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In Texas, the Houston Chronicle and the Austin American criticized the lynch mob, but spoke highly of Waco. [54] The Morning News of Dallas reported the story, but did not publish an accompanying editorial. [55] In Waco, the Times-Herald refrained from editorializing about the lynching. The Waco Morning News briefly noted disapproval of the ...
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]
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.
Susan Lucille Wright (born April 24, 1976) is an American convicted murderer from Houston, Texas, who made headlines in 2003 for stabbing her husband, Jeff Wright, 193 times in an act of mariticide and then burying his body in their backyard. [2]
In the world of crime, sometimes a criminal's mugshot is just as outrageous or even more so than their crime. Jeremy Meeks made headlines, not for his crime, but for his mugshot and was deemed the ...
Image credits: Michael Tran / Getty #3 Amy Locane. American actress Amy Locane is best known for her role in John Waters’ 1990 musical comedy Cry-Baby, where she co-starred with Johnny Depp.But ...
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 ...
Two attackers were the only fatalities 2015 Waco shootout: Waco: May 17, 2015: 9: Large, confused shootout with Bandidos, Cossacks, and allies 2015 attack on Dallas police: Dallas/Hutchins: June 13, 2015: 1: Attack on police headquarters, followed by a chase that resulted in the attacker being killed. 2015 Harris County shooting: near Houston ...