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The Conroe Police Department is investigating the death of a man found Wednesday in a homeless camp just south of the city in an area near Interstate 45 and Old Magnolia Road. According to CPD Lt. Jon Buckholtz, a 911 caller reported that Brian Keith Moore, 54, was found dead near the camp. Conroe police officers responded to the wooded area shortly before 11 p.m. after receiving the 911 call. An autopsy is being conducted. “It hasn’t been ruled a homicide yet, but it is suspicious,” Buckholtz s…
about 9 years ago
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Ruth Simmons, who served last fall as interim president of Prairie View A&M...
over 8 years ago
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Houstonians know Carolyn Farb as a philanthropist and a high-profile socialite often photographed wearing elegant gowns at charity galas.On Friday, however, Farb and law enforcement authorities described decades of private torment she endured through a series of threatening, anonymous letters. Farb said she has never met the man charged with sending them.“I’ve been receiving his letters for over 30 years,” Farb said. “They are frightening, menacing and a vicious type of stalking. It makes you fe…
almost 8 years ago
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An accused murderer has died after hanging himself in the Waller County jail, a sheriff’s office official confirmed Wednesday. Evan Lyndell Parker, 34, died a month after an inspection by regulators revealed that jailers didn’t meet certain standards for frequency of observing prisoners — a deficiency also identified after the 2015 death of Sandra Bland in the same jail. Bland’s suicide drew national attention and heightened the conversation about the treatment of African-Americans by police. Pa…
over 7 years ago
