HOUSTON Woman Pleads Guilty to Murder and Receives 22-Year Sentence for Fatal Stabbing in Galleria Area
HOUSTON, Texas – A woman in Houston has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him to death in the Galleria area. The incident occurred in early 2018 at a hotel on Richmond Avenue. Shataraca Denise Pervis admitted to killing her 34-year-old boyfriend, Melvin Maxwell, just one month after they met. According to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg, the murder was a tragic result of …