{"id":126644,"date":"2026-01-17T02:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126644\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T02:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T02:49:13","slug":"suspect-in-texas-homicide-arrested-while-wearing-hoodie-with-the-message-i-will-put-you-in-a-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/126644\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Texas homicide arrested while wearing hoodie with the message \u2018I will put you in a trunk\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">AZLE, Texas (KWTX) &#8211;<\/a> A fugitive wanted in a suspicious death investigation in North Texas was arrested while wearing a hoodie with the message, \u201cI will put you in a trunk and help people look for you. Quit playing with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kruz Dean Wanser was charged with tampering with a corpse with the intent to impair an investigation, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance and parole violation. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Kruz Dean Wanser was charged with tampering with a corpse with the intent to impair an...\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CAHFP35WIJHTLLR4JVSCE2IDU4.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1209\" \/>Kruz Dean Wanser was charged with tampering with a corpse with the intent to impair an investigation.(KWTX GRAPHIC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wanser was arrested on January 15, 2026, during a joint manhunt involving the Azle Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division, Texas Rangers, United States Marshalls and Parker County Special Crimes Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Wanser was sought in connection to the suspicious death of 37-year-old Margaret Pennington. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Pennigton was located deceased inside an Azle residence on Sunday, January 11, 2026. At this time, her cause of death is still pending. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is an open investigation and anyone with any information related to the death of Pennington is encouraged to contact the Azle Police Department at 817-444-3221.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AZLE, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; A fugitive wanted in a suspicious death investigation in North Texas was arrested while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[54679,25808,54677,54678,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-126644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-ill-put-you-in-a-trunk","9":"tag-azle","10":"tag-kruz-dean-wanser","11":"tag-suspicious-death-case","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}