Houston police have arrested 20-year-old William H. Jackson in connection with the 2023 killing of 26-year-old Hope Renee Saenz, a mother of two, inside an apartment on Fleming Drive. Investigators say the attack, which left two children unharmed, was linked to a robbery.
Jackson was taken into custody on Tuesday and booked on a capital murder charge, marking the first public charge in the case. The killing occurred on October 22, 2023, and authorities say the arrest comes more than two years after the incident.
The original bulletin that launched the investigation described witnesses seeing two unknown males enter the unit and open fire. That initial notice, posted on the department’s site, laid out the early details and the case number. The Houston Police Department detailed the first response and the steps of the investigation in that release…