Home invasion murder in the OTHER Pasadena

I use Google Alerts to send me links on news/blog updates about Pasadena. I figured if I specified Pasadena, CA I might eliminate some blogs which don't clearly specifiy a state.

So that is why I get plenty of short news blurbs from Pasadena, TX. Pretty much all the news coming out of there for the last week has been a freaky home invasion murder that left two members of a family killed and one in critical condition. The picture on the left is a sketch of the subject.

What does this have to do with Pasadena, CA? Maybe nothing. But I do find it a little eerie to see news about Pasadena murders pop up in my email. And there is a connection between the two cities: Pasadena, TX is in fact named after Pasadena, CA. The Pasadena, TX city founder had visited our city and decided that the new Texas settlement looked an awful lot like it (I'm sure I don't need to tell you, loyal Pasadenans, where our fair city derives its name from.)

Also, with a local teenager shot next door in Altadena this week, we're obviously facing similar problems to our Texas namesake.