ivan Mendoza, 37, has been charged with capital murder for the 2021 death of Jesus Salgado in Houston, where Salgado was allegedly stabbed, burned, and beaten during an attempted kidnapping.
A teenage suspect, Adiel Alexander Sandoval, 17, has been denied bond after being charged with capital murder for the fatal shooting of three individuals at the Tierra Del Sol Apartments in Alief.
A Houston man, Christopher Braziel, is charged with capital murder and held on a $5 million bond after allegedly shooting his neighbor, Heather Smith, during a home invasion.
Channel Yonko, 30, has been charged with the capital murder of her 17-month-old daughter, Hannah, after the child was found in the road in Galveston.
The State of Texas carried out the execution of Arthur Lee Burton, 54, at 6:47 p.m. Wednesday. Burton was convicted of the July 1997 murder of Nancy Adleman.
One of the men accused of strangling 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray before leaving her body in a north Houston bayou is remorseful, his defense attorney tells only KPRC 2 News.
A father, husband and friend was shot and killed while working the overnight shift at a gas station near Hobby Airport in Houston.
Houston police are searching for teen wanted for capital murder in southwest Houston, and Crime Stoppers said it is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest.
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.
Antonio Armstrong Jr., who was found guilty Wednesday in the 2016 murder of his parents, is expected to return to court Friday as he moves forward in the appeals process.
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.
Two men have been arrested and charged in connection to a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in north Houston back in May, according to the Houston Police Department.
A Pasadena man accused of choking his wife to death back in October has now been charged with capital murder in connection to his daughter’s disappearance, Houston police announced Wednesday.
An arrest has been made eight years after a family of four was murdered inside their home in northwest Harris County.
Two teenagers have been charged with capital murder in connection with the fatal shooting of two men outside a southeast Houston convenience store Monday.
A 20-year-old is now charged with capital murder in the death of a 62-year-old man on Sunday in southeast Houston.
A man has been arrested in connection to a fatal home invasion shooting that left one man dead at a southeast Houston apartment, Houston police said Thursday.
A bond of $1,000,000 has been set for the man accused of murdering his 80-year-old grandmother at her northwest Harris County home.
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.
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.
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.
A suspect who was once charged with capital murder is now out of jail and the capital murder charge is now dropped, KPRC 2 Investigates learned.
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A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 71-year-old woman who was robbed and run over in east Harris County.
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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 Attorney’s Office said in a news release Saturday.
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MATAGORDA COUNTY, Texas – The sheriff’s 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 boy’s 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 boy’s mother a few years ago but also knew his father.
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