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Missing
July 8, 2020

MISSING: Mom & young son vanish after car breaks down on interstate

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has issued a Silver Alert for an “endangered” woman who reportedly vanished with her young son after her vehicle became disabled. The agency said Nenna Williford, 42, was last seen traveling northbound on I-85 in Thomasville. Williford reportedly has dementia or another cognitive impairment, prompting the statewide alert. …

Murder
July 8, 2020

Body cam transcripts reveal frightened and nervous George Floyd during police encounter

Transcripts of body camera recordings during the arrest and killing of George Floyd reveal the 46-year-old Black man was nervous and scared, afraid the police officers who ordered him out of the car were going to shoot him. Floyd appeared to have been startled when then-Officer Thomas Lane approached and ordered him to show his …

Coronavirus
July 8, 2020

Feds file criminal charges against ‘church’ selling ‘miracle cure’ for coronavirus

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against a Florida man and his three sons over their marketing of a toxic bleach as a miracle cure for everything from Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis, including COVID-19. Mark Grenon, 62; Jonathan Grenon, 34; Jordan Grenon, 26; and Joseph Grenon, 32; have been charged with conspiracy to defraud …

Missing
July 8, 2020

UPDATE: Nonverbal tot found dead in river a month after disappearance [Officials]

Authorities in Colorado have identified a body found in a river Friday as a 3-year-old boy who vanished early last month. The Eagle County Coroner’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that Sebastian Rodriguez Castro was found dead in Eagle River, just east of Dotsero. The coroner’s office determined his cause of death was consistent …

Homicide
July 8, 2020

Pregnant mom of two shot in her car dies shortly after doctors deliver her baby: Reports

A pregnant Minnesota woman who was shot Sunday night as she sat in her car died shortly after doctors successfully delivered her baby, according to reports. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that officers found Leneesha Columbus, 27, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound near the intersection of East 37th Street and South Elliot Avenue. Columbus was …

Manslaughter
July 8, 2020

VIDEO shows SEVEN youth home staffers sitting on teen boy days before his death: Reports

Surveillance footage released Tuesday appears to show multiple youth home staff members violently restrain a 16-year-old Michigan boy who died two days later. According to The Detroit News, Geoffrey Fieger, the attorney representing Cornelius Fredericks’ estate and family, released 18 minutes of footage of the April 29 incident at Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo. Seven staffers …