A Waxahachie mother is charged with capital murder in her two sons' deaths

FOX 4's short report from Ellis County went far beyond the station's usual reach, and its comment section filled about eleven times faster than on a typical first day.

Channel: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort WorthStory of October 4, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 67,622 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (4,095).

Waxahachie mother accused of killing her two sons

A new short from FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth usually ends its first day with about 4,000 views. This one, "Waxahachie mother accused of killing her two sons," came close to 68,000, and it kept climbing into its second day.

The report is brief. Ellis County deputies arrested a 42-year-old woman on two counts of capital murder after her two sons, ages 21 and 15, were found shot inside their home in Waxahachie, the county seat south of Dallas. The description adds that neighbors say the deaths have shaken the community.

The comment section moved even faster than the views, with close to a thousand comments in the first day. Many viewers ask the same question: why parents harm their own children. Others bring up similar cases they have seen in the news from other states.

The rest of the station's Saturday was ordinary local news: storm damage at a Fort Worth ISD middle school, a former Celina High School student charged over locker-room recordings, and the Dallas Stars' CEO answering questions about Plano's arena vote. Each of those stayed in the low thousands of views.

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The numbers

The numbers show a short report that traveled far beyond what the station's videos usually reach in a day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,095

this video

67,622

subscribers

1,020,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

844,818,819

views per day

1,790,660

typical day: 575,508

the video

views

78,924

likes

665

comments

1,077

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

CBS New York

1,200,000

CBS LA

1,160,000

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

1,080,000

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

1,020,000

FOX 5 New York

1,000,000

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

837,000

As of October 4, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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