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1995 Stories by Steve McVicker

• Making a Killing

  published December 28, 1995

  After two-year-old Renee Goode died while attending a slumber party at her father's Brazoria County home in January 1994, investigators were at a... More >>

• The Trouble with Larry

  published August 24, 1995

  Larry Don McQuay is trying to remember how many children he's molested in his 31 years. He doesn't have a precise count, but as best he can... More >>

• Justice Delayed

  published August 3, 1995

  Alfonso Orosco Jr. agonized for more than 30 years while waiting to learn if authorities would catch up with the man who shot his father to death... More >>

• Bonds Away

  published May 25, 1995

  Maybe John Burns is just a bad judge of character. For years, Burns worked as an independent bail bondsman, but it seems too many of his customers... More >>

• No Way Home

  published May 18, 1995

  Sheree Ford was on her way to pick up her three-year-old son one Sunday evening last July when she had an encounter with neighborhood-oriented... More >>

• A Whiter Shade of Blue

  published May 4, 1995

  If you need a measure of the backlash against affirmative action by put-upon white men, a good place to look would be the Houston Police... More >>

• Have Your Money Ready

  published April 20, 1995

  In the 24 years since its inception, the Houston International Festival has grown from a cozy, two-block-long arts and crafts show to a... More >>

• Down on Peckerwood Hill

  published April 6, 1995

  At times it must seem that way, but not every convict released from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice comes to Houston. Some take up... More >>

• Last Strike?

  published April 6, 1995

  According to the March 3 edition of Space News Roundup, the official house organ of the Johnson Space Center, all of the cases arising from the... More >>

• All the Law Enforcement You Can Afford

  published March 30, 1995

  The streets are smoothly paved and lined by large, one and two-story brick homes. The lawns out front are perfectly tended, and many of the houses... More >>

• Struck Twice

  published March 9, 1995

  David Proctor, the NASA engineer enticed into committing crimes by an agent of the government for which he worked, is going to prison. ... More >>

• Shhhhhh!

  published March 2, 1995

  How can it be revealed: "It is imperative that an applicant's weight be in proportion to his/her height." That's the first sentence in the... More >>

• Hear No Evil

  published February 16, 1995

  Glenda Joe was acting out of sheer frustration when she took her complaint about City Councilwoman Martha Wong before Wong and her Council... More >>

• Blasters Redux

  published February 9, 1995

  In the early '80s there was no hotter live band than the Blasters. Led by brothers Phil and Dave Alvin, the group performed some of the most... More >>

• Female Troubles

  published February 2, 1995

  Boys will be boys, especially boys with time on their hands. So it was that a dozen or so male board members of the State Bar of Texas... More >>

• Nuchia Speak

  published February 2, 1995

  When it comes to crime statistics, there's good news and bad news -- depending on which part of town you live in. But Police Chief Sam... More >>

• Killer Behind the Badge

  published January 12, 1995

  It was just after midnight on August 25, 1992, and Susan White's worst fear was on the verge of coming true. With the shrill and panicked... More >>

• The Case of the Missing Case

  published January 5, 1995

  The Houston Police Department was strapped with a serious public relations problem in 1990. A spate of controversial episodes -- most notably the... More >>