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True crime cases in Texas

100case filesUpdated Sep 29, 2026

Casepin holds 100 case files in Texas. By legal status, 16 marked unsolved, 1 marked cold, 4 marked ongoing and 79 marked solved.

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100
Unsolved
16
Cold
1
Ongoing
4
Solved
79
Span
1836–2024
With coverage
36
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    Austin, Texas · 2022

    Murder of Moriah Wilson

    Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old professional cyclist, was shot and killed at a friend's residence in Austin, Texas, on May 11, 2022, and Kaitlin Armstrong was later convicted and sentenced to 90 years in prison for the killing.

    8 to watch & hear
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    Creekside Church of Christ, Midlothian, Texas · 2016

    Killing of Missy Bevers

    Fitness instructor Terri "Missy" Bevers was fatally stabbed before dawn on April 18, 2016, inside a Midlothian, Texas, church where she taught bootcamp classes; surveillance video shows an unidentified person in tactical gear inside the building, and the case remains unsolved.

    5 to watch & hear
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    Echelon office complex, Austin, Texas · 2010

    2010 Austin Suicide Attack

    On February 18, 2010, Andrew Joseph Stack III deliberately crashed his small plane into an Austin, Texas office building housing IRS offices, killing IRS manager Vernon Hunter and himself, and injuring thirteen others.

    5 to watch & hear
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    Friendswood, Texas · 2003

    Murder of David Lynn Harris

    David Lynn Harris, an orthodontist in Friendswood, Texas, was struck and run over by his wife Clara Suarez Harris in a hotel parking lot on July 24, 2002, after she confronted him over an extramarital affair. She was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

    6 to watch & hear
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    Rough Creek Ranch-Lodge-Resort shooting range, near Chalk Mountain, Erath County, Texas · 2013

    Murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield

    On February 2, 2013, author Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield were shot to death at a Texas shooting range by Eddie Ray Routh, a Marine veteran they were trying to help. Routh was convicted of capital murder in 2015 and sentenced to life without parole.

    5 to watch & hear
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    Abilene, Texas, United States · 2018

    Murder of Aaron Howard

    Aaron Howard, 37, was fatally shot outside his Abilene, Texas home on September 1, 2018, by his neighbor Johnnie Dee Allen Miller and Miller's son Michael, following a dispute over a discarded mattress. Johnnie Miller was convicted of first-degree murder in 2023; Michael Miller was found not guilty.

    3 to watch & hear
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    Bronte, Texas, United States · 2013

    Death of Brandon Lawson

    Brandon Mason Lawson disappeared in the early hours of August 9, 2013, after running out of gas on U.S. Route 277 near Bronte, Texas, and making a series of confused, incoherent calls to family and 9-1-1; human remains found near his last known location in 2022 were confirmed via DNA testing in December 2024 to be his, though the cause of his death remains unknown.

    2 to watch & hear
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    Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas · 1963

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with the killing but was himself murdered by Jack Ruby two days later, before facing trial.

    1 thing to watch or hear
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    West Campus, Austin, Texas · 2005

    Murder of Jennifer Cave

    Jennifer Cave, a 21-year-old legal assistant, was shot and killed in August 2005 in the Austin, Texas apartment of Colton Pitonyak, who then partially dismembered her body. Pitonyak was convicted of murder in 2007 and sentenced to 55 years; his former girlfriend Laura Ashley Hall was convicted of tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension.

    1 thing to watch or hear
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    Luby's Cafeteria, Killeen, Texas · 1991

    Luby's shooting

    On October 16, 1991, George Pierre Hennard drove a pickup truck into a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people and wounding 27 before dying by suicide during a shootout with police.

    1 thing to watch or hear

About these files

Case files in Texas

The files run from 1836 to 2024. The 2010s hold the most, with 23 files. The oldest is Dawson massacre, from 1842.

They are spread across 61 cities and towns; the most are in Houston (11), Dallas (10) and Austin (7). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (87), mass shooting cases (16) and kidnapping and abduction cases (16).

36 files of the 100 have coverage attached: 66 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 16 creators. The most covered is Murder of Moriah Wilson, with 8 items to watch or hear. That Chapter, Kendall Rae and Dr. Todd Grande have covered the most of them.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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How many case files in Texas are on Casepin?

100. By status: 16 unsolved, 1 cold, 4 ongoing and 79 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Dawson massacre, from 1842. Open the file

Which case in Texas has the most coverage?

Murder of Moriah Wilson, with 8 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Texas?

That Chapter (7 cases), Kendall Rae (6 cases) and Dr. Todd Grande (3 cases), among 16 creators in all.

Where in Texas are most of these cases?

Houston (11), Dallas (10) and Austin (7).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Sep 29, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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