Author: Maria Monroe

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Six days after his corpse was discovered along Highway 4 in Concord, an East Bay teen who had gone missing on New Year’s Day was identified. Investigators think he was struck and murdered, but according to the teen’s family, the facts don’t seem to add up. “The tire was flat when I arrived. “At the moment, the car was off,” recalled Damond Lazenby Sr. “We conducted a thorough search. We conducted numerous searches. There have been several searches for Damond Lazenby Jr., his 19-year-old son. Between Port Chicago Highway and Willow Pass Road, his body was found nearby. Investigators think…

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Cheslie Kryst, a former Miss USA, is the woman who died after jumping to her death from a Midtown building on Sunday, according to law enforcement officials. Kryst published the following on her Instagram feed just before she jumped: “May this day bring you rest and peace.” According to insiders, the 30-year-old lawyer and 2019 pageant winner leaped from her opulent 60-story Orion skyscraper at 350 W. 42nd St. at around 7:15 a.m. and was discovered dead in the street below. “In devastation and great sorrow, we share the passing of our beloved Cheslie,” the family of the former beauty…

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Richard Blodgett, a single father from Arizona, is demanding an explanation for what transpired after his 9-year-old son Jakob passed away in state custody while his father was incarcerated on a narcotics possession charge. Jakob was diagnosed with diabetes as a youngster, and a medical examiner determined that his death in late December was natural with complications from the disease. Specifically, he had Type 1 diabetes, which meant that his body wasn’t able to make enough insulin to sustain him. “Blodgett said he believes the Arizona Department of Child Safety failed in its responsibility to protect his son, either by…

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A passenger on the tragic Yeti Airlines Flight 691 recorded video of the last seconds of the flight before he and his buddies were killed in the fatal crash. According to The Guardian and the BBC, Sonu Jaiswal, an Indian father of three who is 29, was live-streaming the plane’s descent into Nepal on Sunday when it abruptly crashed. The man can be seen grinning while showcasing the scenery below the plane in the video, which PEOPLE was able to witness, just before the passengers appear to start to fear. Screams and other sounds resembling a crash can be heard…

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Jackie Montanaro, 40, of Hazlet, New Jersey, initially managed to flee the fire, but she later returned to save her youngest kid. After their New Jersey home caught fire late last week, a mother and her small daughter perished. The fatal blaze started early on Friday morning on Brookside Avenue in Hazlet, New Jersey, according to the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office. Later, two people trapped inside were discovered. William Montanaro identified the deaths as his wife Jackie Montanaro, a CBP officer, and their youngest daughter Madelyn in a statement to ABC affiliate WABC. Elena, his 8-year-old eldest daughter, and he,…

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In Milwaukee, a 10-year-old kid has been charged as an adult in relation to his mother’s murder. The child, whose identity is being withheld owing to his juvenile age, is accused of shooting and killing his mother, Quiana Mann, because she refused to order him a virtual reality headgear from Amazon. The Milwaukee Police Department initially referred to the shooting, which happened on November 21 at roughly 6:50 a.m. local time, as an accident. Police reported that incident, saying, “A 10-year-old child was playing with a weapon when it discharged, injuring the victim.” “The victim, a 44-year-old Milwaukee woman, sustained…

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A 16-year-old was detained and charged with murder after it was claimed that she asked a buddy via Instagram chat for aid in disposing of the body. Last week, a probable homicide was reported to police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, when a 911 caller said her daughter had a video conversation on Instagram with a 16-year-old acquaintance. A dead body was displayed during the call by the caller, who claimed to have just shot and murdered someone, according to an official press statement. Then he requested aid in getting rid of the body. When Bensalem Police were called, they were sent…

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The 9th of January began for 5-year-old Kyle Doan and his mother much like any other Monday, despite the severe storms that were sweeping the state of California. It wasn’t quite 8:00 a.m. when the two got in the car and drove to Kyle’s school because there were no local road closures or evacuation orders in effect. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint regarding a missing 5-year-old who was taken away in a car after it became caught in floodwaters around 7:45 in the morning. Locals from the area responded to the situation and saved the…

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A kind-hearted man offering a warm hug to the woman who had just been found guilty of killing his own brother in the courtroom and wishing her luck is a very uncommon sight in the annals of history. That’s what happened on Wednesday in a courtroom in Dallas. The victim’s brother felt nothing but forgiveness in his heart after hearing about Amber Guyver, the former police officer who shot and killed her neighbor after entering his apartment under the mistaken impression that it was her own. Guyver accidentally opened Bothan Jean’s apartment door, assuming he was an intruder, and killed…

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Babysitting is a full-time job, and many parents find it difficult to obtain the entire 8 hours of sleep they require because babies need to be fed, bathed, changed, and comforted. Even once the infant has finally fallen asleep, there are still plenty of household chores to complete. As a result of her in-laws pressuring her to bring her child to a wedding abroad, one woman vented her fury online. Even worse, it entails hiking and camping. “Part of the wedding involves a trip not very suitable for a baby (extreme hiking and camping etc),” she wrote. “Everyone else I’ve…

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The driver who caused a wrong-way crash that killed three people last week in Florida has been identified as someone very familiar to law enforcement — his criminal history stretches 200 pages, police say. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced Monday that Reginald Lamar Harris, 47, was the driver who struck the vehicle carrying siblings Domynick and Danycka Milis on Interstate-95 in Daytona Beach. Harris also died in the Tuesday crash. “This is his criminal history. And he is out walking amongst us,” Chitwood told reporters at a press conference while flipping through a pile of paper. “Two hundred pages. Carjacking, home invasion, robbery. He got out of jail last year — state prison stint for grand theft. And he is…

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Metro Nashville Police officers have arrested and charged a 16-year-old with criminal homicide in a deadly, New Year’s Eve shooting. The incident occurred in the 100 block of Charles Court in Nashville. According to the police, the suspect, I’yendaye Byrd, was involved in an argument with a girl that turned physical when 39-year-old Demarius Scales came out to intervene. Byrd and Scales then began arguing, during which Byrd pulled a gun. Scales went into his residence and retrieved a gun. Shots were fired and Scales was killed. Byrd was taken into custody by North Precinct officers. His gun, which was…

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A Florida woman was shot and killed outside the Orlando credit union where she worked, and her husband has been arrested and charged with murder. Barbara Tommey, 27, was waiting outside the Navy Federal Credit Union before it opened. As she waited, she was approached by her husband, Sylvester Ofori, who allegedly shot her. Police say the shooting was captured on surveillance video. You’ll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. “You can tell that she’s trying to get inside (the credit union). Unfortunately, he shoots her,” Police Chief Orlando Rolon told ClickOrlando.com. “You can tell…

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A New Mexico woman was finally arrested this morning by officers of the Albuquerque Police Department in what could be the most extreme case of stalking ever recorded in the history of the country. The 28-year old woman allegedly not only called her ex-lover a formidable 77 639 times in a week but also sent him 1937 emails, 41 229 text messages, 217 sung messages and 647 letters in the same period. Thank you for reading this post, don’t forget to share this article! Linda Murphy, who has a history of obsessive-compulsive behavior, would have badly taken her breakup with…

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A man jailed in Arizona is facing a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of a 4-year-old Oklahoma girl he had been caring for, authorities said Friday, adding that the search for the child was ongoing. Ivon Adams, 36, was arrested Thursday in Arizona on one count of child neglect in the case of Athena Brownfield, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. Investigators said Friday evening that Adams is also facing a charge of first-degree murder, but gave no other details about what led to the charges. “We are still looking for her,” OSBI…

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D.C. police said two women were hospitalized after a shooting in Northwest during the pre-dawn hours on Saturday. D.C. police said two women were hospitalized after a shooting in Northwest during the pre-dawn hours on Saturday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting near the intersection of Georgia Avenue and Morton Street in Northwest just before 12:45 a.m. Saturday. The department said they initially found evidence of a shooting, but no victims were in the area. A short time later, police said, two women were dropped off at a local hospital with gunshot wounds. Both women had been taken to…

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The Charles County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly shooting of a 17-year-old man that occurred in Waldorf, Maryland, Friday afternoon. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office has started an investigation into the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old in Waldorf, Maryland, Friday afternoon. According to its initial investigation, Rajon Lateef Jackson III, of Waldorf, was walking home through Dorchester Circle and Harvest Fish Place when he was shot. The sheriff’s office said at 2:30 p.m., officers responded to the area for a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they found Jackson III with gunshot wounds. He was given first aid before…

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Police are providing more details on a Northwest D.C. shooting that hospitalized two women traveling by Uber early Saturday morning. Police are providing more details on a Northwest D.C. shooting that hospitalized two women traveling by Uber early Saturday morning. According to a police report obtained by WTOP, officers responded around 12:45 a.m. Saturday to the 600 block of Morton St. NW, near the intersection with Georgia Avenue, on reports of a shooting and property damage. A driver told police she was waiting to cross Georgia Avenue from Morton Street, when an unknown assailant driving a gray or silver Hyundai…

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A 56-year-old woman has been charged after an 18-year-old Indiana University student repeatedly was stabbed in the head on a public bus in an attack the school says was because the victim is Asian. The victim told investigators she was standing and waiting for the exit doors to open on a Bloomington Transit bus Wednesday afternoon when another passenger began striking her in the head, Bloomington police said in a release. Bus surveillance footage showed no interaction between the two women prior to the attack. A witness who also was riding the bus followed the woman’s attacker and contacted police,…

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After 12 years on the run, the FBI has captured a man wanted in connection for the 2008 murders of his two teen daughters. Agents arrested Yaser Abdel Said, 63, without incident in Justin, Texas, on Wednesday, according to an FBI statement. He had been wanted on capital murder charges for the deaths of his daughters, Lewisville High School students, Sarah Yaser Said, 17, and Amina Yaser Said, 18. Said had been on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted fugitive list since 2014 after he shot his two daughters to death while inside a taxi, in Irving, Texas. Police, who called the…

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