Arrest made after Cleveland Middle School shooting threat
Cleveland ISD confirmed that a shooting threat at Cleveland Middle School on September 9 was investigated and found to be unsubstantiated, but an arrest was made as a precaution.
WATCH LIVE: Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller speaks on 40th anniversary of daughterโs disappearance
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, invites the public to a remembrance ceremony on Sept. 10, marking 40 years since the disappearance of his daughter Laura Miller.
Colin Allred responds to comparisons with Beto OโRourkeโs campaign, defends his strategy
Allred has run a more traditional campaign in his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, focusing on targeted ads and moderate policy.
Watch a discussion with the staff of The Bulwark at the 2024 Texas Tribune Festival
In a conversation starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, four of the digital news organizationโs sharpest minds will discuss the politics of 2024 and beyond.
Texas EquuSearch finds remains believed to be Kimberly Langwell after 25 years
Authorities have discovered human remains believed to be those of Kimberly Langwell, who disappeared in 1999 after visiting her ex-boyfriend Terry Rose in Beaumont, Texas.
From their headquarters in Dickinson to the world, Texas EquuSearch brings closure for grieving families
It is the afternoon at Texas EquuSearch headquarters in Dickinson, Texas. Volunteers gather after a morning doing what they do best. โToday, we literally just got off of a search with Galveston County Sheriffโs Department in an apparent homicide case," said Texas EquuSearch Founder & CEO Tim Miller. Founded in August 2000, for almost as long, Texas Equusearch has been helping reunite families with missing loved ones. Miller knows what families are going through. His daughter Laura went missing in 1984 and it was 17 months before police accidently found her body.
Lazy river pools donโt have specific inspection requirements in Houston, KPRC 2 learns after hotel drowning death
The City of Houston has five permitted lazy river-style pools, including at the northwest Houston DoubleTree by Hilton hotel where a young girl was tragically killed over the weekend.
โItโs almost unbelievableโ: Texas EquuSearch Tim Miller describes moments of recovering girlโs body wedged in pool
Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller describes the horrific moments him and his search team found the body of a missing 8-year-old Houston girl who drowned after getting stuck in a pool pipe at a Houston hotel.
How law enforcement, community members can cope after helping search for Audrii Cunningham
The search and outcome of 11-year old Audrii Cunninghamโs case has been heartbreaking for family, friends and the community but it can also have a lasting impact on the emergency responders and volunteers who spent days trying to find her.
Texas EquuSearch founder wants tight supervision kept on man considered suspect in โKilling Fieldsโ murders
A man considered a suspect in the so-called โKilling Fieldsโ murders is facing a review of his parole conditions, according to Galveston County District Attorney Jack Roady and Texas EquuSearch founder, Tim Miller. Clyde Hedrick was paroled from prison in 2021, sent to live at halfway house and placed under the stateโs highest level of supervision known as the Super Intensive Supervision Program (SISP).
Texas EquuSearch heads to Alabama awaiting guilty plea from suspect accused in Natalee Hollowayโs disappearance
Members of Texas EquuSearch, including founder Tim Miller are headed to Alabama this week to show support to the family of Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in 2005.
Vigil planned to honor memories of โKilling Fieldsโ victims, push for more answers
On Oct. 7, 1983, Heidi Villarreal Fye disappeared. Her body was found the following April in an area off Calder Road in League City. The area would later be known as โThe Killing Fields.โ
Mother whose daughter went missing in 2010 hopeful for return after discovery of Rudy Farias
The discovery and homecoming of Rudy Farias are ones that one Houston mother, Jo Ann Lowitzer, views with bittersweetness.
Rudy Farias update: Teen who went missing 8 years ago in north Houston found in โbad shapeโ
A teen who went missing nearly eight years ago from north Houston has been found safe, the Texas Center for the Missing announced Saturday.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says family members of 26-year-old found dead in Houston Ship Channel โdeserve more informationโ
Houston police are investigating after a manโs body was found floating on water at Houstonโs Ship Channel on Friday.
Minnesota town drops Texas-style anti-abortion lawsuit plan
A Minnesota town has backed away from a proposal to let people sue abortion providers, including organizations that provide abortion drugs by mail, after the state attorney general warned that the plan was unconstitutional.
Body found along Brays Bayou during search for missing 28-year-old father, Texas EquuSearch says
A body has been found during the search for a 28-year-old father whoโs been reported as missing on Nov. 11, according to Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch.
Search continues for missing 2-year-old daughter of woman allegedly strangled to death by common-law husband
The search for a missing and endangered 2-year-old in Pasadena stretched into a second day.
โIt doesnโt look goodโ: Foul play suspected in disappearance of 2-year-old child of man accused in common-law wifeโs choking death: HPD
Houston police and Texas Equusearch are searching for a missing 2-year-old child who is the daughter of the man accused of choking his common-law wife to death on Tuesday.
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, wins $24M civil judgment in daughterโs murder
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, won a default judgment in his 2014 wrongful death lawsuit filed against Clyde Edwin Hedrick. Galveston County judge Lonnie Cox granted Millerโs motion for default judgment on Monday and awarded him $21,020,000 in damages.
Trump's GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president
Party leaders at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting this past week left no doubt that the GOP is choosing to serve Donald Trump and his political interests before the next presidential election.
Search continues for Ashley Guillory, woman missing for nearly 2 weeks
On what otherwise would be a happy occasion and birthday celebration for Ashley Guillory and her family, instead crews with Texas EquuSearch were back out Friday morning and afternoon looking for her.
Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller to be discharged from hospital after undergoing 2 procedures
Texas EquuSearch founder and director Tim Miller is in the hospital for a serious health condition that needed immediate attention, according to his organizationโs Facebook page.
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, discusses the death of 6-year-old Samuel Olson
Tim Miller, the founder of Texas Equusearch, shared his thoughts regarding the death of 6-year-old Samuel Olson.
Vehicle found during search for missing mother in Missouri City not connected to her case, authorities say
The search for missing mom Erica Hernandez continues in Missouri City on Thursday.
Body of central Texas student recovered after deadly boat crash on Colorado River
The body of Jacob Langley, the central Texas student who went missing in the Colorado River near Matagorda on Saturday, was discovered Monday evening, according to Tim Miller with Texas Equusearch.
Video shows missing mother of 3 outside sister-in-lawโs house night before disappearance
Ring video shows a missing mother of threeโs last moments the night before her disappearance. Now, a $1,000 reward has been donated in hopes of getting new information on her whereabouts and what happened the night she was last seen.
Nearly 4 decades after her murder, founder of Texas EquuSearch says final goodbye to daughter
Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Dickinson, Tim Miller buried his daughterโs remains for the third time since her murder in 1984. Then at the end of 2019, Miller said was told more of his daughterโs remains were found stashed in a box at the MEโs office. Lauraโs murder is the reason Tim Miller founded Texas EquuSearch, an organization that has saved countless lives around the world. โIt was time to say goodbye, it was time to say goodbye. It was very, very difficult carrying that little casket, but itโs time to say goodbye,โ Miller said.
Texas EquuSearch founder to drop lawsuit against Galveston County
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, tells KPRC2 he is dropping his lawsuit against Galveston County. Miller filed suit against the county in May. The lawsuit came after yet another decades old mix-up with his daughterโs remains was discovered. Miller first sued Galveston County in 1997 when Lauraโs body was exhumed and it was discovered not all of her remains had been buried. Miller said he then received a October 2019 from the Galveston County Medical Examinerโs Office, notifying him human remains were found in a file box bearing the case number for Lauraโs murder.
Radical or moderate? Trump paints Democratic ticket as both
President Donald Trump's campaign is struggling to define California Sen. Kamala Harris, the newly announced running mate for Democratic rival Joe Biden. Like Biden, Harris has staked out relatively moderate stances over the course of her career on issues such as health care and law enforcement. That's complicating the Trump campaign's crude efforts to depict the Democratic ticket as out of step with the country. A radical leftist who is causing a revolt among Bernie voters. Harris ran her own campaign for the Democratic nomination as a relative moderate in the field.
Radical or moderate? Trump paints Democratic ticket as both
The most radical pick for vice president ever but too moderate to energize the Democratic base. President Donald Trump's campaign is struggling to define Sen. Kamala Harris, Democrat Joe Biden's newly announced running mate. Do they attempt to fire up their own base and scare off moderates by painting Biden and Harris as radical socialists? Or do they aim to depress enthusiasm among the Democratic base by arguing Biden and Harris are opportunistic and insufficiently liberal? Harris, who dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary in December, ran her own race as a relative moderate in the field.
Complaint: Missing Texas solider was killed at Fort Hood
Army investigators believe Guillen, a Texas soldier missing since April, was killed by another soldier on the Texas base where they served, the attorney for the missing soldier's family said Thursday. Human remains were found Tuesday near the Leon River in Bell County, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of Fort Hood, in the search for Guillen. The criminal complaint released later Thursday said the civilian arrested in connection to the Guillen case is Cecily Aguilar, 22, of Killeen, Texas, near Fort Hood. From their text conversations, Mayra Guillen said she believed her sister was afraid during her time at Fort Hood. Guillen was last seen April 22 in a parking lot at Fort Hood.
โWe will not rest': Missing Fort Hood soldierโs family believes remains are hers
Vanessa Guillen, who is assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, was last seen on April 22 in the parking lot of her regimental engineer squadron headquarters. Speaking in Washington, Guillenโs family said they believe those remains are hers. Posted by KPRC2 / Click2Houston on Wednesday, July 1, 2020โEverything points to it,โ said Mayra Guillen, Vanessa Guillenโs sister. Lupe Guillen, Vanessa Guillenโs other sister, said her sister did not deserve to be treated this way while serving her country. Lupe Guillen accused leaders at Fort Hood of dismissing sexual harassment and sexual assault claims as a joke.
Search resumes for missing Fort Hood soldier as family calls for congressional investigation
Texas EquuSearch will focus on an undisclosed patch of rural property in Bell County Saturday. The group is searching for Houstonian and soldier, Vanessa Guillen, who has been missing since April 22. We donโt know how many people could possibly be involved,โ Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller said. Miller plans to drive to the Fort Hood area Friday night and meet with a team of about two dozen. Mayra said that she planned on being with Texas EquuSearch in Bell County this weekend.
Trump embraces immigration court fight as election boost
In this June 11, 2020 photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion about "Transition to Greatness: Restoring, Rebuilding, and Renewing," at Gateway Church Dallas in Dallas. Trump has asserted without evidence that expanded mail-in voting will lead to the greatest Rigged Election in history. Trump, who often attempts to shift the nation's focus to immigration when forced to defend himself on other fronts, said Friday he would renew his legal effort. His immigration push is risky, even for someone who has built his political career on defying conventional wisdom. Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh says, Conservative judges were a huge issue in 2016 and will be again this November."
Search suspended for 20-year-old Crosby firefighter thrown from Jeep into water over Galveston Causeway Sunday
HOUSTON โ The U.S. Coast Guard suspended their search for a 20-year-old Crosby Fire Department firefighter on Monday night. "We have suspended the search pending any additional information,โ wrote Captain Jason Smith, sector Houston-Galveston commanding officer. โI just hope they find him and that heโs OK.โTim Miller, with Texas EquuSearch, is aiding in the rescue and recovery effort. According to Miller, if need be, Texas EquuSearch will bring in a helicopter on Tuesday to search from above. If you have any information about Zavalaโs whereabouts, youโre asked to call the Galveston Police Department at (409) 765-3702 or Texas EquuSearch at (281) 309-9500.
GOP candidates balance pros, cons of running with Trump
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, facing a competitive North Carolina reelection contest, is looking forward to campaigning" with Trump, Tillis' spokesperson said. GOP Sen. Steve Daines tweeted, Montana cant wait to have you back, Mr. President! after Trump promised to help him battle a strong Democratic challenger. Republican candidates are hostages, said Trump critic Tim Miller, an aide to past GOP presidential contenders including Jeb Bush. Anyone who wants to win in November should be running with the president, said Trump campaign spokesperson Erin Perrine. In the House, Democrats hope to use allegiance to Trump that GOP candidates touted in primaries against them in general elections.
Investigation sheds new light on decades-old mix up of โKilling Fieldsโ victimsโ remains
LEAGUE CITY, Texas โ Founder of Texas EqquSearch, Tim Miller is suing Galveston County for the second time over the handling of his daughter, Lauraโs remains. Barnhart said partially because Cook went unidentified for decades and partially because DNA testing was not routine in the 90s. League City police then combed through decades of old reports and autopsies to determine that the unidentified remains belonged to Cook. League City police said the MEโs file on Cook showed her fingernails were clipped and saved as possible evidence. Yet, League City officials said their records show no indication that the clippings were ever given to police and are not stored with their department.
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, sues Galveston County over daughterโs remains
For the second time, Tim Miller is suing Galveston County over the handling of his daughterโs remains. Miller exhumed his daughterโs remains and then reburied her after receiving what he thought was the remainder of her body. Miller settled the first lawsuit in 2000 with the former Galveston County Medical Examiner, Dr. W.E. Then came the call more of Lauraโs remains may still be at the MEโs Office. โTheyโre giving us silly arguments; trying to pretend like they have no responsibility for something by an official of Galveston County,โ said Buzbee.
Sunday Conversations: 5 things to know about Tim Miller
Here are five things to know about Texas EquuSearch and its founder Tim Miller:Sixteen years after his daughter vanished, Tim Miller founded Texas EquuSearch. Texas EquuSearch has been involved in searches in approximately 42 states as well as other countries. Nearly 240 missing personsโ remains have been found. Tim Miller has received the prominent โPoint of Lightโ award from President George H.W. VIDEO: Sunday Conversations full interview with Tim Miller
Good Samaritan missing after alleged drunk driver plows into crash scene
FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas โ Authorities continue to search for a good Samaritan who was helping a crash victim, then possibly went over a bridge and into a river when an alleged drunk driver plowed into the accident scene. Crews from Texas EquuSearch resumed their search early Tuesday morning, following an extended search Monday night. The wreck occurred shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday on the Grand Parkway northbound on the Brazos River. Texas EquuSearch, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office and local fire departments are searching the river by boat and helicopter. Tim Miller with Texas Equusearch said high water levels and debris in the water were making the search more difficult.