blunt-force trauma

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fort Worth police say a 25-year-old man died from injuries suffered during a fistfight with his brother. The man was pronounced dead Saturday at a hospital, a day after the fight. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled his death a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma of the head due to an assault by another person...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston woman charged in the death her boyfriend's 4-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1rh2rAl ) reports that 34-year-old Elisena Carmona was sentenced Tuesday in the death of Lillian Fortner...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston woman has been charged in the death of her 5-month-old daughter who allegedly was bounced off a bed and onto a floor. Harris County jail records show 22-year-old Tradezsha Bibbs was being held without bond Monday on a charge of capital murder of a person under age 6...