The mother has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for her role in the death of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

The mother of a 8-year-old boy who was beaten to death by her partner has pleaded guilty.

A Houston man, Malu Reese Kyota, has been charged with murder in the death of his brother, Keanu Risaburo Kyota.

Gloria Williams is facing new charges in the death of her 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

Judge Kelli Johnson said she'd seen and heard a lot in her years on the bench, but this case was 'horrific.'

Brian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

Brian Coulter is on trial for the murder of his girlfriend's 8-year-old son, Kendrick Lee.

A 12-page child fatality report shows Child Protective Services was involved, at multiple points, in the life of a family that included an 8-year-old boy whose corpse was found among his living siblings back in October 2021.

Road rage shootings, beating deaths, and robberies turned deadly -- the Houston area witnessed an onslaught of unimaginable crimes this year.

On Friday, a judge raised the bond to $1.5 million for a woman who is accused of leaving her three children abandoned in an apartment with their sibling’s skeletal remains.

Here are things to know for Tuesday, Nov. 2:

A woman facing charges after her three children were found in an abandoned apartment in west Harris County with their brother’s remains appeared in court Monday.

KPRC 2 has learned that Brian Coulter, the man at the center of a horrific abuse and abandonment case, was jailed for a week in November 2020 -- the same month investigators say he beat his girlfriend’s eight year-old child to death.

The grandmother of one of the children of Gloria Williams, the mother whose 8-year-old son's skeletal remains were found in a west Harris County apartment, spoke exclusively to KPRC 2 in an effort to help others understand how the story of the young children took a tragic turn.