Life Term Given For Montrose Stabbing Death

Life term given for Montrose stabbing death Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 8:46 p.m., Friday, December 7, 2012 Witnesses at the bar said Grant then arrived and stabbed Scheerhoorn several more times, wounding him in the chest, abdomen, arm and left side, authorities said. The brutal slaying inspired community organizers to create a garden at the corner of California and Grant streets where they planted a lilac tree. Scheerhoorn had also been arrested for assault and was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled substance in 2008.