Teenager Charged in Three Murders

NEW BOSTON — A teenage girl has confessed to the May slayings of a Redwater mother and her two children. The girl has been charged with three counts of capital murder. The bodies of Amanda Doss, 34, and her two children, Guinevere Doss, 11, and Texas Johnson, 8, were found May 11 in their burning home. Investigators said at the time the fire appeared to have been set to cover up the homicide. Autopsies showed the victims did not die from the fire.

In a news conference this past week, Bowie County Sheriff James Prince said the case might never have been solved without the confession of the girl, now 17, who he said had details about the three who were killed that were consistent with what investigators had found. The suspect’s identity has not been released and a gag order has been issued.