Lake Waco Murders: 40 years later, attorneys believe wrongfully convicted man executed ‘David Spence was an innocent person murdered at the hands of the state,’ attorney says ...

A decades-old crime known as the Lake Waco triple murders will soon be back in the court system. Local attorney Walter M. Reaves Jr. said he will file a motion this week asking a Waco judge to ...

This week, we will publish a 25,000-word story, the result of an in-depth investigation into the 1982 Lake Waco murders, one of the most confounding criminal cases in Texas history.

Many readers will remember the horrific Lake Waco murders. In 1982 three teenagers were savagely stabbed to death, and their bodies were left in the woods at Speegleville Park, near the shores of ...

Almost 35 years ago, a triple murder in Lake Waco scared people across Central Texas. Now, the last defendant in the case has died. 3 decades after brutal killings, last defendant is no more ...

The name David Wayne Spence is associated with one of the crime cases in Texas: the Lake Waco Murders. It was 1982, and three teenagers—Jill Montgomery, Raylene Rice, and Kenneth Franks—were ...

A local police special crimes detective says a double murder she’s been investigating since 2001 still weighs on her mind and she is determined to solve it. ... just off Lake Shore near Lake Waco.

Two people are dead after what police believe to be a murder-suicide situation at Lake Waco. At 1 p.m. Friday, Waco Police responded to the scene at Speegleville Marina. A co-worker discovered the ...

The two individuals who were found are dead after what police believe to be a murder-suicide situation at Lake Waco have been identified. Police identified the individuals as 47-year-olds Twila ...