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Missing
June 28, 2018
UPDATE: Mother and young daughter FOUND SAFE after police issue endangered person alert
UPDATE @ 5:25 p.m. (EST): The Cape Coral Daily Breeze reported that Yanisley Delgado-Martinez, 28, and her daughter, Kaylie Melendez, 5, have been found safe. Additional information regarding their disappearance and whereabouts isn’t available at this point in time. ORIGINAL Story: Police in Florida are asking for the public’s help in locating a mother and daughter …
Heroes
June 28, 2018
Heroic young man who can’t swim dies saving drowning boy from river
A 22-year-old man reportedly died Saturday morning after he leaped into a river at California’s Sequoia National Park to save a 5-year-old boy who had fallen in. KTLA reported that the child fell into the river while walking with his parents and family friend Victor Mozqueda near the Sequoia entrance sign in Tulare County. The man’s …
Juveniles
June 28, 2018
Ex Virginia Tech student dodges max sentence in murder of 13-year-old girl killed to cover up secret relationship
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A former Virginia Tech student convicted of fatally stabbing a 13-year-old girl said he was sorry before he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. David Eisenhauer was an 18-year-old freshman studying engineering when he developed a relationship with Nicole Lovell, a 7th-grader in Blacksburg. Prosecutor Mary Pettitt said Eisenhauer and …
June 28, 2018
SEE IT: Dramatic rescue of toddler lost in woods caught on video
Dramatic footage captured the emotional rescue of a missing toddler after she apparently became lost in a wooded area in Port Wentworth, Georgia, a suburb of Savannah. Two-year-old Kamiyah Vicks went missing after her mother took her for a walk at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Major Lee Sherod of the Port Wentworth Police Department told …
Missing
June 28, 2018
UPDATE: Teen girl who vanished from home FOUND SAFE following emergency alert
UPDATE 2:01 p.m. (EST): Per WAFB, Chilton County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning that Daylee Ann Powell, 13, was found safe in a home in Chilton County. Additional information about the teen’s disappearance is unavailable at this point in time. ORIGINAL Story: Authorities in Alabama are asking for the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl who …
Child Abuse
June 28, 2018
Arrest made in death of 10-year-old boy found covered in cigarette burns: ‘Stepfather’ reveals gash on his neck, suicide attempt during police interview
The boyfriend of the mother of a 10-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances last week has been arrested. NBC News reports that Kareem Leiva, 32, was taken into custody on Wednesday following an interview with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide detectives, “at an unmarked law enforcement office on Sierra Highway,” the report states. “Homicide detectives interviewed …
Suicide
June 27, 2018
Emily Glass: Autopsy reveals self-inflicted gunshot to forehead, old scars found on arm ‘consistent with self-injury’: Read Full Report
Officials released the autopsy an toxicology results for Emily Glass after filing it with the Sedgwick County District Court on Tuesday, which shows the Kansas woman who led a private investigator to the remains of 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the autopsy, Glass, 27, died from suicide after shooting …
Murder
June 27, 2018
Years after brutally gunning down her two ‘mouthy’ teen kids, killer mom now wants new trial: Report
Seven years after she brutally murdered her two teen children in what she claims was an act of insanity, Julie Schenecker is hoping she will receive a new trial. According to WTVT, the convicted murderer now says her attorneys provided substandard counsel and omitted crucial evidence that would have demonstrated her diminished mental state. As …
Juveniles
June 27, 2018
AUTOPSY REPORTS IN: 5-year-old found in creek, Lucas Hernandez, system full of drugs; ‘Stepmother’ Emily Glass dead from suicide
Officials released the autopsy an toxicology results for 5-year-old Kansas boy Lucas Hernandez on Tuesday and the public is not any closer to understanding how the little boy died, even though a substance was found in his system. According to Public Information Officer Kate Flavin Wichita’s Forensics Science Unit, the results couldn’t determine how little …
Child Abuse
June 27, 2018
‘Mom’ tries to poison young sons by putting lighter fluid in their sodas: Report
A North Carolina mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly trying to kill her two young sons by putting lighter fluid in their sodas. WNCN reported that Octavia Robinson, 34, allegedly tried to kill her 6- and 10-year-old sons Sunday at a Motel 6 in Fayetteville. Neighbor Tracy Madison, who said one of Robinson’s children knocked on …
National
June 27, 2018
Justice Kennedy retiring; Trump gets 2nd Supreme Court pick
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, giving President Donald Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court. The 81-year-old Kennedy said in a statement he is stepping down after more than 30 years on the court. A Republican appointee, he has held …