Death, contract kills, and mistrials made Houston’s “murder Mansion”
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May 28, 2026
Joan Robinson Hill’s death in 1969 led to one of Houston’s most widely known criminal cases, involving multiple autopsies, a rare murder charge, a mistrial, the later killing of her husband and convictions connected to that killing. Hill was born Feb. 6,…
The Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit: Where women spend a lifetime waiting to die
May 28, 2026
GATESVILLE — The Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit sits north of Gatesville, on 97 acres in Coryell County. To the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, it is one women’s prison among many, with custody levels, medical services, education programs, work…