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Little girl, 4, uses slain grandfather’s phone to call for help after finding family dead in apparent murder-suicide

 Little girl, 4, uses slain grandfather’s phone to call for help after finding family dead in apparent murder-suicide
Family Crime

After finding her family dead, a 4-year-old California girl reportedly used her murdered grandfather’s cell phone to call for help. The Sacramento Bee reports that Jacob Jedidiah Thayer, 26, is believed to have fatally shot his girlfriend Marie Leonetti, 27, and father, Richard Thayer, 60, early Thursday before turning the gun on himself. According to the newspaper, …

WATCH: Woman who killed Joran van der Sloot’s self-confessed ‘accomplice’ says she knows the truth about Natalee Holloway’s death
Juveniles
April 16, 2018

WATCH: Woman who killed Joran van der Sloot’s self-confessed ‘accomplice’ says she knows the truth about Natalee Holloway’s death

The woman who killed a friend connected to the investigation of Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance says she knows what happened to the 18-year-old who vanished while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. Emily Heistand, 23, has reportedly admitted to killing John Ludwick in self-defense last month after he allegedly tried to kidnap her …

911 dispatcher who took failed emergency call from dying teenager will return to work
Juveniles
April 16, 2018

911 dispatcher who took failed emergency call from dying teenager will return to work

A 911 dispatcher suspended after a teen boy died following a botched emergency call will return to work. The New York Daily News reports that Cincinnati dispatcher Amber Smith is expected to return to work on Wednesday, less than a week after she was suspended for her role in failed 911 call attempt that appears to …

Police release graphic new images from scene of ‘Slender Man’ stabbing
Juveniles
April 15, 2018

Police release graphic new images from scene of ‘Slender Man’ stabbing

Graphic new details surfaced this week in the disturbing stabbing — dubbed the “Slender Man” case — of a 12-year-old girl in a 2014 attack perpetrated by her schoolmates. With Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who were in sixth grade at the time, now serving decades-long sentences in a psychiatric facility, authorities in Wisconsin released …

Baby found dead in suitcase on train tracks
Juveniles
April 15, 2018

Baby found dead in suitcase on train tracks

Police are investigating the gruesome discovery of infant remains found along the PATH train tracks in New Jersey. According to the New York Daily News, a Port Authority employee found a suitcase containing the remains of a ten-month-old bay along the tracks near the Jersey City-Journal Square station on Wednesday afternoon. Police have not revealed the …

Homeowner opens fire on black teen attempting to ask for directions: Cops
Juveniles
April 13, 2018

Homeowner opens fire on black teen attempting to ask for directions: Cops

A 14-year-old Detroit teen is lucky to be physically unscathed following a close call with an armed homeowner this week, according to police. Fox News reported that Brennan Walker is believed to have approached a residence at around 8:20 a.m. Thursday after missing his school bus and attempting to retrace the route on foot. When …

Family missing after SUV seen driving into river feared dead
Family Crime
April 13, 2018

Family missing after SUV seen driving into river feared dead

A family of four is feared dead after their SUV went off a highway into a swollen river during a spell of severe storms in Northern California last week. According to the Mercury News, authorities have concluded that a Honda Pilot SUV seen plunging into the Eel River outside Leggit, California, on Friday belongs the …