Teenage lovers try to hide their faces after 'murdering grandma and fleeing to Mexico'
A Texas teenager and her boyfriend tried to hide their faces from news cameras as they were charged with the murder of her grandmother.
Tara King, 17, and Uriah Urick, 18, were seen being perp walked in prison uniforms into Galveston County Jail by officials earlier this week following the death of Tammy King.
The two have been both been charged with capital murder and credit or debit card abuse in connection with the death of King.
The couple had been arrested in Laredo, near the Mexican border, on Sunday in connection with the shooting of King, who was found dead at her home in Bacliff on Thursday by her boyfriend.
He had called the Galveston County Sheriff's Office to report that he was worried for her welfare after being unable to reach her.
After forcing entry into the home, he found her dead in her bedroom and had suffered a possible gunshot wound to the left side of her head.
Court documents seen by KHOU say that authorities believe King died in the early hours of February 5, the day before she was found.
Her boyfriend told authorities her house had been ransacked and that guns had been stolen from the safe in her bedroom.
Tara King, 17, and Uriah Urick, 18, were seen being perp walked in prison uniforms by officials in Galveston earlier this week following the death of Tammy King
The two have been both been charged with capital murder and credit or debit card abuse in connection with the death of King
He also told cops the last he had seen King she was at home with her granddaughter Tara and her boyfriend Urick. King and Tara had been arguing because she didn't want to go to school.
On Friday, deputies appeared at the home of Urick but he wasn't home. His mother told cops that she started trying to contact him, but he told her to stop and not look for him.
Investigators hunting for the teenagers interviewed Urick's mom who described her son as having anxiety, depression and had self-armed.
She told officers he had been physically abusive to his siblings in the past and had threatened his stepfather.
His mom also showed officers his bank account, detailing several Cash App transactions between Urick and Tara on Wednesday.
Bank records also showed five $500 transfers to Tara's Cash App account from her grandmother on Wednesday, according to court documents.
Records also indicate that there was several attempts to transfer between $5,000 and $20,000.
Urick's mother told detectives that Tara had previously stated that she wanted her grandmother to die, adding that Urick's stepfather believed him capable of murder.
After the two were named as person's of interest, a man told Galveston County Sheriff's Office that Tara had contacted him on Instagram looking to pay $300 for a ride to Wyoming.
Bank records also showed five $500 transfers to Tara's Cash App account from her grandmother on Wednesday, according to court documents
Her boyfriend told authorities her house had been ransacked and that guns had been stolen from the safe in her bedroom
The man told cops that Tara had asked if Urick could store guns in the trunk of the vehicle, saying they were 'sentimental'.
After being unable to give them a ride, he asked a friend to do so. Who picked them up at an address in Bacliff.
Once there, the two loaded two assault rifles into the rear of the vehicle, according to the documents.
They are then said to have directed him to an address in Pearland, Texas, where they met another man and got in another vehicle.
A woman then also reached out to authorities to say she had been messaging Tara on Instagram who had told her she ran away from her grandmother who was abusive.
The unknown woman said in court documents that she asked if Tara had killed her grandmother, who allegedly never responded.
Urick's mother told detectives that Tara had previously stated that she wanted her grandmother to die, adding that Urick's stepfather believed him capable of murder. Urick is seen here
Another man then reached out to the League City Police Department to say that the pair had stayed at his home and cut and dyed their hairs.
He also told police they had offered him money to drive them to Illinois, Wyoming or Idaho and had tried to sell firearms they had acquired, according to the documents.
The man told officers he went to work on Friday morning and on his return the pair had left, leaving their dog with his neighbor.
Another report was also filed with Galveston County's Sheriff Office by another a woman who said Tara and Urick had admitted to killing her grandmother as they were anger at her and high on meth.
Officers finally caught up with the on the run pair on Sunday in Laredo near the Mexican border, with the Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force assisting.
