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Double homicide
Matt Weintritt/The Huntsville Item
Texas State Trooper Erik Burse answers questions from the media during a brief press conference at the Walker County Fairgrounds near the scene of a double homicide investigation. A Walker County resident came home Wednesday afternoon to find both his wife and their 2-year-old grandchild dead at the residence. Texas Rangers were in the early stages of a double-homicide investigation on M. Williams Road, west of Highway 30.
500th Texas execution
Matt Weintritt/The Huntsville Item
Jean Wilkins Dember, right, protests the execution of Kimberly McCarthy on Wednesday outside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit, where the death chamber is located. McCarthy became the 500th person executed in Texas since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982. The 52-year-old was also the first woman executed in the U.S. since 2010. – See more at: http://itemonline.com/local/x479821338/Woman-executed-for-1997-slaying#sthash.J2luBVTA.dpuf
Fresh photos
A large update to the galleries is in the works but for now a few teasers have been added, enjoy.
Kate Jones of the Huntsville High School swim team competes during Thursday’s swim meet at Huntsville Aquatic Center.
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