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Who is Karla Morales? Texas woman gets 30 years in prison for luring man into MS-13 ambush where he was killed
Karla Jackelin Morales pleaded guilty to one count of murder before she was sentenced for the murder of Jose Alfonso Villanueva
Who is Gabriel Caswell? Texas animal shelter employee arrested for torturing and killing kittens at his job
Initially the deaths of kittens were considered to be disease-related but testing results on multiple specimens found no sign of disease
Who is Peter Martinelli? Texas man arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing psychiatrist mother 'multiple times'
Peter Martinelli is booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center and is held on $500, 000 bond
Who was Callie Mitchell? Texas family shattered as daughter, 16, dies a week after being found unconscious at camp
Callie Mitchell was attending cheerleading camp when she passed out and was taken to a hospital, where she died on August 1
How did Johnny Hardwick die? 'King of the Hill' star who voiced Dale Gribble character was 64
Johnny Hardwick was discovered at his home in Texas by law enforcement officers who were called to respond to the scene by performing a welfare check
Who was Landon Bourque? Texas student, 15, dies after being hit by truck on first day of school
Landon Bourque was a loved member of the Heritage Coyotes football team and the campus community
Who is Katrina Mendoza? Texas woman whose BF allegedly killed her 5-year-old daughter pleads guilty in gruesome death
Katrina Mendoza's five-year-old daughter Mercedes Losoya was allegedly forced to eat dog feces and also put a sock soaked in urine in her mouth
Who is Danielle Allen? Texas school teacher fired over racist tweets and joke about killing sister's White BF
In her now-deleted Twitter bio, Danielle Allen described herself as a 'Black supremacist' and stated her support for 'pro-Black men'
Who is Rosa Jimenez? Texas mom released 20 years after being wrongly convicted in death of 21-month-old baby
Rosa Jimenez was wrongly convicted of murdering 21-month-old Bryan Gutierrez, whom she was babysitting
Who was James Bernard Hendricks? Texas man dies in Utah's Arches National Park on trip to scatter father's ashes
Hendricks paused in Utah during his journey across the western US, with ultimate destination being the Sierra Nevada region of Nevada and California
Texas woman gets in 'freak incident' while mowing lawn as she's simultaneously attacked by snake and hawk
'I was mowing on our property when out of the sky, out of the clear blue, a snake fell onto my arm,' Peggy Jones said
Who is Nathan Cruz? Uvalde school shooter Salvador Ramos' cousin, 17, arrested for threatening 'to do the same thing' at Texas school
Nathan Cruz's mother alerted authorities, expressing concerns that he intended to do what Salvador Ramos did
Who is Amtul Momin? Texas teen mysteriously goes missing on outing with family in Galveston
The 19-year-old's phone was discovered beside her car, and her scarf was found nearby
Who were Monway and Ramona Ison? Elderly Texas couple dies after they could not fix AC amid intense heatwave due to lack of funds
The bodies of Monway Ison, 72, and Ramona Ison, 71, were found on June 16 at their Baytown residence close to the body of their pet dog
Who is Nate Diaz's mother? MMA star who will be fighting Jake Paul was taught 'non-violence' by his mother
Nate Diaz is going to fight Jake Paul at MMA on August 5 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
Who is Marques Kelvin Potts? Texas man out on parole after stabbing relative kills girlfriend and her dog
Marques Kelvin Potts is currently charged with felony murder for the July 29 death of Melissa Fowler
Who is Rachel Sword? Texas woman arrested for animal cruelty after 12 horses and 24 dogs found dead at her home
Sword told investigators the animals belonged to her recently deceased husband, but she had been unable to care for them because of her depression
Who is Frederick Francis Goltz? Texas man who threatened Arizona poll workers and lawyer gets 3.5-year sentence
Earlier this year, Frederick Francis Goltz pleaded guilty for his engagement in interstate threatening communications
Who is Samantha Dawn Mathis? Texas mother faces life in prison for brutally beating her 2-year-old son to death
Samantha Dawn Mathis was originally indicted of capital murder but pleaded to a lesser charge as part of an agreement with prosecutors
What are the new Texas school laws? Guidelines come into effect from September 1
The state agency will now be required to jointly assess campuses’ security at least once every four years