‘Making A Murderer’ Defendant Avery Denied New Trial, Again
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in a case featured on the Netflix series “Making A Murderer” has once again been denied a new trial. (credit: CBS...
View ArticleDallas Police Investigate Shooting That Killed Civil Rights Activist’s Grandson
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Dallas are investigating a Wednesday night shooting that killed the grandson of civil rights activist Rev. Ronald Wright. The incident happened shortly after 11:00 p.m....
View ArticleTestimony Starts In Ex-Priest’s Trial For 1960 Texas Killing
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury that he would prove an 85-year-old former Catholic priest murdered a South Texas teacher and ex-beauty queen 57 years ago. The assertion came as the jury...
View ArticleFormer Monk Testifies In Texas Murder Trial Of Ex-Priest
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — A former monk has testified that an ex-priest accused of killing a Texas woman in 1960 confessed to him three years after the killing. Dale Tacheny testified Monday in the murder...
View ArticleFormer Texas Nurse Pleads Not Guilty For Deaths Of 5 Kids
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An imprisoned former nurse who prosecutors believe could be responsible for the deaths of up to 60 children in Texas pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in the deaths of...
View ArticlePunishment Testimony Begins In Ex-Priest’s Murder Trial
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — An ex-priest was convicted of murdering a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen on Thursday, more than 57 years after Irene Garza went to Sacred Heart Catholic Church...
View ArticleTrial Of Former Texas Officer Accused Of Killing Teen Underway
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The trial began Monday for former Farmers Branch police officer Ken Johnson. He’s on trial for the murder of 16-year-old burglary suspect José Cruz. State prosecutors started...
View ArticleFormer Mavs Maniac Erbie Bowser Drops Appeal, Will Serve Life For Murder
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Former Mavs Maniac Erbie Bowser will never set foot out of jail after the convicted killer dropped his appeal. Erbie Bowser went from floor entertainer to mass murderer, killing...
View ArticleNorth Texas Teen To Be Tried As Adult In Girl’s Death
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge has ruled a 16-year-old boy arrested in the death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a North Texas landfill will be tried as an adult. The decision came...
View ArticleSentencing Phase For Former FBPD Officer Found Guilty Of Murder
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The former Farmers Branch police officer convicted of murdering a teenaged burglary suspect in 2016 is in court waiting to learn his fate. It was last month when Ken Johnson was...
View ArticleFormer Farmers Branch Police Officer Awaits Sentence For Killing Teen
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jurors in Dallas on Tuesday continue to deliberate the fate of a former Farmers Branch police officer who has been convicted of killing a teenager. Ken Johnson faces up to life in...
View ArticleProsecutors Say DNA Evidence Links Suspect To Dallas Teen’s Murder
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two years after Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings was abducted and murdered, a jury is getting the chance to hear what the prosecution has called “horrific” details about the case. The...
View Article“How To Kill Someone” Internet Search Helps Police Arrest Texas Wife
MAYPEARL (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in one North Texas city say an internet search, basically looking for information on how to get away with murder, is what helped put one woman behind bars. It was on...
View ArticleJurors Hear About Hair Found At Dallas Teenager’s Murder Scene
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Testimony continued Friday in the Antonio Cochran trial. He is the man accused of abducting and murdering Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings two years ago. The trial started Thursday...
View ArticleTexas Man On Trial In Fatal Oklahoma Interstate Shootings
ARAPAHO, Okla. (AP) — A Texas man accused of killing two people as he drunkenly shot at vehicles while driving along a freeway in Oklahoma is in court to face murder charges. Trial began Tuesday for...
View ArticleGood Samaritan Killer Found Guilty Of Murder
FORT WORTH (CBS11) – A jury found the man who shot and killed a good Samaritan in May 2016 in an Arlington parking lot guilty of murder on Wednesday. Ricci Bradden’s wife worked at the Walgreens in the...
View ArticleFort Worth Police Say Man Stabbed His Grandfather To Death
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Police in Fort Worth are investigating a fatal stabbing on the city’s southwest side. The incident happened at about 7:00 p.m. on Thursday night at a home in the 3400 block of...
View ArticleJury Deliberations Continue In Case Of Murdered Dallas Teenager
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Jurors continue to deliberate the fate of Antonio Cochran, the man accused of kidnapping and murdering Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings two years ago. Friday marked the third day that...
View ArticleJury Finds Antonio Cochran Guilty In Zoe Hastings’ Murder
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – After deliberating for almost 23 hours, jurors found Antonio Cochran guilty in the murder of Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings. Cochran was accused of capital murder in the October...
View ArticleCochran Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering Zoe Hastings
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Antonio Cochran was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Dallas teenager Zoe Hastings. The jurors listened to testimony Monday in the sentencing phase of the trial and...
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