Crime ❯ Murder

Capital Murder

Trial Legal Proceedings Investigation Suspects Suspect Child Murder Shaken Baby Syndrome Conviction Victim Execution

Judge Orders Children of Fugitive Murder Suspect Returned to Texas Grandparents

The decision centers child safety in Texas, reflecting a case now complicated by Italian asylum and extradition rules.

Texas Murder Suspect Detained in Italy Rejects Extradition, Seeks Asylum

Gag Order Issued, $1 Million Bond Forfeited as Houston Murder Suspect Held in Italy

Texas Jury Sentences Former FedEx Driver to Death for Killing of 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Texas Jury Sentences FedEx Driver Tanner Horner to Death for Killing 7-Year-Old Athena Strand

Texas Executes James Broadnax After Supreme Court Rejects Final Appeal

Jury Hears Defense Experts as Tanner Horner’s Sentencing Moves Toward Deliberations

Defense Presses Mitigation Case in Tanner Horner Sentencing for Athena Strand’s Killing

Jurors Hear Athena Strand’s Final Moments as Prosecutors Rest in Tanner Horner Sentencing

Athena Strand’s Mother Testifies as DNA Links Weighed in Tanner Horner Sentencing

Texas Woman and Boyfriend Charged in Parents’ Killings After Police Say She Confessed

Jury Weighs Death or Life as Videos and Forensics Detail Athena Strand’s Killing

FedEx Driver Pleads Guilty in Athena Strand Killing as Jury Begins Sentencing

Christopher Preciado Convicted of Capital Murder and Sentenced to Life Without Parole

Texas Death Row Case Upended by Co-Defendant’s Sworn Confession Ahead of April 30 Execution

New Testimony in Yazeed Trial Describes Blood Pools and Bullet Path in Blanchard’s SUV

Jury Selection Begins in Ibraheem Yazeed’s Capital Murder Trial in Aniah Blanchard Case

Alabama Sets March Nitrogen Execution Window for Accomplice in 1991 AutoZone Killing

Amber Waterman Pleads Guilty to Two Capital Murders in Arkansas, Receives Consecutive Life Terms Without Parole

Rusty Yates Says He Still Visits Andrea Yates as New Docuseries Renews Focus on Case