{"id":1303265,"date":"2024-03-06T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1303265"},"modified":"2024-03-12T12:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T17:22:19","slug":"passenger-charged-with-murder-after-driver-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1303265","title":{"rendered":"Passenger charged with murder after driver found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSK COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \"\"One person was charged with murder in Rusk County after a driver was found dead in their vehicle. The Rusk County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said they got a call around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning about a possible accident on Highway 79 at CR 347. Deputies and a DPS trooper saw the driver dead in the driver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seat. The driver was later identified as 27-year-old Christina Glenn of Houston. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The investigation led to the arrest of the passenger who was charged with murder,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d according to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez. The suspect, who was later identified as Justin Edwards, 33 of Houston, was arrested at the scene and the Chapman community is not in danger, Valdez said. Edwards remains in the Rusk County Jail, as of Wednesday, where his bond has been set at $1 million. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Rusk County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office is asking the community to keep the Glenn family in their thoughts and prayers,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Valdez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RUSK COUNTY \u00e2\u20ac\u201c One person was charged with murder in Rusk County after a driver was found dead in their vehicle. The Rusk County Sheriff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office said they got a call around 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning about a possible accident on Highway 79 at CR 347. Deputies and a DPS trooper saw the driver dead … Continue reading Passenger charged with murder after driver found dead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1303270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/03\/JustinEdwards_mugshot_background-225x126.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Passenger charged with murder after driver found dead in Rusk County","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1303265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 06:12:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/03\/JustinEdwards_mugshot_background-225x126.webp","fifu_image_alt":"Passenger charged with murder after driver found dead in Rusk County","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1303265"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1303271,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1303265\/revisions\/1303271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1303270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1303265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1303265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1303265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}