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Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [3]
Andrea Pia Yates (née Kennedy; born July 2, 1964 [2]) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. [3]
Joan Olive Robinson Hill (February 6, 1931 – March 19, 1969) was a socialite and equestrian from Houston, Texas.Her unexplained death at age 38 led to her husband, John Hill, becoming the first person to be indicted by the state of Texas on the charge of murder by omission.
He was found guilty by the jury in September 2023 and sentenced to 30 years in prison. The women accused him of raping them between 2001 and 2003. ... Act after he killed five tigers and ...
Sentenced to death for murder, and espionage for Norway: Died in Congolese custody [26] Anatoly Onoprienko: 2013-08-27 Ukraine: Heart attack Serial killer and mass murderer Ariel Castro: 2013-09-03 United States: Suicide or accidental strangulation: Kidnapped and raped three American women for over a decade. Heinrich Boere: 2013-12-01 Germany ...
Garza was arrested for alleged family violence, according to Valley Central. Brown was beaten to death by two inmates who were later charged with aggravated assault causing bodily injury, authorities told Houston Press. Jail or Agency: Harris County; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: 4/3/2016; Date of death: 4/5/2016; Age at death: 46
HOUSTON (AP) — Family members of a murdered 16-year-old girl tried to attack her ex-boyfriend during a court hearing Tuesday after he had pleaded guilty to shooting her nearly two dozen times ...
Brenda Andrew and her lover James Pavatt were convicted of the murder of Brenda's husband, Robert Andrew, who was shot twice with a 16 gauge shotgun, Pavatt firing the first shot and Brenda the second shot. 20 years, 4 months and 4 days Shortly before the murder, Robert was nearly killed when the brake lines on his car were cut.