(CENTERVILLE, Texas) A Texas community is reeling after five members of a Houston-area family were killed in an "unspeakable" crime. Three brothers, their co
Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as authorities searched for a murderer who had killed on behalf of Mexican drug cartels and who stabbed and injured the driver of a prison transport bus last month when he escaped custody not far from their small Texas town.
(CENTERVILLE, Texas) — A Texas community is reeling after five members of a Houston-area family were killed in an “unspeakable” crime. Three brothers, their cousin and their grandfather were found murdered at the family’s ranch in Centerville, located between Dallas and Houston, on Thursday, authorities said. […]
Courtesy Collins family(CENTERVILLE, Texas) A Texas community is reeling after five members of a Houston-area family were killed in an "unspeakable" crime. Three brothers, their cousin and their grandfather were found murdered at the family's ranch in Centerville, located between Dallas and Houston, on Thursday, authorities said. An escaped inmate, who was killed in a shootoff with police hours after the family's bodies were discovered by law enforcement, is believed to have broken into the home and committed the murders, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. "Those kids were bright, shining stars," David Crane, a long-time family friend, told reporters Friday, saying the "unspeakable" incident has resulted in an "unfillable loss." The four boys, who attended Tomball Independent School District, were active in sports, including football and baseball, and loved spending time at the family's ranch, Crane said. The