Texas

A mom in Texas told police that she killed her 5-year-old daughter because she was "evil." The suspect, Melissa Towne, has been charged with capital murder.

Multiple residents of a Texas apartment building are without homes after a man allegedly set fire to it days after he was evicted, authorities said.

A mom in Texas left her disabled child at home to die so she could go party at a bar. Now, the mom will spend the rest of her life behind bars.

A missing Texas teenager was arrested in Nebraska after authorities discovered a dead woman in the trunk of his car, officials said.

A man in Texas is accused of shooting his ex's mom and tying up her teenage brother after being kicked out of the house, according to reports.

A Texas woman is accused of orchestrating a drive-by shooting that took the life of a man almost two years ago, authorities said. She was charged with murder.

A Texas man was taken into custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of his father-in-law, police said. The murder happened in a parking lot.

The body of Nicholas Plaza, who went missing as a 5-year-old in Texas, has still not been found after 20 years. Two people were convicted despite no body.

A man in Texas is accused of beating his daughter after she spent money meant for a book fair on snacks, police said. The child had several injuries.

A man in Texas will head to prison for decades for trying to kill a police officer. The suspect shot at police at an apartment complex after a disturbance.

A man in Texas tried to give his nephew a place to stay but was shot dead. Now, the convicted murderer will spend decades inside a Texas prison.

An early morning bar brawl ended with a man in custody who’s accused of fatally stabbing a member of the Air Force and injuring several others.

A man in Texas is accused of fatally stabbing a man and then destroying the knife and painting his truck in an effort to cover up the crime, authorities said.

A former sheriff's deputy in Texas was sentenced to prison for killing three people during a custody visit. He fled but was later caught and arrested.

A man was in an argument with his wife in Texas. When a police officer showed up, he was shot dead. Now, the cop killer heads to prison for murder.

A man in Texas allegedly murdered a retired maintenance worker and then dumped his body in the woods, authorities said.

A convicted felon on probation in Texas is accused of running a man over on purpose and killing him during a dispute, according to authorities.

Two suspects are now in custody in connection with the fatal shooting during an attempted robbery at an apartment in Texas earlier this month, authorities said.

A man in Texas shot and killed a person at a softball field and will head to prison. The victim was upset because his grandmother died a day earlier.

A soldier station at Fort Hood Army base in Texas is accused of shooting a woman to death in a domestic dispute. Police say the suspect was charged with murder.

A 16-year-old girl was found shot to death and left along a road in Liberty County, Texas. Now, police said they have arrested three people on murder charges.

A man in Texas was charged with murder after police said he opened fire on a car following an altercation. The victim was then taken to the hospital.

A man in Texas was convicted of killing a woman and her grandparents in a shooting. The daughter had called and asked to move home, but a motive was never clear.

An innocent woman was sitting in her Texas apartment when she was shot and killed. Now, the man who fired the deadly shot will head to prison for decades.

A coach at a Texas middle school is accused of having inappropriate contact with a child through a messaging app, police said. He was arrested.

A teacher in Texas is accused of leaving her 5-year-old nephew inside a hot car where he died. She has been charged with criminally negligent homicide. A teacher in Texas is behind bars after a child died in her hot car in a school’s parking lot, according to a report.

A suspect in an eight-year-old murder case has been arrested in connection with the fatal shootings of four family members in Texas.

A man in Texas was sentenced to prison 10 years after raping and killing an elderly woman. He was initially declared incompetent, which delayed the case.

Two men out on bond in two separate 2021 murder cases were taken into custody in connection with the killing of a deputy in Texas, authorities said.

A man in Texas used a water hose to try and break up a fight between women, according to a report. He was stabbed by one of the people involved.

A man in Houston will head to prison for killing his girlfriend with a hammer after she tried to leave him. Police tied him to a second murder a year earlier.

A man who police say killed his sister's ex-boyfriend following an argument that got physical has been arrested. Darius Brown faces a murder charge.

A woman in Texas claimed she murdered her neighbor because the victim had killed her dog, police said. The suspect broke into a house and shot the victim.

A teenager in Texas who fatally shot another teenager has been charged with murder. The shooting was allegedly over a robbery of THC cartridges.

A 5-year-old boy and a teenager were killed in a drive-by shooting in Texas, cops say. Now, authorities said they have arrested two murder suspects.

Police in Texas said they have arrested a man in connection to the sexual assault and murder of a woman in Texas. She was found dead in her boyfriend's bed.

A Texas man who brutally murdered his girlfriend has been sentenced to life in prison. Q’Juan Tiakei Holmes will not have the possibility of parole.

A man in Texas will head to prison for beating his cousin to death with a sledgehammer during an argument. The killer claimed self-defense, but the jury disagreed.

A woman in Texas overdosed and died after buying fentanyl-laced pills, police said. Now, her teenage drug dealer faces a murder charge, authorities announced.

A woman in Texas is accused of punching an elderly victim in the face, police said. The suspect has been charged with injury to the elderly, officials said.

A man has been charged in connection to a fatal road rage shooting in Texas, police said. The victim crashed his car into a tree after the shooting.

A woman in Texas is accused of shooting at her ex-boyfriend in a Texas dog park, police said. The shooting was over a dispute about ownership of a dog.

A man in Texas faces a murder charge after police said he beat a person to death along a trail with large rocks. No motive has been released in the case.

A woman in Texas threatened to shoot her ex-boyfriend and his students, police said. That prompted police to respond to a high school to ensure student safety.

Four people were arrested nearly three years after two teens were found shot dead in a car in Texas, police said. No motive has been released in the case.

A woman in Texas called 911 to report a theft at a gym, police said. When officers arrived, they found her chasing a man around the facility with a knife.

A San Antonio, Texas man, David Estrada, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally striking his ex-wife with his truck. He was convicted of murder.

A woman in Texas faces a murder charge after she killed her husband police said. Officials said she drowned him in a creek in Denton, Texas.

An 18-year-old man in Texas faces a murder charge after he allegedly killed a woman working as a ride-share driver, police said.

A suspect in Texas allegedly used push pins to torture an elderly man who was found dead in an abandoned home in July, police said. The suspect was charged with murder.