
Jaded Evidence | Weekend Update, October 10–11, 2026 Our weekend casewatch identifies three major family-violence death investigations and important developments in cases we follow. Information below is attributed to reporting and records available through October 11; charges, preliminary classifications, and investigative theories are not findings of guilt. Erie, Pennsylvania: Eight victims in reported family shooting…
REGION: South / Southeast — Texas CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses sexual violence, kidnapping, homicide, parole, and capital punishment. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Kenneth McDuff was convicted of murder in Texas, released on parole decades later, and then convicted of additional killings. Release and New Murders McDuff’s post-release crimes became a…
REGION: South / Southeast — Texas / Multi-State CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses stalking, stabbing, strangulation, homicide, and cross-jurisdictional investigations. Claims, convictions, and suspected cases are kept separate. Case Overview Coral Eugene Watts was a serial murderer linked to killings in Texas and other states. He became known for attacks involving multiple methods rather than…
REGION: South / Southeast — Texas CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses pediatric deaths, medication misuse, healthcare-associated homicide, and vulnerable patients. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Genene Jones was a Texas nurse convicted in connection with deaths and injuries involving children under her care. Healthcare Setting The case centered on unexpected pediatric emergencies…
REGION: South / Southeast — Texas / Cross-State CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses home invasion, sexual violence, homicide, and cross-state crimes. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, known as the “Railroad Killer,” was linked to murders committed near railroad lines in Texas and other states during the 1990s. Mobility and…
REGION: South / Southeast — Texas CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses child and adolescent murder, sexual violence, abduction, torture, and concealment of remains. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Case Overview Dean Corll, with teenage accomplices David Brooks and Elmer Wayne Henley, abducted and murdered numerous boys and young men in the Houston area during…
REGION: Southeast / Cross-State CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses child murder, home invasion, stabbing, sexual violence, and cross-state homicide investigations. Facts over speculation. Follow the evidence. Case Overview Tommy Lynn Sells was convicted of murder in Texas and claimed responsibility for numerous killings across multiple states. Survivor Identification A surviving child victim provided investigators with…
REGION: Southeast — Florida / Texas and multiple states CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses homicide, child murder, sexual violence, false or disputed confessions, and multi-state investigations. EVIDENTIARY NOTE: Many crimes claimed by Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were never proven and some confessions were later discredited. Claims are not convictions. Confessions are not automatically…
REGION: Southeast — Florida CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses child homicide, suffocation, caregiver access, and historical forensic investigation. Victims first. Evidence second. Offender third. Case Overview Christine Falling was convicted in Florida after a series of child deaths involving children in her care during the early 1980s. Caregiver Access The investigation focused on the repeated…
REGION: Southeast — Florida CONTENT NOTE: This article discusses poisoning, intimate-partner homicide, family homicide, attempted murder, and capital punishment. Historical and forensic claims are separated from proven convictions. Case Overview Judy Buenoano was convicted in Florida of killing her husband and son and of attempting to kill another partner. Poisoning and Financial Motive Investigators focused…