Cullen Davis, a Fort Worth oil tycoon, went on trial in February 1977 in the killings of his ex-wife's daughter and his ex-wife's boyfriend.

Rafael Govea Romero, the suspect in Texas cheerleader Lizbeth Medina's murder, appeared in court Feb 6, when a judge ruled he was competent to stand trial in August.

Significant testimony was given from the lead detective on the case. Detective Chad Tudor testified that Vargas had likely ...

The murder trial of Brad Simpson, accused of killing his wife Suzanne, hit another roadblock in a Bexar County court on ...

Florida executed James Dennis Ford for the savage murders of two young parents in front of their toddler daughter in 1997.

A violent criminal suspect, wanted in two different Texas counties, has been arrested. It took a joint effort by law enforcement in different parts of the state to get him in cuffs.

Find out more about the events leading up to the shooting death of Texas mother Farah Fratta, according to Oxygen's Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler.

Texas executed Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a beloved young ... sobbed on the stand during Nelson's trial, saying that she and her husband were looking ...

The trial for a Tyler man accused of murder began Tuesday, with witnesses testifying the victim was killed during a birthday celebration at a Tyler home.

Richard Tabler was executed in Huntsville, Texas on Thursday evening. Tabler was convicted of killing two men in Killeen. He ...

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