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Appeal Seeks To Halt Dallas County Woman’s Execution

The lawyer for a Dallas County woman set to die next week is appealing to block the woman’s execution, which would be the 500th in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982.

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Young Teens Arrested; Accused Of Attacking Vet

Three juveniles have been arrested on capital murder charges stemming from the attempted robbery and death of a 61-year-old vet.

2013/06/13

A row of jail cells sit empty. (credit: AP Photo)

Man Gets 18 Years Jail For Role In Clerk’s Death

A North Texas man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the 2011 fatal shooting of a grocery store clerk who was being robbed.

2013/06/12

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Police Investigate Shooting Death In Corsicana

Police in Corsicana are investigating the shooting death of a 23-year-old woman at a home. A 28-year-old man has already been taken into custody and is being questioned by police.

2013/06/12

A picture of junior high school teacher John Ross Shreves. (credit: Kennedale ISD)

Murdered Teacher Mourned As Arlington PD Investigates

Friends and students gathered Tuesday to remember a popular Kennedale teacher gunned down in Arlington.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/06/11

Ana Lilia Trujillo (Photo Credit: Houston Police Department)

Woman Allegedly Murders Boyfriend With Stiletto

A 44-year-old Houston woman is being accused by authorities of stabbing a man to death with a stiletto heel early Sunday morning.

2013/06/10

Funeral For Arlington Murder Victim

Loved ones will pay their final respects on Monday to the Arlington woman who was kidnapped and murdered nearly one week ago.

2013/06/10

Arlington Police Release Video Of Murder Victim Moments Before Kidnapping

The Arlington Police Department has released surveillance footage obtained from a local donut shop (2417 S. Collins Street) where Leona Swafford went to just moments before she was kidnapped and murdered.

2013/06/08

Leona Faye Swafford, 83, the victim of a deadly carjacking. (photo provided by: Arlington Police)

Elderly Woman Kidnapped & Killed, Search For Carjacker Continues

Arlington police are asking for help from the public in locating the man they believe to be responsible for killing an elderly woman after a morning carjacking and kidnapping.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/06/04

PD: 9MM Handgun Used In Southlake Murder

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office reports they retrieved several 9mm bullet fragments from the body of Juan Jesus Guerrero-Chapa.

CBSDFW.COM–2013/05/31

U.S. Army doctor Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the lone suspect in the shooting death of 13 people and wounding of 31 others at Fort Hood in 2009. (credit: Bell Co. Sheriff's Dept.)

Hasan’s Request To Represent Himself Delayed

A judge says a report shows that an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage has the mental capacity to represent himself at his murder trial.

2013/05/29