As death penalty decision looms, Tarrant trial opens in strangulation of girlfriend, child

Inside the two-story apartment building constructed of tan and black bricks and stucco exterior walls, O’Tishae Womack’s body was on her kitchen floor. A white Albertsons grocery bag covered her head. A black and white floral comforter was on top of her legs. Upstairs on a bed in the east Fort Worth apartment lay her daughter, Ka’Mayria, covered by a blanket. The 10-year-old wore shorts and a T-shirt. She looked as though she was asleep. But Ka’Mayria, too, was gone. The little girl’s body was cold. Both had been strangled...