Triple homicide suspect found in Dallas
The suspected shooter in a gruesome triple homicide Friday in northwest Houston has been captured, the Harris County Sheriff ’s Office announced early Monday.
Jeffrey Duane Noble, 35, has been charged with capital murder in the slayings. After fleeing Houston on Friday in a red Honda Accord, Noble was captured overnight in Dallas by the Dallas Police Department, HCSO said.
Dallas County records show he is being held in the Dallas County Jail with no bail.
Noble had become a person of interest in the triple slaying almost immediately after deputies were called to a home Friday afternoon in the 15700 block of Creekhaven in northwest Houston.
Soon after entering the home, sheriff ’s deputies found John and Jessica Sciandra dead from gunshots to the head and Jordan Collier dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the neck and jaw.
A woman who lived at that residence and who knew all three victims told deputies that Noble had stormed into her bedroom about 4 p.m. and revealed a large rifle in his jacket. He then pointed the rifle at Jessica Sciandra’s bedroom and fired, without striking anyone, the woman told deputies. He walked into the living room, where John Sciandra and two other men she didn’t know were sitting, and continued firing, the woman said.
After those two men fled the home, Noble returned to the woman’s bedroom and ordered her to leave, she said.
At that time, she took off running and said she heard Noble firing again and again.
The woman ran toward a nearby neighbor, Claire Vincik, and told her, “somebody is shooting up the house” and to call 911, Vincik told the Houston Chronicle.
“It almost looked like she was hiding from someone,” Vincik said.
A second woman who had also been in the home at the time of the shootings told deputies she had seen Noble shoot Collier before she ran out of the house and heard more gunfire as well. Both women were acquainted with Noble.
Sheriff’s investigators released Noble’s name and mugshot Friday evening, saying he was a person of interest in the homicides. Later that evening, he was charged with capital murder.