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Joan Olive Robinson Hill (February 6, 1931 – March 19, 1969) was a socialite and equestrian from Houston, Texas.Her unexplained death at age 38 led to her husband, John Hill, becoming the first person to be indicted by the state of Texas on the charge of murder by omission.
Hill asked the District Attorney's office to investigate, but Cecil Haden, who was serving on the grand jury at the time, suggested the matter be dealt with once the issue of Robinson Hill's death had been addressed. [25] Robert Hill contested the will in 1978, claiming that it was a forgery, but a probate jury found in favor of Robinson. [26] [27]
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. was born on February 17, 1889, near Ramsey, Illinois. [3] During the 1930s, he bought the title for the East Texas Oil Field for $1,000,000, and became one of the eight richest Americans until his death on November 29, 1974, with a net worth between $300–700 million.
In 1992 City of Houston employees repaved West Oaks Drive with a cost of $12,000 ($26054.54 in today's money), to anticipate Bush's arrival. [15] In December 1992 the Bush family announced that it was building a new house on the lot. [16] Edwin A. Eubanks was selected as the architect. Renaissance Builders was selected as the general contractor.
The mansion has been put on the market at least four other times − in 2008, 2009 and 2011 for $2.3 million and in 2014 for $1.95 million, according to Westword, an independent news publication ...
The Texas Killing Fields is a title used to roughly denote the area surrounding the Interstate Highway 45 corridor southeast of Houston, where since the early 1970s, more than 30 bodies have been found, and specifically to a 25-acre patch of land in League City, Texas [1] where four women were found between 1983 and 1991.
The home in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood of North Houston where suspect Shamsud-Din Jabbar lived looks like it was hastily abandoned before he attacked Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day ...
In 2010, Cinema Retro magazine hosted a screening of the film at Ettington Park, the country house used for exterior shots of Hill House. Richard Johnson was a special guest at the event and participated in a question and answer session prior to the screening.