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Erica Hernandez was last seen leaving a friend s house on April 18.
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Erica Hernandez was last seen in southwest Houston on April 18, and her family said they are not going to give up looking for her. KTRK
A car matching the description of one belonging to a Texas mother who went missing three weeks ago was found in a pond with a body inside, authorities said Tuesday.
Erica Hernandez, 40, was last seen leaving a friend s house in southwest Houston in the early morning hours of April 18.
Published May 11, 2021, 10:09 AM
The body of a 22-year-old Filipino-American airman who went missing Sunday was found by his family on Tuesday, May 4.
Elijah Posana, a member of the US Air Force, was last seen alive swimming in the waters off Surfside Beach near Freeport, Texas, on Sunday, before he was caught by a rip current about 100 feet from shore, the US Coast Guard said in a statement.
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The Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office said it received a call at around 7 a.m. Tuesday saying Posana had been found just north of where he disappeared.
2 men charged with murder after body found near Brazos River in Lake Jackson
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Christopher Paul Lydic, 37, and James Doyle Britton, 44. were arrested and charged with murder Thursday in connection to a 2020 homicide in Lake Jackson. (KPRC)
Christopher Paul Lydic, 37, and James Doyle Britton, 44, were arrested and charged with murder Thursday in connection to a 2020 homicide in Lake Jackson.
On Nov. 22, 2020, police said they responded to a report of a body next to the edge of the water at the Brazos River.
The body was located under a bridge near the 1300 block of FM 2004.
Lake Jackson Police Department later identified the body as Cortney Bekaye Riley, 37, of Brazoria County.
GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) On Thursday afternoon, the Galveston County medical examiner confirmed that the death toll of people dying as a result of exposure to the cold weather and lack of power rose to three.
According to an update, a total of three people have been confirmed dead due to exposure and five are suspected to have died as a result of exposure.
One additional suspected death may have been due to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the county. However, those deaths are awaiting autopsies to confirm the cause.
The three confirmed deaths include a 50-year-old man from Hitchcock, an 88-year-old woman from Bacliff and a man in his 70s whose death may have been related to carbon monoxide poisoning. He lived near Santa Fe, according to officials.
At least 20 people were dead as of Wednesday after a winter storm swept across the U.S.
The winter storm has left millions without power, bringing record-breaking cold weather, overwhelming power grids and immobilizing the Southern Plains.
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The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office is requesting refrigerated trucks in anticipation of more fatalities from a brutally cold winter storm in Texas this week.
Single-digit temperatures created a surge in demand for electricity to warm up homes unaccustomed to such extreme lows, buckling the state s power grid and causing widespread blackouts.
On Tuesday, three people were found dead after a tornado hit a seaside town in North Carolina. Four family members also perished in a Houston-area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm.