capital murder

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal from an East Texas nurse sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing five dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a second suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a Corpus Christi gun store owner during a robbery that left an employee wounded.

HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators say a drifter charged with capital murder in the 1993 slaying of a retired Texas teacher has been extradited from Mexico.

BELTON, Texas (AP) — A former Texas law enforcement officer must serve life in prison without parole for the 2014 killing of Little River-Academy police Chief Lee Dixon. David Gene Risner was sentenced Wednesday night in Belton...

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend earlier this week has been charged with capital murder in the case. The Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1PNRdy7 ) reports that the charges against 28-year-old Darrell P...

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...