Subject: Ben Taub Hospital

• Cary Winscott 1970-2008

  September 19, 2008

• A Night in the Tub

  An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

  September 6, 2001

• Hermann Park or Parking?

  March 24, 1994

• Psychotic Reaction

  October 6, 1994

• Getting the Lead Out

  December 14, 1995

• Harris County Mental-Health Court Still A Ways Off

  After hearing about a recently-approved mental health court for felony offenders, a Katy woman -- who wished to remain anonymous -- was thrilled because she thought it would work perfectly for her 17-year-old son. He'd been in and out of jail since last summer, after originally being arrested for assault. Calls to the Harris County Constables were made by the mother when the boy went into a fit of rage at her house. The woman hoped to have her son taken to Ben Taub Hospital for an evaluation, bu

  January 26, 2009

• Autopsy

  January 25, 1996

• On the Ropes

  May 30, 1996

• Blood Feud

  May 30, 1996

• Variety Club Follies

  July 25, 1996

• The Last Safety Net

  August 15, 1996

• Entry Level Movie

  October 10, 1996

• Heal Thyself

  September 3, 1998

• Letters

  February 24, 2000

• No Parking

  The lots around the nightspots were loaded. So was the passenger's pistol.

  January 11, 2001

• Benefit for DJ Comp 1

  The Nightfly learns a lesson in solidarity

  June 21, 2007

• A Montrose Man's Panic Room Wasn't Enough

  Whitt Bruney was so scared of his neighbor, he moved out. Eight years later that didn't do much good...

  June 19, 2008

• Naked Men: The ManKind Project and Michael Scinto

  October 4, 2007

• Shortchanged

  Houston-based immigrants who flock to New Orleans can get all the jobs they want. Getting paid is a lot harder.

  February 9, 2006

• Shots Fired

  An assistant principal and his students get a quick course in second chances

  February 2, 2006

• Battle Scars

  Big John hustles on the streets of Montrose. He's been there since he was 13. For now, there's no plan B.

  September 15, 2005

• Souchin' into Bethlehem

  Greg Wood's latest health scare costs him a few pounds of flesh and almost takes his arm

  January 20, 2005

• The Heflins: An Immigrant's Tale

  October 21, 2004

• Bloodless Coup

  There'll be no waivers for patients in this experimental blood-substitute program

  March 4, 2004

• Getting Out

  Too scared to leave her house, Sandy has one last chance: a county crisis team that will come to her

  February 26, 2004

• Little Joe Makes It Big

  Joe Washington goes from down and out to up and coming

  December 27, 2001

• Letters

  Rockin' On, A Stark Affair, Wrong War?

  May 31, 2001

• The Party's Over

  A classic Houston hell-raiser dies after two decades of debauchery

  May 10, 2001

• The Bench Warmer

  After two defeats by voters, will Bob Burdette finally lose his black robe to a DWI?

  April 12, 2001

• Mental Lapse

  Increasing deficits cause MHMRA to close a new treatment clinic

  March 1, 2001

• Hot Shots

  There's a bull market on the meningitis vaccine. Are some doctors cashing in?

  February 8, 2001

• Upstairs Down - and Out?

  A money-starved mental health treatment unit may die in its infancy

  February 1, 2001

• Working Stiff

  January 11, 2001

• Future Shock

  Can the system keep up with the evolution of mental health?

  November 9, 2000

• Catch Us If You Can

  Steve Chesser went to MHMRA for help. Sent home from its emergency clinic without medicine or therapy, he shot his and killed himself. Diagnosis: A mental health care system in free fall.

  November 9, 2000

• Taking Aim

  Teenagers and anti-handgun advocates are helping Jaime Barrica keep a promise to his dead son

  July 13, 2000

• Metal Help

  The late William "Tray" Folliard, the Hard Rock, and stories from 'round town

  June 1, 2000

• Warded Off

  She got into a suspect nursing home. And the probate system got most of her money.

  April 20, 2000

• Not Your Grandma's Girl Scouts

  Rachelle Anderson just took super Girl Scout honors. And it wasn't hustling cookies that got her there.

  March 23, 2000

• Bayou Body Count: Nudity, Crack Pipes & A Double-Murder-Suicide

  The big news this week in Bayou Body Count is the three dead family members League City police are investigating as a possible murder-murder-suicide. Lewis Cantrell Jr. and his wife Gayle Cantrell were found shot to death in their living room on the 2900 block of Chinaberry Park Lane. Lewis Cantrell III, 26, joined them on the floor, a pistol next to his body. Two of the Cantrells' other adult children were in the home when the shooting occurred Wednesday evening. As soon as they heard gunfire,

  May 15, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: The Handyman Goes Wild

  It was the case of a handyman gone wild. Harris County deputies began investigating the murder of Elizabeth Ann Williams, 66, after her body was discovered inside her home at 3618 Treaschwig on March 28. Williams had been stabbed and beaten. On Monday, detectives say, they finally got their man. News reports say Bruce Dennis Triplett, 50, was arrested at a motel near Mercury and I-10 and charged with Capital Murder. Photo courtesy of HCSOBruce Dennis TriplettAccording to investigators, Williams'

  June 16, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Some Arrests, And Sex Gone Wrong

  Houston police have arrested Harry Dwight Williams for allegedly shooting a 19-year-old man and his girlfriend earlier this month at McCullough Park. Police say that James Smith, 19, was walking through the park with his girlfriend when he saw Williams, and the two men started arguing. When they started exchanging blows, Williams pulled out a pistol and shot Smith and his girlfriend multiple times.Smith died at the scene, and his girlfriend was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital in critical cond

  June 26, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Two Cars, Lots Of Bullets

  Courtesy HPDSWAT officers with the Houston Police Department raided a house early Monday morning, looking for Francisco Odilon Lopez, a suspect in a shooting that left one man dead and another injured. Lopez, however, was not there and police are still looking for him. According to the police department, the shooting happened on June 18 when Lopez was at a house owned by Abelardo Villarreal, at 617 Woolworth St., and the two men started arguing. Lopez pulled out a pistol and shot Villarreal seve

  June 25, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Nothing Good Comes From A Naked, Gun-Toting Man

  Houston police officers at the Northeast Patrol Division substation got more than just a shock Tuesday when a car wildly crashed through the facility's security gate. They ended up in a shootout in which the driver of the car was killed. According to a mix of police and media reports, officers from Aldine ISD were in a high-speed chase with Tony Johnson, 29, who was reportedly driving erratically and holding a gun to his head. Driving a white Mitsubishi Mirage, Johnson made his way at about 2:4

  July 15, 2009

• The Chevy Cobalt: Not So Safe After All

  There's nothing wrong with the Chevy Cobalt. It's an affordable little car that gets pretty good gas mileage on the highway, but is it really worth killing over? According to Houston police, the answer appears to be yes. Huu Khanh Phung, 55, was in his silver-colored Cobalt near the intersection of Cullen and Almeda Genoa in south Houston at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday morning when suddenly a man jumped out of a minivan and approached Phung. Police say witnesses tell them that they heard sev

  July 17, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: World's Vaguest Murder

  courtesy of HPDThe two suspected knife men​Houston police are looking for a pair of men suspected of stabbing 22-year-old Vicente Ramirez to death early Saturday morning. Police say Ramirez and some friends were at a bar at around 4:30 a.m. at 5901 Hillcroft when they got into a fight with a bunch of unknown men. During the fight Ramirez and his two friends were stabbed, police say. Ramirez died and the other two were taken to Ben Taub General Hospital so doctors could treat their multiple wo

  August 5, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Weekend Leftovers, Including River Oaks

  ​During the past few days, Houston-area police and sheriff's deputies have dealt with an unusually high number of murder-suicides. Sunday nearly capped off the week with another. This one, however, was thankfully less successful and had the added element of attempted patricide. Eugene Hawk, 59, and his 21-year-old son, Raymond Hawk, were at their home at 3437 Ella Lee Lane on Sunday afternoon when they started arguing, police say. When the elder Hawk called police, his son yanked out a gun

  August 18, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Never Trust A Man With A Hatchet

  ​Throughout history, the term "hatchet man" has meant different things. In the 1880s, it was slang for a Chinese hired assassin. In the mid-1900s, it was used to describe a journalist who assassinated the character of a public figure.Today in Houston, it means something much simpler: someone who assassinates a man with a hatchet. And according to the Houston police, one of them is on the loose.On Monday morning, several workers at a business park at 5562 Gasmer were in the parking lot when the

  September 16, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: Mowing The Lawn Can Be Dangerous, Even If You're Not A Character On Mad Men

  ​Gotcha!Houston police have finally caught the gunman in a 2004 murder, hunting him all across the United States and Mexico before arresting him Tuesday in Houston.Police say that Oscar David Zamarripa, 24, shot and killed 22-year-old Alberto Rivera a little more than five years ago at 2215 Hollister. Detectives immediately figured out that Zamarripa was probably the killer and filed murder charges and issued a warrant for his arrest.But Zamarripa proved to be a slippery one.Since the shooting

  October 7, 2009

• Bayou Body Count: A Stench At The Airport

  ​George Bush Intercontinental Airport may not be on the same level as mythic Mafioso burial grounds such as JFK in New York or the airport in Newark, N.J., but it still finds a stiff every once in a while.Last week, airport police got a call about a terrible stench coming from the parking lot of the D terminal. And as we have learned here at Bayou Body Count, a foul stench coming from a parking lot can only mean one thing: a body.Sure enough, police tracked the smell down to a Ford Focus parke

  November 19, 2009