Investigators said a New Jersey girl who killed herself while on time out possibly read a story about 10-year-old Ashawnty Davis’ suicide on Facebook before taking her own life in a similar manner. WNBC reported that Essex County prosecutors are determining what caused Imani McCray, 8, to kill herself in her Valisburg home on Sunday afternoon. Authorities claimed …
A Miami day care will remain closed following reports that two toddlers possibly died from meningitis within a week of each other. Dr. Alvaro Mejia, a medical epidemiologist at the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, told WTVJ that a 22-month-old boy who died December 3 and a 2-year-old boy who died Sunday both …
Police are investigating the death of a Google engineer whose naked body was reportedly found floating in the San Francisco Bay last Thursday. Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Captain Shawn Ahearn told CBS News that a cyclist discovered Chuchu Ma’s naked body in the water behind Moffett Field’s runaway, along the Bay Trail. According to …
An Iowa teen who recently beat cancer said her high school reprimanded her for wearing a hat. The Hawk Eye reported that Chloe Terpenning, 15, was diagnosed with stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma in March and lost her hip-length hair shortly after undergoing chemotherapy. Now in remission, the West Burlington High School freshman claimed she had to …
A California family has sued Target, accusing the retailer of selling a potty trainer that nearly ripped a 3-year-old’s penis off. The Press-Enterprise reported that the Riverside family is suing Target for selling the weePOD Basix potty trainer, a product that they say Target knew was dangerous. The manufacturer, Prince Lionheart, was also listed in the …
Their mother is also seriously injured, and does not yet know what happened to her children
A Florida man who exchanged sexually explicit texts with a 9-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison last week. The Miami Herald reported that a North Carolina father found messages between his daughter and Scott Trader, 32, on the “SayHi” application on his child’s phone. The father contacted local police on May 30 and …
“If Landyn was here, he would be happy right about now,” the boy’s grandmother said.
A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening to kill everyone on a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to Sacramento. KOVR reported that Valerie Curbelo, 24, was ordered to go back to her seat after being caught attempting to smoke in the airplane bathroom. The man who recorded the video claimed that Curbelo also pushed a …
The woman accused of kidnapping and killing pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind changed her plea on Monday. Brooke Crews, one of two suspects facing charges, appeared in the Cass County Courthouse and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and providing false information to police. Crews had previously pleaded not guilty. Crews will be sentenced …
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a North Carolina teen who was last seen in Concord. The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Precious Maxwell, 15. WNCN reported that officials haven’t said when she was last seen but the alert did say she was spotted near …
An investigation is underway after a father and his two children were found dead in their Texas home early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide. KDAF reported that the children’s uninjured mother called 911 from their North Richland Hills home. The mother allegedly told police that her husband and their 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were …
