Black Murders Wife During Argument

KHOU
December 8, 2013

Lance Hilton murdered his wife and left her daughter to discover the corpse.
Lance Hilton murdered his wife and left her daughter to discover the body.

A husband wanted in connection with the murder of his wife Friday night in Missouri City was arrested Sunday morning, police have confirmed.

Lance Hilton, 45, has been charged with murder, according to the Houston Police Department.

According to investigators, police were called to a home on Ridge Rock at Krause after 10:30 p.m. and found Marian Hilton lying dead in her bed.

Her young daughter, who is about 11, heard her parents arguing. She went downstairs to find her mother dead.

On Saturday, police found Hilton’s car in southeast Houston. The couple had been married for about five years.

Marian Hilton worked in the records department at Methodist Hospital in the Medical Center downtown. She has three daughters and two grandchildren. Her grandson was born a month ago.