A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for putting his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son in scalding bathwater in 2018. Robert Wayne Bunton, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree felony aggravated assault causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported that authorities got involved after the boy was treated for second- …
A Texas grand jury indicted a man on capital murder charges on Wednesday, months after he allegedly killed his girlfriend’s son and left his body in a car trunk. Corey Trumbull, 31, was charged with capital murder, and both he and Stormy Johnson, 37, are facing tampering with evidence charges for the death of Johnson’s …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Police in Texas are investigating after an elderly couple was found dead on Sunday. KBTX reported that Kenneth and Ruth Thurman, who were both in their 90s, were found dead in their Franklin home. Police haven’t disclosed their cause of death. …
A Texas woman who suffered several dog bites at her home late last month died from her injuries on Sunday. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office listed Sharon Baldwin’s cause of death as mauling by canine. Baldwin, 60, reportedly suffered her fatal injuries at her Fort Worth home on March 28. According to the Fort …
A Texas boy died Monday, nearly a week after he was reportedly wounded while caught in the crosshairs of a drive-by shooting. KTRK reported that a stray bullet fatally struck Jordan Allen Jr., 5, in the head as he stood on the second-floor balcony of his Houston home. The boy’s father told the news station …
A 1-month-old baby in Texas is reportedly clinging to life after his mother’s boyfriend allegedly shot him in the chest on Saturday. According to KABB, Lance Tello Jr., 19, is accused of shooting the infant, Armani Cazares, along with the suspect’s 49-year-old mother and 14-year-old sister in their family home. The infant’s mother, Daisy Delacruz, 18, …
Two children were reportedly injured in an accidental shooting at a motel room on Monday night. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that a 1-year-old child at the Dalworth Inn got hold of a gun and it went off. Police said the bullet struck the child and fragmented, striking a 4-year-old boy in their lower body. …
A Texas woman allegedly killed her boyfriend at a gas station on Thursday night by using her vehicle to pin him against a pillar. KVIA reported that Jorge Vasquez, 39, was pronounced dead at a hospital after officers found him unresponsive at a Valero gas station in El Paso. El Paso police Sergeant Enrique Carrillo …
Update: An AMBER Alert issued Saturday for an 8-year-old girl after her mother fled with her when Child Protective Services arrived has canceled after she was found safe, News4 San Antonio reported. Previous story: Authorities in Texas issued an AMBER Alert Saturday for a an 8-year-old girl after her mother fled with the girl when …
A Texas man accused of stabbing three Asian-Americans — including two children — at Sam’s Club earlier this month allegedly admitted that he intended to kill the family. An affidavit stated that Jose Gomez, 19, entered the store on March 14 and stabbed a 2-year-old, 6-year-old, and another relative. A bystander was stabbed in the …
A Texas man found his wife wandering around their Sugar Land home with cuts to her neck and wrists Saturday morning — and the couple’s 4-year-old son dead upstairs with his throat cut. Sugar Land police said the woman’s injuries appeared to be self-inflicted, ABC 13 reported. The husband, who was not identified in reports, …
A former MMA fighter who was arrested last year in Texas for murdering his ex-girlfriend and her friend was charged in Minnesota Tuesday for killing another ex-girlfriend in 2009, according to reports. Cedric Marks, 45, and Kellee Kristine Sorensen, 34, were charged with the second-degree murder of April Pease. Sorensen reportedly told authorities that they …
