5 murders added to the map.

Five more murder added to the man. January is not even over and the Greater Houston area has at least 21 murders already.

One of the murders that caught my attention was of Douglas Ismael Morales. Douglas Ismael Morales, 51, and a woman had just come back from dinner when a carjacker ordered Morales to give up the car and money. There was an argument and the suspect shot multiple times into the car, hitting Morales in the head. Luckily the woman was not injured.

Sgt Robert Torres, HPD Homicide said, "Most likely it's going to be a suspect involved in other cases. Robbery suspects don't rob once."

So be careful out there. I linked to the articles of the murder but have also linked sites to get your concealed carry license in Texas and proper shooting method. Self-defense is not just a right, it is a necessity.

NewsWatch
Houston Chronicle Article
How to get a Texas Concealed Carry License
How to shoot a handgun accurately

15 murders since the beginning of 2008

More murders added to the map.

10 January 2008

Kenneth Wayne Carraway, Jr., 17
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/kenneth_wayne_carraway_jr.html
http://www.hcso.hctx.net/newsDetails.asp?grp=hom&id=371

11 January 2008
Gerry Coles 22
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/unknown_man_early_20s.html

11 January 2008
Deval Andrews, 30
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/deval_andrews_30_1.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5449698.html
http://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2008/jan/nr011208-1.htm

Dion Snow, 41
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/unknown_man_41.html

Kenneth Dwayne Murphy, 48
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/kenneth_dwayne_murphy_48.html

Corey Lewis, 19
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/2008/01/corey_lewis_19.html


Any information about any of these murder please contact call the Sheriff's Homicide Division at 713-967-5810 or Crimestoppers at 713-221-TIPS.

Map update

Added 4 more homicides to the map.

Date: Jan. 10, 2008
Location: 12200 Foxton Road
Time: 12:30 a.m.
Victim: Not released
Suspect: Unknown
Status: Open
Cause of death: Gunshot to the head

Date: Jan. 10, 2008
Location: 10800 block of Cheeves
Time: 12:15 a.m.
Victim: Christian Davis, 26, of the 6500 block of Rosemary
Suspect: Unknown
Status: Open
Cause of death: Multiple stab wounds

Date: Jan. 4
Location: 2601 Riverside
Time: 10:25 p.m.
Victim: Derek Samuel Anderson, 39
Suspect: Jamar E. Agomo, 27
Status: Arrested and charged
Cause of death: Shot


Date: Jan. 3
Location: 1445 Lakeside Estates Drive
Time: 5:10 p.m.
Victim: Gerald Edward Haynes, 44
Suspects: Unknown man
Status: Open
Cause of death: Shot

Two homicides where unable to be added as the address did not come up on Google maps

Date: Jan. 1
Location: 10051 Rossbrook Ct
Time: Undetermined
Victim: Delmis Giron, 42
Suspect: Unknown
Status: Open
Cause of death: Homicide by stabbing
More information

Date: Jan. 1
Location: 4727 Glen Village
Time: 4:30 a.m.
Victim: Jorge Rivas, 22
Suspects: Two men, one woman
Status: Open
Cause of death: Homicide by gunshot
More information

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Sources
http://blogs.chron.com/homicide/
Harris County Sheriff

Purpose

This site is to chronicle the homicides that occur in Houston, Texas. Most information will be gathered from the Houston Chronicle at this site. I will also include other homicides that were not cited in the Houston Chronicle.

The idea behind this site is to create a visual representation of where homicides occur in Houston. Recently violent crimes has decreased in Houston but the homicide rate has increased. As David Simon showed in his journalistic novel, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Street, police can turn an aggravated assault into battery or get a witness to doubt that the robber had a gun. Murders are different because you cannot hide a body after it has been found, although HPD tries.