Police have arrested a suspect in the killing of a 16-year-old cheerleader who was found dead by her mother in her bathtub earlier this week in Edna, Texas.

The Edna Police Department located the suspect, identified as Rafael Romero, on Saturday in Schulenburg, Texas.

The Texas Rangers, who investigate major violent crime as part of the state’s Department of Public Safety, arrested Romero for capital murder — which makes the suspect eligible for the death penalty if convicted — and took him to the Jackson County Jail.

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    11 months ago

    Yeah titles weird, but can’t be changing it to post it even if it’s to make more sense. Everyone would be claiming that to sensationalize every post. Article title was copied verbatim.

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      11 months ago

      It’s probably just accidental, but when I see actual news headlines like this, I wonder if they were purposely meant to be wrong, so that it would confuse and catch your attention, driving engagement. I literally thought they had arrested a dead guy in a tub for my first two scans of the headline. And now I’ve commented on a link to it, etc. it’s just kinda hard to believe it’s accidental since they’re writing professionally, and have tools at their disposal that can prevent this like editors and software checkers.

      That said I suppose the other explanation is that they’re using software to produce their stuff, and in such a quantity/so few employees that this kind of weirdness just slips through all the time.

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        11 months ago

        In the pursuit of truth and honesty, no, no title should be edited when posting articles. Unless there’s an egregious error.

        It’s also a community rule and just general good faithness for discussions.

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          11 months ago

          The rule says it can be edited and it will not be deleted if the title represents the article properly.

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            11 months ago

            And who gets to decide it represents it properly? A mods opinion, you know what removes doubt and bias, just not changing it.

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              11 months ago

              But that’s not what the rule says. Yes, I guess a mod does, okay?

              There is bias in the title as it misrepresents, so…

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                11 months ago

                There’s not a bias, there’s a miscommunication.

                What bias is it telling you?

                Its the intent of the rule.

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                  11 months ago

                  The intent is clear, don’t edit the intention, it does say it can be edited and you can ignore the auto warning. Just stop already, it’s boring.