Convicted murderer Dexter Johnson was sentenced to death in a Harris County courtroom yesterday — but he didn't take the punishment quietly. When the sentence was read, Johnson, 19, reportedly "gazed up and pressed his lips together. His eyes filled with tears. Then he looked toward his family and lifted his hand as if to wave to them." And then he threw a chair, causing folks in the courtroom to hit the deck. According to the AP, about a dozen court officers tackled Johnson and took him out a side door.
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An 18-year-old man tells KPRC he came close to becoming a victim of the five people charged in a murder spree — but rather than killing him, they let him go, and he still doesn't know why. The man, who identified himself only as "Vince," said the group kidnapped him June 19, the day after police day they carjacked and killed Maria Chrisalee Aparece and Huy Ngo.
Timothy Randle, one of the five suspects charged in a crime spree that left three people dead, is accused of three counts of capital murder — but he said from his jail cell Tuesday that police have it all wrong. Randle, 18, claims he was nearby when Maria Chrisalee Aparece and Huy Ngo were murdered, but he didn't do it. In a phone interview with KPRC, Randle said he followed other suspects who carjacked Aparece...
In a dramatic courtroom moment, Maria Chrisalee Aparece's uncle lunged at the man police say pulled the trigger in her murder during a hearing this morning in which five people were charged in connection with the deaths of Aparece, 23, and 17-year-old Huy Ngo. It was the first time Aparece's family has come in contact with Dexter Johnson, the 18-year-old who was arrested last week, and seeing Johnson was apparently too much for Irvin Aparece....
Police have charged an 18-year-old Houston man with capital murder in the killings of four people, including Maria Chrisalee "Salee" Aparece and Huy Ngo, the couple that has been missing since June 18 and are believed to have been victims of a carjacking.
A pair of bodies found in a northeast Houston field are believed to be those of Maria Chrisalee Aparece and Huy Ngo, who have been missing since Sunday and are believed to have been the vicims of carjackers The Mexican government is opposing the execution of Angel Maturino Resendiz, the "Railroad Killer," saying mentally ill people shouldn't be subject to the death penalty The average price for a gallon of gas in Houston dropped 4...
The search for the Houston-area couple who went missing after being carjacked this week has reached a new level of intensity as more and more people (civillian voulenteers, Houston cops, and Texas Rangers) join the search for Maria Chrisalee (Salee) Aparace, 23,and her 17 year old boyfriend, Huy Ngo. The two were carjacked, but the perpatrators, one of whom has been apprehended, swear they left them unharmed on the side of the road. Nevertheless, neither has been seen. Ngo was scheduled to drive out to California starting on Wednesday, but nobody--neither his Houston nor his LA-area relatives--has heard from him.

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