A Houston lawyer who claimed he mistook his adult son for an intruder before fatally shooting him with a shotgun and cremating his body on a “wood” and “trash” pile will be prosecuted by the Texas Attorney General’s Office, according to a report.
Michael C. Howard, who was 68 at the time of the 2024 slaying, was at a lake house several hours outside the city, near the Toledo Bend Reservoir, with his son Mark Howard when the shooting “accidentally” occurred, according to a Sabine County Sheriff’s Office press release, which was posted on Facebook by the local Sabine County Reporter newspaper.
Local prosecutors told the ABC affiliate KTRE that Howard’s case was transferred after a motion was filed by San Augustine County District Attorney Paul Robbins, who asked to recuse his office. The decision came after the AG’s office issued an opinion that said local prosecutors’ staff could become necessary trial witnesses, KTRE reports…