Author: Claudia Lauer
-
Texas man facing kidnapping charges after Colorado arrest
DALLAS — A Texas man wanted for questioning in the death of a woman and the abduction of her two daughters has been charged with kidnapping. Terry Allen Miles, 44, was arrested in a remote area of southern Colorado Wednesday evening after several tips of sightings had been reported there. The two girls, ages 14…
-
Authorities believe border agent may have fallen
DALLAS— Investigators believe a border patrol agent who died in West Texas after suffering extensive injuries to his head and body may have fallen down a 14-foot (4-meter) culvert, and his partner, who radioed for help, has no memory of what happened, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation. FBI spokeswoman Jeanette…
-
Texas town holds 1st Sunday service since church attack
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Hundreds of mourners crowded into the tiny town of Sutherland Springs for the first Sunday service since a gunman stormed the First Baptist Church a week earlier, killing more than two dozen people in the worst mass shooting in Texas history. In a service that was emotional and painful but also…
-
Investigators: Texas woman planned daughters’ deaths
DALLAS— A north Texas woman told investigators she had planned for at least two weeks to kill her young daughters and husband before she fatally shot the girls early Thursday morning. Sarah Nicole Henderson, 29, was arrested after her husband, Jacob Henderson, called 911 to report the shootings at their home near Mabank, a town…
-
Father of missing 3-year-old now says died after choking on milk
DALLAS — The father of a missing toddler whose body was found in a culvert under a road in suburban Dallas has changed his story to say the girl didn’t wander off two weeks ago, but that she choked to death while drinking milk in the family’s garage. Richardson police said Tuesday that the Dallas…
-
Ghoulish online game urges young people to end their lives
DALLAS — The family of a Texas teen who hanged himself says their son was involved in a ghoulish online game that calls on participants to complete a series of tasks before taking their own lives, and some schools are warning parents about the so-called Blue Whale Challenge. Jorge Gonzalez told San Antonio television station…
-
Texas police officer faces murder charge in teen’s death
DALLAS — A white Texas police officer faces a murder charge in the shooting of a black teenager after being fired earlier in the week over the incident, authorities said Friday. Roy Oliver turned himself in Friday night, just hours after the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest in the April…
-
Callers reported a swerving pickup before deadly bus crash
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas — Authorities in two Texas counties said they received phone calls about a pickup driving erratically shortly before a head-on collision between a truck and church bus in southwest Texas that killed 13 people returning from a retreat. A traffic accident reconstruction specialist meanwhile suggested to The San Antonio Express-News that any…
-
Boy Scouts will allow transgender children into programs
DALLAS — The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys only programs. The organization said it had made the decision to begin basing enrollment in its boys-only programs on the gender a child or parent lists on the application to become…