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Murder and Homicide

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2013

    Eric & Kim Williams: Charged With Capital Murder In Kaufman County Prosecutor Killings; They Don't Seem To Be Part Of The Cartels Rick Perry Speculated About

    The weirdest episode (we hope) in the history of Kaufman County law enforcement took a major step today as a former Justice of the Peace and his wife were charged with killing the DA, his wife and another prosecutor who had helped convict him on a theft charge. Eric and Kim Williams have been charg ... More >>

  • News

    March 21, 2013

    Bloody Tide: How Puerto Rico Affects the U.S.

    As Puerto Rico is battered by a wave of drugs and brazen murders, Houston and other continental U.S. cities feel the blowback.

  • Culture

    February 21, 2013

    The Art of War

    The Cronicas exhibit, highlighted by Fernando Brito's photos, offers strong indictments of drug-related violence.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    Harlem Harold Lewis: Man Charged in Christmas Eve Slayings of Bellaire Cop, Good Samaritan

    Murder charges have been filed against a 21-year-old man suspected of killing a Bellaire police officer and a man who came to his aid Christmas Eve. Harlem Harold Lewis has been charged with capital murder and murder in the shooting deaths of Bellaire Police Corporal J.D. Norman, 53, and Terry Tayl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Bennie Ray Dupnik Jr., Infamous 1970s Port Aransas Murderer, Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

    The paroled murderer of the owner of a famous, long-lived Texas Gulf Coast beer joint is dead, apparently at his own hand after killing his girlfriend in their Victoria apartment. 51-year-old Bennie Ray Dupnik Jr. and 44-year-old Sandra Rivera were discovered by Rivera's sons. Rivera had been stab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2012

    Unidentified 41-Year-Old Man Shot to Death During Robbery: Bayou Body Count No. 184

    Several men forced their way into a home at 1936 Dolly Wright and during the robbery that followed, a 41-year-old man was shot to death, Houston police say. The robbery/shooting occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday, October 23.

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2012

    Unarmed Man, Kenneth Brian Releford, Fatally Shot After Charging Police, HPD Says

    Police fatally shot an unarmed man, Kenneth Brian Releford, early Thursday morning near downtown, following a confrontation when he approached officers with a hand tucked behind his back, police said. This was the second time in three weeks that police gunned down a person who had a suspected ment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    Aaron Smith: Capital Murder Charges In Death Of Hamza Raza, 18, Killed In Alleged In Botched Drug Deal

    Capital murder charges have been filed in the case of an 18-year-old Sugar Land man who was killed when an alleged drug deal went bad two weeks ago. Aaron Jamal Smith, 19, was arrested without incident Monday, HPD says. He is charged in the death of Hamza Raza, which happened shortly after midnigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2012

    Antwone Betters Arrested For Murder Of Camille Ross In Alleged Drug Deal Gone Awry

    After two months on the run, the main suspect in the killing of an Austin woman near Gallery Furniture has been arrested. Antwone Jermaine Betters, 25, was arrested without incident in northwest Harris County yesterday and faces capital murder charges. Prosecutors say he was one of three men who h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    Troy Sesler, Anime Film Critic Who Murdered His Family, Gets Life Without Parole

    Trey Sesler, the 23-year-old YouTube anime critic who had been charged with killing three family members in rural Texas, has entered a guilty plea and been given life without parole, Waller County prosecutors say. Sesler gunned down his parents and a brother in their Houston home and then led cops ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2012

    Antwone Betters: On the Run, Charged with Capital Murder in Weed-Sale Killing

    A suspect has been named in the murder of Camille Ross, 24, who was shot to death while allegedly trying to buy marijuana, Houston police say. Antwone Jermaine Betters, 24, has been charged with capital murder in the case, police say. He is on the run and is believed to have relatives in the Waco a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2012

    Miguel Angel Rangel Charged With Murdering Teen In Drive-By

    Police arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a drive-by murder at a party hall in October. Miguel Angel Rangel has been charged with murder for the shooting of Luis Armando Rodriguez, 18, at the Royal Palace club on the far west side. Two other suspects are on the run. One, 18-year-old Ari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Tina Madrid: Mother Charged with Murdering Her Special-Needs Son, Found in a Box

    The bizarre, tragic story of ten-year-old Jonathan Singer took another turn yesterday when police arrested his mother for his murder. The body of Singer, who had cerebral palsy, was found in a cardboard box in his father's Kia about one year ago. The boy's father said he had drowned in a bathtub, b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Gabriela Rodriguez, 31, Bayou Body Count 191

    Terri Ferguson faces murder charges.​Murder charges have been filed against a woman accused of driving drunk and killing another woman in September. Court documents show Terri Cox Ferguson, 51, has been charged with felony murder in the September 29 death of Gabriela Rodriguez. The documents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Steven Christopher Willis, 23: The Girlfriend Who Said He Accidentally Stabbed Himself Faces Murder Charges; Bayou Body Count No. 167

    Photo by HPDAngel Rankin: Wanted for murder after story fails to hold up.​When the story of Steven Christopher Willis's September 16 death first came out, we noted it raised a few questions. His girlfriend, Angel Lee Rankin, 34, said she had called Willis to come help her with her stalled car ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Chevis Cooks, 31, Bayou Body Count No. 135

    Two persons shot to death in their cars on the north side Thursday morning.​A man was shot to death in his car in broad daylight on the northside Thursday, Houston police say. Chevis Cooks, 31, was shot in the 5500 block of Kashmere at about 11:30 a.m., HPD says. He was inside his vehicle at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Daniel Pacheco: Teen Did Not Die In Tragic Gun Game, Cops Now Say; Shooter On The Run

    HPDChristian Mexa: Teen wanted on murder charges​Houston police initially said that Daniel Pacheco, 18, was killed July 10 when he and friends were drinking and passing around a gun someone thought was unloaded. Now the story's changed, and HPD is looking for Christian Meza, 19, who has been ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Sherry White, 51 and Kyle Lavergne, 20, Bayou Body Count Nos. 68 and 69

    Double murder in Sunnyside​A man has been charged with capital murder in the killing of a Sunnyside woman and her son. Police say Jeffery Prevost, 51, shot Sherry White, 51 and her son Kyle Lavergne, 20, Saturday about noon. Police have told reporters that Prevost said he shot White, a girlf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Courtney Bell, 28, Bayou Body Count No. 51

    Argument leads to stabbing death.​A man was stabbed to death in the driveway of his southeast side home Sunday night, Houston police say. Courtney Bell, 28, got in an argument with two men about 10:30 last night and ended up stabbed several times. He was taken to Ben Taub Hospital and pronoun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Sybil Berndt, 89, Left Dead on Floor for Months by Twin Sons, Bayou Body Count No. 48

    HPDEdward and Edwin Berndt​Two undeniably creep-looking twin brother have been charged with murder for letting their mother slowly die from neglect after she fell in her home near Hobby Airport, Houston police say. They then left her dead body on the floor for three months. Sybil Berndt, 89, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Rene Lopez: Caught Two Years After Murdering Boss

    HPDRene Lopez: Charged with murder after two years on the run​Andre Palacios ran an auto-repair business on the east side until he was gunned down at it in broad daylight a little over two years ago. The case has been open ever since, but Houston police announced today they have arrested a fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Archel Burrell, 44, Bayou Body Count No. 33

    Woman found in ditch ruled a homicide.​Rachel Burrell, 44, of Houston was found dead Friday, March 18 around 7:30 a.m. near 600 Altic. Initially, officers were uncertain as to the identity of the victim and the cause of death, but have since ruled it a homicide. The deceased was found in a s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Justin Lipkins, 21, Bayou Body Count No. 4

    Shooting death after a fight​A fight on the southwest side led to a shooting death Friday night, police say. Houston police say Justin Lipkins, 21, "had been involved in a physical altercation" about 11 p.m. Friday and was then shot as he was nearing his apartment in the 9000 block of South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Aaron Scheerhoorn: Suspect Arrested In His Montrose Death

    Photo courtesy HPDLydell Grant: Charged with Montrose stabbing death​HPD says they have the man who very publicly stabbed Aaron Scheerhoorn to death outside a Montrose nightclub last weekend. Lydell Grant, 33, has been charged with murder. Police got his identity through a Crime Stoppers tip ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Loreal Bronte Castro: Arrest Made In Teen's Drive-By Death

    Carlos Jesus Marquez has been charged with murder​Loreal Bronte Castro, 17, was just sitting in a pick-up truck after a Halloween party on the southeast side of town October 30. Suddenly a car came down the street, shots were fired randomly, and Castro was mortally wounded. Houston police ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Dennis Ray Anderson: Body-In-A-Barrel Dude Hangs Himself

    Dennis Ray Anderson, murderer, takes his own life​Dennis Ray Anderson, the dangerous, hotly pursued convicted murderer who left a female corpse in a barrel in his back yard here, has been found hanged to death in a Florida motel room.Christina Garza of the Harris County Sheriff's Office says Frida ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2010

    The Killer of His Daughter's Mother

    A cunning American boy becomes a Mexican cartel soldier and East L.A. executioner.

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Cesar Hernandez, Bayou Body Count No. 144

    A stabbing on the west side​A man still on the run has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a westside man a week ago. Jose Domingo Sanchez, 30, is charged in the death of Cesar Hernandez, no age given. Hernandez suffered multiple stab wounds and was pronounced dead at Memorial Herma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Favian Ramirez, 20, Bayou Body Count No. 128

    A very poor getaway attempt​Ineptitude reigned in a fracas that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old man on the southeast side.Favian Ramirez was shot at 1:30 Wednesday morning and died in the hospital; two men have been charged with murder.Police say Ramirez had earlier argued with the men -- R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Andrew Stewart, 29, Bayou Body Count No. 105

    Photo courtesy HCSOAllegedly killed a man over a backpack​A suspect has been arrested in the murder of a man over a backpack.Rosendo Diaz, 28, has been charged with murder in the April 11 murder of Andrew Stewart. The pair had been arguing over a backpack at a house in the 7300 block of Tuck. Diaz ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Unidentified Man, Bayou Body Count No. 86

    ​Judging by where the body was found, this one looks like that homicide detective's nightmare: a body dump. Around eleven A.M. yesterday, workers picking up trash in the 12800 block of TC Jester -- an isolated, discontiguous and distant northwest Harris County stretch -- found the body of an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Friends Can Be Cruel

    courtesy of HPD Moses Reed​Houston police have closed the books on yet another homicide after tracking down the final suspect in a deadly carjacking.Moses Reed, 17, was arrested last week and charged with murder for the July 15 slaying of 53-year-old Huu Khanh Phung. Detectives had pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Bayou Body Count: Houstonians Finally Get Back To Killing Each Other

    ​Less than a week ago, Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt zipped off a news release proudly reporting that for the first time in memory there had been no reported murders in the city for 10 straight days."HPD's veteran Homicide investigators cannot recall a single week in the past decade without a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Two Cousins Nabbed In Mexico For Separate Houston Murders

    ​Two men wanted for separate Houston murders were caught together in Guadalajara, Mexico yesterday afternoon. The crimes, which occurred about two years apart, were unrelated. The suspected killers are cousins. "Murder runs in this family," said homicide detective Michael Miller of the Houston Po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Houston Man In Center Of Florida Cold Case, Raising Questions Of Justice

    MartinThis item is by Thomas Francis, a writer for our sister paper in Broward County/ Palm Beach, Florida. It's about a Houston guy, so we present it here for your perusal.An arrest in a cold case is supposed to be an occasion for celebrating the enduring cause of justice. There is no statute ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 8, 2009

    J.T. Ellison and Laura Bendict

    There’s a double-header of thrillers at this signing/reading

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    What Mainstream Publishers Don't Want You to Know: Cataloguing Grief

    Magazine crews and their managers are no strangers to trouble

  • News

    January 3, 2008

    Chuck Rosenthal: So Tough on Crime That a Suspect Goes Free

    The DA doesn't make deals. And that's why Jesus Salazar is living the free life in Venezuela while a teenage girl lies dead, stabbed 26 times.

  • Culture

    January 25, 2007

    Murder by Numbers

    "Frontera 450+" records the unsolved killings of women in Juárez, Mexico

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    A Very Good Year

    Inmate Beckcom gets his term reduced for his work in the Prible case

  • Music

    November 28, 2002

    Downfall 2012, with Pimpadelic

    Friday, November 29

  • News

    July 19, 2001

    Murder, She Testified

    A federal grand jury aims at a fledgling author's notes in a long-running murder probe

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Curses! Foiled Again

    Houston killer Davis gets no deal on his plan to pare back his punishment

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Death (Row) Watch

    Odell Barnes joins a growing list of death row inmates whose convictions have become a lot less clear-cut during the appeals process.

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Killing Time

    The case against him died from lack of evidence. But Texas still plans to execute Odell Barnes.

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Death of an Informant

    Donald Chaline died as he had lived: in a tangle of crime, alcohol and mystery.

  • News

    October 17, 1996

    The Victim's Victims

    Four years after his daughter's murder, Bob Carreiro crusades to bring criminals to justice and peace to lives wrecked by crime. But to the family who shared his tragedy, he shows no mercy.

  • News

    January 25, 1996

    Autopsy

    Since Dr. Joe retired as Harris Countys chief medical examiner, the morgue itself has been undergoing a critical examination. Whats been uncovered botched postmortems, illegal tissue-harvesting, double-dipping pathologists reveals a county office thats op

  • News

    January 12, 1995

    Killer Behind the Badge

    Susan White complained to friends and authorities about Deputy Joseph Kent McGowen, but nobody listened. Then he killed her.

  • News

    February 10, 1994

    Defending the Indefensible

    Do court-appointed attorneys serve their clients or the courts?

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