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Police detail evidence collection in trial of McAllen man accused of killing Melissa Banda

The trial for 44-year-old Richard Ford, who is accused of kidnapping and murdering his 37-year-old ex-wife Melissa Banda in 2020, continued Thursday with testimony from an investigator who responded to the scene where her body was discovered.

Texas Bar fines Starr County DA for indicting woman with murder over abortion

The State Bar of Texas’ Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel has fined and imposed a probated suspension against Starr County District Attorney Gocha A. Ramirez for indicting a woman who sought an abortion in 2022 on a charge of murder.

Harlingen man gets $1M bond for fatal shooting

A 20-year-old Harlingen man is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of a man found near the city’s Arroyo Colorado Hike and Bike Trail.

Fugitive sought in fatal La Joya smuggling crash arrested

A 39-year-old Mission woman accused of renting a vehicle used in a 2019 fatal smuggling crash that killed two San Juan residents and sent six people in the country illegally to the hospital has been arrested after nearly three years on the run.

Mission murder suspect called police on himself

A 54-year-old Mission man accused of a fatal stabbing early Sunday morning called police on himself.

Mission man gets six months for service member’s death in crash

A judge on Wednesday sentenced a 30-year-old Mission man to six months in state jail on a charge of criminally negligent homicide after a jury found him guilty of lesser charges in an alleged 2019 drunk driving crash that killed an active duty service member.

Park ranger who apprehended Richard Ford at SPI testifies in murder trial

EDINBURG — The man who found Richard Ford on South Padre Island testified Wednesday about what exactly Ford was doing there after his ex-wife had been kidnapped and murdered earlier that day.

Harlingen police launch homicide probe into Arroyo trail death

Harlingen police have launched a homicide investigation after finding a man’s body near Business 77 with a gunshot wound on Tuesday.

‘No hesitation’: Gruesome autopsy testimony begins Richard Ford’s murder trial

EDINBURG — State prosecutors didn’t waste any time Tuesday morning as they presented jurors with autopsy photos on the first day of trial against Richard Ford, the 44-year-old McAllen man accused of kidnapping and killing his ex-wife, Melissa Banda, in August 2020.

McAllen police officer arrested in Dallas over domestic dispute

Dallas law enforcement authorities arrested a McAllen police officer on Saturday in a domestic dispute with family, McAllen police said in a new release Tuesday.