Witnesses say she sat with a small dog perched on her lap on April 29 as the driver of the car in which she rode shot and killed a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper.

Days later she was found with the accused in an abandoned barn.

Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Jennifer Petrick for her alleged role as an accomplice in the officer’s death.

Cass County District Attorney Clint Allen has received the investigative case file from Texas Rangers and is in the process of reviewing it to determine what crimes he may ask a grand jury in Cass C...