Lizelle Gonzalez was indicted on murder charges in 2022, after she used medication to induce an abortion. The charges were later dropped.

Texas country/hip-hop artist C'ing Jerome is facing murder charges following a fatal Fort Worth shooting on Monday, Aug. 18.

The mother of the missing boy faces a capital murder charge in the case and has now been returned to the U.S. to face charges, officials say.

According to the Killeen Police Department, the 16-year-old suspect was found hiding in Chicago, Illinois and was arrested for the outstanding court order charging him with the murder of Kaizen Amere Simmons in April 2025.

Troy Dugas, 36, is now the subject of a massive manhunt after he was accidentally allowed to walk free from Harris County Jail in Houston around 4:30 a.m. due to what authorities believe were mislabeled documents, according to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.

The FBI's 2024 Uniform Crime report shows the murder rate in Texas border cities were among the lowest in the nation. The national murder rate last year was about five victims per 100,000 people. Here in San Antonio, it was about eight victims per 100,000 residents.

A 34-year-old Plano man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the fatal beating and strangulation of his mother, the Collin County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Robert Lee Timmons Jr. was convicted in the 2024 death of his mother, Rene Timmons.

The killer injured his own face so he could falsely try to claim self-defense when he murdered his mother, prosecutors said.