Overview
- Tara King, 18, pleaded guilty to capital murder on Jan. 5, 2026, and received an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole, according to court records.
- Her plea came before jury selection, short-circuiting a planned trial in Galveston County.
- Co-defendant Uriah Urick was convicted of capital murder in November 2025 and also received a life sentence.
- A medical examiner testified that Tammy King, 61, died from a gunshot wound to the head and ruled the death a homicide.
- Investigators reported the Bacliff home was ransacked with guns missing and the victim’s purse emptied, and authorities believed money was taken from a lockbox or safe before the pair were arrested in Laredo on Feb. 9, 2025.