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The Look Back: 5 most-read North Texas crime news from September 2025

Stories by Fort Worth Star-Telegram journalists, with AI summarization

This set of Star-Telegram stories recounts crime incidents and legal consequences around North Texas in September 2025. A Russian orphan named Valerian O’Steen receives a sentence for burying his partner under a house. In another incident, a sniper attack on a Dallas ICE facility results in casualties and is termed terrorism by officials.

Read the stories below.

A murder suspect who beheaded a person outside a Dallas motel on Wednesday morning is in custody, police said.

VICTIM BEHEADED WITH MACHETE AT DALLAS MOTEL. SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY, POLICE SAY

A murder suspect who beheaded a person outside a Dallas motel on Wednesday morning is in custody, police said. | Published September 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Shambhavi Rimal

Monroe Lingle and his sister, Susan Lingle. Fort Worth police are investigating the North Texas man’s death after they say he was attacked by a group of people armed with rocks and other blunt objects.

TEXAS MAN BEATEN WITH ROCKS IN FORT WORTH DIES. SISTER MOURNS BELOVED BROTHER

A North Texas man squeezed his sister’s hand while lying in a hospital bed in a coma, the last interaction she would have with her beloved brother.Monroe Lingle, 44, was reported missing by family members on Aug. | Published September 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Shambhavi Rimal

Police car lights in night time, crime scene, night patrolling the city. Abstract blurry image. Photo by Getty Images This is a stock image downloaded from Getty Images. It is a Royalty Free image.

SECOND FORT WORTH MASSAGE SPA AT SAME LOCATION CLOSED FOR SUSPECTED TRAFFICKING

A second Fort Worth massage parlor has been shut down at the same location after state inspectors found evidence of human trafficking at the business, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation said in a news release on Wednesday. | Published September 17, 2025 | Read Full Story by Shambhavi Rimal

Defendant Valerian O'Steen reacts during closing arguments in the punishment phase of his trial on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, at the 371st District Court in Fort Worth. O'Steen was found guilty of capital murder in the 2022 killing of Marissa Grimes. By Amanda McCoy

RUSSIAN ORPHAN WHO BURIED BODY UNDER FORT WORTH HOUSE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH

A jury in Tarrant County on Monday directed a judge to order the state to execute by lethal injection a man who tortured and beat to death his romantic partner before he buried her in the dirt of a crawl space underneath his house in west Fort Worth. | Published September 22, 2025 | Read Full Story by Emerson Clarridge

Twenty-nine-year-old Texas man Joshua Jahn has been identified as the shooter who opened fire on a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, killing two detainees and injuring a third, officials say.

WHO IS JOSHUA JAHN? DALLAS ICE SHOOTING SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS NORTH TEXAS MAN

A 29-year-old North Texas man has been identified as the suspect who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas on Wednesday morning, killing one detainee and critically injuring two others before taking his own life, officials said. | Published September 24, 2025 | Read Full Story by Harriet Ramos, Amy McDaniel

The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.