{"id":5077,"date":"2026-06-20T04:01:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5077"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:01:22","slug":"nw-houston-common-law-wife-arrested-for-mans-hit-and-run-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5077","title":{"rendered":"NW Houston: Common-law wife arrested for man&#8217;s hit-and-run death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her common-law husband in a northwest Houston hit-and-run on Thursday.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5074\">Homeowners in Cypress pay tens of thousands more for new homes for lake view that\u2019s yet to happen<\/a><\/p> <h2>Houston Holly View crash: Woman arrested<\/h2> <!-- --><p>What we know:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>Court records confirm 41-year-old Martha Padilla is in Harris County custody on a murder charge and a charge of failure to stop and render aid (FSRA).<\/p> <!-- --><p>Padilla is accused of killing her common-law husband, Luis Adrian Zepeda Lopez.<\/p> <!-- --><div><p>\n    Featured\n  <\/p> <div><div><div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Holly View Drive: At least 1 dead after deadly crash in northwest Houston\" class=\"wp-image-5075\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7abe41c25f44333b8eb648e064e4f3e8-768x387.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7abe41c25f44333b8eb648e064e4f3e8-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7abe41c25f44333b8eb648e064e4f3e8-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7abe41c25f44333b8eb648e064e4f3e8.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div> <noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Holly View Drive: At least 1 dead after deadly crash in northwest Houston\" class=\"wp-image-5076\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d73578681b9a2842a0a31e8f8a35bd6.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d73578681b9a2842a0a31e8f8a35bd6.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2d73578681b9a2842a0a31e8f8a35bd6-300x151.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div> <span>article<\/span><\/div><\/div> <div><h3>Holly View Drive: At least 1 dead after deadly crash in northwest Houston<\/h3> <p>Multiple units were in the Greater Inwood neighborhood Thursday morning.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The crash was reported at around 8 a.m. Thursday on Holly View Drive near Antoine Drive in the Greater Inwood neighborhood.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5071\">Harris County crash: Tesla crashes into house on Rose Hollow Lane<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Houston Police tell FOX 26 that Padilla and Lopez were arguing when Padilla struck Lopez with a vehicle. In court documents, prosecutors claim Padilla&#8217;s two children were in the car when the hit-and-run happened.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Padilla&#8217;s FSRA bond is set at $50,000. The bond for her murder charge has not been set at this time.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5068\">Houston FIFA Fan Fest shutting down due to weather<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p> <!-- --><p>Other details about the crash are not available.<\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police say the couple were arguing Thursday morning when the suspect struck her common-law husband with the vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,263,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-inwood","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NW Houston: Common-law wife arrested for man&#039;s hit-and-run death - 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