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Texas News Weapon being tested to see if it was used to kill Texas boy Investigators have recovered a weapon that may have been used to kill a 5-year-old Houston boy whose body was allegedly kept in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel. by Associated Press Jun. 25 2021 @ 10:19pm HOUSTON — Investigators have recovered a weapon that may have been used to kill a 5-year-old Houston boy whose body was allegedly kept in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel. The weapon was being tested to see if it was the one used to kill Samuel Olson, Andrea Beal...

A Coldspring man has been arrested and is currently being held in the Jasper County Jail in connection with his alleged role in the transport of a dead child's body

Benjamin Rivera, the roommate of Theresa Balboa, was freed on $100,000 bail Thursday. A prosecutor said the weapon used to kill Samuel Olson may have been found.

KTRK in Houston reports that 27 year old Benjamin D. Rivera, the roommate of Theresa Balboa, turned himself in to the Harris County Jail this morning and has now been charged in connection with the death of 5 year old Samuel Olson. Bond was set at $100,000. The body of the child was found in a room at the Best Western Motel on Highway 190, in Jasper, where Balboa was staying on June 1st. Rivera, is charged with Tampering/Fabricating Evidence and is currently in the Harris County Jail. Balboa also remains jailed on the same charge. Her bond is set at $600,000.00. Investigators say that Rivera ...

According to court documents, the roommate told detectives that Samuel died on or around May 10. He said Balboa called him at work that day to tell him Samuel was dead. The roommate said when he returned home to their apartment in Webster, he saw Samuel’s bruised body lying on a bed. He said he and Balboa placed the body in a bathtub for a couple of days. The roommate told police he went to Walmart and bought a plastic bin and duct tape. The receipt was found during the investigation. He said he and Balboa wrapped Samuel's body in a plastic sheet and put it in the bin. He said they took it ...