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Fort Worth Man Charged With Capital Murder in Deaths of Wife and Mother-in-Law

License-plate camera data tied a vehicle to the scene and gave investigators the lead that produced an arrest.

Overview

  • Azle officers entered a home on the 200 block of Stewart Bend Court for a welfare check and found two women dead from apparent gunshot wounds on Thursday morning.
  • The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified the victims as 83-year-old Teresa Howe and 59-year-old Traci Gordon.
  • Investigators say evidence collected at the scene plus Flock license-plate camera records led them to 64-year-old Joseph Gordon, who was arrested by the Texas Rangers and booked into the Parker County Jail on two counts of capital murder.
  • Authorities have released few additional details while the probe remains active and Gordon is being processed on the capital charges.
  • Flock-style cameras read license plates and help track vehicle movements, a tool police used here to establish a lead that moved the investigation toward an arrest and formal charges.