Remains of missing Fort Hood soldier found, foul play suspected
Missing
Tipster leads investigators to skeletal remains of soldier missing since August
Police
June 21, 2020
SEE IT: Just released body cam footage shows Seattle police try to enter CHAZ autonomous zone after fatal shooting
Seattle police have released edited video, mostly from officers’ body cameras, showing their attempt to gain access to the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) Saturday night in response to a fatal shooting. After the shooting, police “were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers’ safe access to the victims,” the Seattle Police Department said …
Juveniles
June 21, 2020
Lawn mower runs over unattended 5-year-old child, ending in gruesome death: Report
A young child is dead in western New York after an incident involving a lawn mower, WKBW-TV reports. Around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, a 5-year-old child was riding a lawn mower without adult supervision. The child was thrown from the mower and subsequently run over by it. The mower fatally injured the child, who was pronounced …
Child Abuse
June 20, 2020
Ex-Girl Scout leader charged with sexually abusing children in 2 New York counties
A former New York Girl Scout troop leader, already accused of sexually abusing children in Niagara County, was arraigned on new charges Friday in Erie County, the Buffalo News reported. Marty Walton, 31, was arraigned in Amherst Town Court on one count of first degree criminal sex act, one count of first degree sexual abuse, …
Missing
June 20, 2020
Missing Arizona woman, stepfather found dead in BURIED SUV; boyfriend and his father believed responsible
An Arizona woman and her stepfather, missing since mid-April, were found dead last month inside her SUV, which had been buried on an undeveloped lot down a dead-end road in central Iowa. And now police believe Elissa Landry’s boyfriend, Mitchell Mincks, and his father, Thomas “Tommy” Tucker, buried the vehicle, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports. …
Murder
June 20, 2020
Pregnant mom, 3-year-old daughter shot to death, bodies left in car
Baltimore police found a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter dead in a car just before noon Friday and later arrested the man believed to be the father of the unborn child for the crime. Police said they arrested Devon Sample, 24, not long after finding the bodies of Shiand Miller, 23, and Shaniya Gilmore, …
Murder
June 20, 2020
Hero Marine ‘saved everyone,’ killed by ‘hostile employee’ at Florida pizzeria
A disgruntled delivery driver opened fire Friday at a busy Florida pizzeria just before noon, killing one employee who was trying to usher customers and other employees out of the line of fire, TCPalm reported. Frank Strahorn, 34, was a Marine veteran, his co-workers said, who was a server at Giuseppe’s Pizzeria & Italian Cuisine …
Violent Crime
June 20, 2020
GUNSHOTS leave 1 dead, 1 injured after protesters force Seattle PD from ‘cop-free’ zone
One person is dead and another wounded after gunfire rang out early Saturday in Seattle’s autonomous zone, the Seattle Timesreports. Police responded to reports of the shooting around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. “Officers attempted to locate a shooting victim but were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers’ safe access to the victims,” the Seattle Police Department said …
Violent Crime
June 20, 2020
Bags of human remains found on Seattle waterfront launch probe, expanded search for more bodies
Human remains were found in bags along Seattle’s waterfront on Friday afternoon, KOMO-TV reports. According to a statement from the Seattle Police Department, a caller notified authorities about a foul odor emanating from a bag on a beach in the West Seattle area, leading to the discovery of the remains. At least one other bag …
Family Crime
June 20, 2020
SEE IT: ‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow husband Chad Daybell’s full arrest affidavit; did Daybell try to flee after JJ’s body was found?
-Chad Daybell watched investigators dig through his yard and took off in an SUV after investigators found JJ Vallow’s body
-Investigators targeted their search using cell phone data that placed Lori Vallow’s brother Alex Cox at Daybell’s property the morning after each missing child was last seen alive
Animal Abuse
June 19, 2020
Indiana woman arrested for DO-IT-YOURSELF ‘DENTAL FLOSS’ NEUTERING family dog
Police in northwestern Indiana arrested a 62-year-old woman this week after she tried to neuter her dog at home because she didn’t have enough money to pay for the procedure. According to NWI.com, Kimberly Oldham told police she had received numerous complaints about her unneutered terrier-chihuahua mix and took a neighbor’s advice that she could …
Juveniles
June 19, 2020
Search for 8-year-old girl swept down Platte River enters second week
Searchers headed out to Nebraska’s Platte River on Friday, the eighth day of the search for an 8-year-old girl who is believed to have been swept away by the river’s waters, KLKN reported. Tarie Price and four other children were playing with a dog in the river at Schramm Park State Recreation Area in Gretna …