Alleged confession under attack

Rachel Pittman accused in deaths of Doss family

By: Lynn LaRowe - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Rachel Pittman waits for a hearing in her capital murder case to begin Thursday morning at the Bowie County Courthouse in New Boston, Texas. Pittman’s lawyers wants statements thrown out that she made to law enforcement following her arrest in August 2011 concerning ...

NEW BOSTON, Texas—A Bowie County district judge will determine in a few weeks if the alleged confession of a teen girl to the May 2011 murders of a mother and her two young children was legally obtained.

On Wednesday, 202nd District Judge Leon F. Pesek Jr. heard testimony from w...

Published: 11/08/2012