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Carrollton Police have charged a man with murder after his girlfriend was found dead in a vehicle off I-35.Carrollton homicide arrestOn July 21, the North Texas Emergency Communications Center received a call about an unconscious person in a vehicle on the shoulder of southbound I-35 near the 2500 block of Carrollton.Carrollton Police and Carrollton Fire-Rescue responded and found 41-year-old Vera Pitulic deceased within the vehicle.Detectives learned Pitulic had been reported missing to the Grapevine Police Department on July 20.Evidence obtained by both departments led Carrollton detectives to execute a search warrant at the home of 38-year-old Donny Benedict, Pitulic's boyfriend.Additional evidence gathered at the home led to Benedict's arrest. He has been charged with murder and is being held in the Collin County Jail.Officials have not given a motive for the homicide.
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Two North Texas men have been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to their roles in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.The conspiracy allegedly distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills across North Texas, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday.Dallas and Plano men sentenced in federal fentanyl scheme28-year-old Heath Darrian Denson, of Dallas, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. 38-year-old Tyson Lamar Johnson, of Plano, also known as "TY" or "TeeWhy," pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.A U.S. District Judge sentenced both individuals to 135 months in federal prison on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas.FBI and police bust Dallas 'trap house'According to court records, Denson and Johnson were part of a drug trafficking conspiracy r
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An arrest affidavit reveals more details about the investigation into a Carrollton man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and leaving her body in a vehicle on the highway.Carrollton man charged with murderOn July 21, the North Texas Emergency Communications Center received a call about an unconscious person in a vehicle on the shoulder of southbound I-35 near the 2500 block of Carrollton.Carrollton Police and Carrollton Fire-Rescue responded and found 41-year-old Vera Pitulic deceased within the vehicle. Detectives learned Pitulic had been reported missing to the Grapevine Police Department on July 20.Police believe Pitulic was assaulted or killed much prior to when police found her body. She had numerous injuries on her body, including head injuries consistent with assault.Evidence obtained by both departments led to arrest 38-year-old Donny Benedict, Pitulic's boyfriend. Benedict has been charged with murder and is being held in the Collin County Jail.An arrest affidavit states
