Humble Man Booked on Murder Charge

A murder booking is the accusation the sheriff's office made after the arrest. It does not say who was driving, and no jury has heard this case. What comes next is whether prosecutors file it in court, and on what facts.

Harris County deputies were called about 5:15 a.m. Friday to the 14300 block of Ravendale Road, near the Eastex Freeway and Beltway 8. Amber Mauceli, 35, was in the road, unresponsive, with injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told deputies they had heard her arguing with her boyfriend minutes before the call.

Deputies identified the boyfriend as Bobby Joe McCullah Jr., 35. The sheriff's Violent Criminal Apprehension Team found him later Friday. He was booked into the Harris County Jail on a murder charge. The sheriff's office is investigating the death as an intimate-partner homicide.

The two had prior domestic-violence issues, and McCullah was not at the scene when deputies arrived. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.