As the Democratic-led Houston City Council continues to defy working with federal immigration officials, another Venezuelan stands accused of committing murder in Houston, bludgeoning a carpenter to death with a sledgehammer.

A Harris County grand jury has returned a capital murder indictment against a suspect in one of Houston’s most haunting cold cases, more than three decades after two young people were found brutally killed in west Houston.

The Houston man accused of killing the mother of his unborn child pleaded guilty just two months ago to assaulting her, court records show.

A victim advocate is calling it a "sweetheart deal." He had his assault charge reduced to a misdemeanor weeks before her death.

A late-morning stabbing in a Westridge apartment complex parking lot ended with a 35-year-old man dead and a Houston woman facing a murder charge, authorities say. Houston police arrested a 30-year-old suspect on Wednesday after officers found the wounded man around 11:50 a.

The 21-year-old singer, whose given name is David Anthony Burke, was being held in jail without bail, according to police.