Texas True Crime

Slain soldier Vanessa Guillen’s shocking murder remains a mystery. The young Army Specialist vanished from Fort Hood April 22, 2020. Her family searched for 69 grueling days, begging top Army leaders and Congress for help. Vanessa’s body was finally found near the army base, bludgeoned, dismembered and burned. The prime suspect took his own life before revealing what really happened.

It was a tragedy that saddened the nation and brought postpartum illness into the spotlight. On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five small children one by one in the bathtub of her Houston home.

Four girls disappear with no explanation. One vanished while out for a jog. Another was last seen at a restaurant. A third was on a college field trip. A fourth said she was going to a car wash. For almost two decades, the families of Laura Smither, Kelli Cox, Tiffany Johnston and Jessica Cain desperately searched for answers.

Produced by ABC13 Houston. August 8, 1973 - Pasadena Police receive a call from a young man who killed his friend. But detectives realize that wasn't the start of a case. It was the end to a years-long plot to torture, rape and kill dozens of boys.