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Bad seed. Kill them both.

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas – Two teenagers now in custody for the murder of
one of their grandmothers contacted several acquaintances and offered
them money for help while on the run, before they ended up captured in
the Texas border town of Laredo

17-year-old Tara King and her boyfriend, 18-year-old Uriah Urick, are
charged with capital murder in connection to the death of Tammy King,
the grandmother of Tara King. After killing her, they’re accused of
stealing her purse, money, credit cards, cell phone, and firearms.

Granddaughter, boyfriend arrested in Laredo on capital murder charges in Bacliff woman’s death

Investigators found Tammy King dead at her Bacliff home on Feb. 6. Court documents reveal she had a gunshot wound to the left side of her head.

New court documents obtained by KPRC 2 reveal the teens cut and dyed
their hair together at a friend’s League City apartment two days after
the murder as they were “desperately attempting to reach anyone and
everyone they knew for assistance.”

What happened
According to the documents, a man who identified Tammy King as his
“lover” called authorities after not being able to reach her. Deputies
with the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the home on 15th
Street in Bacliff, made entry, and found King dead in her bedroom.

A deputy who went inside the home said it appeared the home had been
ransacked as Tammy King’s purse was found emptied on the living room
floor, several gun safes were open and items from inside had been thrown
on the floor. King’s body was also found with numerous sheets laid on
top of her, according to the documents.

Detectives interviewed the man who had called authorities, who told them
he had last seen Tammy on Tuesday night, two days before her body was
found. He said he had last actually talked to her Wednesday morning. At
the time, the man said Tammy had been arguing with her granddaughter,
Tara, because she didn’t want to go to school. The man also told
detectives that several guns that were normally inside the safes in
King’s home appeared to have been stolen.

Two teenagers identified as persons of interest in Bacliff woman’s death According to the court documents, detectives also found five CashApp transactions between Tammy King and Tara King in the amount of $500 on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Two other attempted transactions of $5,000 and
$20,000 was also made, but those transactions failed.

Detectives also interviewed Uriah Urick’s mother, who told them that
Tara King hated her grandmother and that Tammy King wouldn’t let Urick
stay at their home overnight. She told detectives Tara King had recently
made threatening and disturbing statements to her about her grandmother, stating that Tara King wanted Tammy King to die. She also told
detectives she believed Urick was capable of murder.

According to the court documents, Urick and King asked several friends
for rides in exchange for money. They had asked for rides to states up
north, such as Illinois, Wyoming or Idaho.

When the rides didn’t work out, they paid one friend $500 to stay at his League City apartment for a couple nights, according to records, and he
later told investigators that they appeared “very paranoid” before
cutting and dying their hair. When detectives searched the apartment,
they found three boxes of hair dye.


Tara King told one friend over Instagram that she ran away and would
miss her, but the friend later sent her the Galveston County Sheriff’s
Office Facebook post that showed her as a person of interest in the
murder. Tara King replied, “Do not say s*** I’m begging you,” records show, but never directly answered a question about whether she killed
Tammy King.

Later on, a woman called and told deputies that Tara King had admitted
to her friend that she and Urick had killed Tammy King because they were
angry at her while high on methamphetamine, according to the court
documents.

While on the run, the teens tried to sell the stolen firearms, records show.

It’s not clear what led the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders
Task Force to Laredo, more than 300 miles from Galveston, where they
were arrested on Sunday.

Both Urick and King are being held in the Galveston County Jail without
bond. They are expected to face a judge on Tuesday.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/02/11/teens-accused-of-murdering-bacliff-grandma-cut-and-dyed-hair-before-fleeing-to-texas-border-town/

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