DALLAS (AP) — When the East Texas mortician who inspired the movie “Bernie” was let out of prison, family members of the elderly woman he killed found out about his release from reporters. Now, ...

CARTHAGE, Texas -- Marjorie Nugent's family wants Panola County District Attorney Danny "Buck" Davidson thrown off Bernie Tiede's case, but Tiede's defense team is taking aim at the Nugents themselves ...

DALLAS (AP) — A funeral director in small-town East Texas befriends a widow 40 years his senior at her husband's funeral, spends her money freely, then in 1996 shoots her and hides her body in a ...

HENDERSON, Texas (AP) — A former East Texas mortician whose murder case inspired the movie “Bernie” is headed back to prison. Jurors deliberated for about 4½ hours before sentencing Bernie Tiede (TEE’ ...