A Houston mother returned home early Sunday afternoon to find her teenage son and the boy’s father dead from an apparent murder suicide. The Houston Police Department said the man, who was in his 50s, suffocated his son, who was in his late teens, before using some kind of edged weapon to kill himself, KHOU …
A Texas couple was indicted this week in the death of an 8-year-old boy who investigators say was beaten, handcuffed, and bound with duct tape. Kayla Holzendorf, 25, and her boyfriend, 29-year-old Dominique Lewis, were arrested in March 2021 after they called 911 to report that Hozendorf’s son, Keyontae Holzendorf, drowned in the bathtub at …
A Texas deputy was shot and killed early Sunday morning during a traffic stop in southwest Houston. According to KHOU, Corporal Charles Galloway pulled over a white, 4-door Toyota Avalon shortly before 1 a.m. The driver got out of the car and fired multiple shots at Galloway’s vehicle before jumping back in and driving away. …
A Texas teacher has been charged with endangering a child after she allegedly locked her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her car to drive him to a COVID testing site after he apparently tested positive for the virus at home. Court documents say that Sarah Beam, 41, told an employee at the test site …
A former Houston police officer was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly beating his ex-girlfriend and threatening her while she was holding their 1-year-old son. Ray Irvin, 41, was “relieved of duty” on December 2, less than two weeks after the incident took place, the Houston Police Department said. Court documents say that Irvin’s former girlfriend …
The families of several attendees killed last month during Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert in Texas have turned down the rapper’s offer to pay for their loved one’s funeral, according to reports. In addition to the family of the youngest victim, 9-year-old Ezra Blount, attorneys representing victims Jacob Jurinek, Franco Patino, and Axel Acosta, all 21, …
A Houston man has been charged with killing his wife just days after the couple signed a $250,000 life insurance policy. Christopher Collins, 41, made a non-emergency call to police on November 18, saying he’d been on the phone with his brother and missed texts from his wife, Yuanhua Liang, who told him someone was …
A Texas woman has been charged with the death of a woman from Missouri who died after receiving an illegal silicone injection from the suspect. A judge set bond for Lisa Fernandez, 47, at $40,000, according to KTRK, but jail records show her bond is $100,000. Fernandez is charged with manslaughter in the death of …
A week after the tragedy, dozens of lawsuits have been filed against organizers, performers, and more.
Organizers cancelled the rest of the weekend performances at Houston’s Astroworld Festival at NRG Park after a chaotic opening night in which eight people died and hundreds more were injured. Investigators are still trying to to determine what caused the casualties. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the dead victims ranged in age from 14- to …
Separate shootings at Halloween house parties in Houston left two people dead early Sunday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an 18-year-old woman was killed shortly before 1 a.m. in north Houston. Three minors were wounded in the shooting, which broke out behind the house and in the street, apparently from a fight, Houston police said. …
Kendrick Lee’s three brothers were abandoned in their apartment with his decomposing body for nearly a year.
