Mother and daughter found dead inside SW Houston home

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- We have an update on the murder of a mother and daughter in southwest Houston. The alleged gunman told his family he'd taken care of some "unfinished business."

The 35-year-old mother and her 13-year-old daughter were found shot to death yesterday in their home on Jetty near Kirkwood at around 2:45pm.

The suspect's family told police he has a violent history and they were alarmed by his comment and the fact that he had a gun on him. They immediately went to the home and discovered the bodies.

Police say the woman is the suspect's ex-girlfriend, but he is not the father of the child. The suspect is in custody.

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Man, son, daughter charged with robbery in Katy area

  RICHMOND, TX -- A Houston-area man, his daughter and his son have been indicted over a credit union robbery by armed thieves in disguises.

Fort Bend County records show 50-year-old Ronald Catt, 20-year-old Hayden Catt and 18-year-old Abigail Catt were being held Friday on aggravated robbery charges. The men were jailed on bond of $140,000 apiece. The daughter's bond is $100,000.

Online jail records don't list attorneys for the Catts, who were arrested Nov. 9 and indicted Monday.

First Community Credit Union in the Katy area was robbed by two gunmen wearing orange traffic vests and sunglasses. One man had a fake moustache. The other wore a painter's mask. Abigail Catt allegedly drove the getaway vehicle.

Investigators are reviewing similar robberies in Texas and the Portland, Ore., area, where the Catts formerly lived.

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Gardener accused of kissing, groping daughter of client

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A gardener is accused of kissing and groping the 9-year-old daughter of one of his clients.

Juan Jose Lopez-Belloso is charged with indecency with a child. On April 16, court documents state the girl came crying to her father, saying that their gardener grabbed her and tried to put his tongue in her mouth.

The girl told police she was at their Bellaire residence when Lopez-Belloso walked up to her, hugged her and kissed her on both cheeks. She says he then grabbed both of her arms, stuck his tongue in her mouth and touched her on her private area, according to court documents.

She also told police that Lopez-Belloso, 53, had touched her on other occasions.

Bond has been set at $10,000.

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Mother accused of beating daughter at school

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston mother is facing charges after she allegedly beat her 12-year-old daughter at school.

Titania LaShay Simon, 31, has been charged with injury to a child. On April 24, the girl told police that her mother came into a classroom on her school campus on Brisbane Street and struck her with a belt. According to court documents, the girl got away and ran from the classroom to the administrative offices. The girl told police that her mother said the assistant principal "could not save her."

Court documents state that once in the assistant principal's office, Simon allegedly beat the girl's head against a wall and kicked her when she fell to the ground. A teacher and a security guard pulled Simon away from the girl.

No bail has been set in the felony case.

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Hearing for man accused of running over wife, daughter

Tamiro Gillede is charged with injury to a child and aggravated assault of a family member.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The man accused of running over his wife and 10-year-old daughter last week appeared in court Tuesday morning.

Tamiro Gillede is charged with injury to a child and aggravated assault of a family member. Gillede used a translator today during his probable cause hearing. Police say Gillede had an argument with his wife then left their southwest Houston apartment. A short time later Gillede is accused of hitting his wife and daughter with his car, then fleeing the scene on foot. Both the mom and daughter are still hospitalized in critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Gillede is being held without bond. He is due back in court on June 26. (Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

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Man killed while daughter hides

 HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A woman says she had just taken her child to school, when she returned home and found her husband murdered. It happened during an apparent home invasion in the family's apartment, near the intersection of Spencer and Shaver Thursday morning.

Neighbor Victoria LeDesma said, "I don't even want to be in my house right now."

LeDesma lives just a few feet away from the apartment where South Houston police say a mother, who had just come home from dropping her young child off at school, walked into her apartment and found her husband, who's been identified as 29-year-old Sergio Blas Jr., dead in the living room. Police say he was partially nude and he had been beaten.

"The husband was found on the floor, tied, bound with some type of cord," said South Houston Police Chief Herbert Gilbert.

Police say it was a home invasion and the couple's two-year-old daughter was in the apartment at the time. Authorities say the child's mother found the young girl in the back bedroom, hiding under blankets.

"I drop my kids off at school and come back at that same time," LeDesma said. "It's just scary to think that it happened so close to home."

The two-year-old girl was unhurt. Witnesses told police they saw two men leave the apartment. Police are tracking down leads and investigating to see if robbery was a motive.

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