Search intensifies for Austin man who escaped state mental hospital

Search intensifies for Austin man who escaped state mental hospital

VERNON, Texas (KXAN) – The search has intensified for an Austin man who escaped from a state psychiatric hospital on Sunday night. ‘Terrified’: Runaway’s mother is worried he might hurt someone Alexander Ervin had been at North Texas State Hospital in Vernon since a jury acquitted him in 2014 of his father’s murder by reason … Read more

Santa Fe HS shooting suspect recommitted to mental health facility for up to another 12 months

Santa Fe HS shooting suspect recommitted to mental health facility for up to another 12 months

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dimitrios Pagourtzis, the student charged in the deadly 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School, has been committed back to a mental health facility for up to another year. Almost exactly a year ago, a similar decision was made to keep Pagourtzis in a facility for 12 months. His lawyer says … Read more