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Police said the woman’s death appeared accidental and investigators found no indication of foul play or a threat to the public. FOLSOM, Calif. — A woman was found dead in a fountain at a Folsom shopping center early Monday, prompting a police investigation that continued for several hours before detectives said her death likely resulted from an accident. Officers and detectives responded at about 6 a.m. July 13 to the area of East Bidwell Street …
Two other family members were wounded, and police took two teenagers into custody after stopping a vehicle connected to the attacks. EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Five members of one family were killed and two others were wounded in shootings across three locations Sunday, authorities said, describing the violence as a targeted attack rather than a random threat to the community. Illinois State Police said two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, were taken into custody …
The program arrives as Peterson’s attorneys prepare to appeal a judge’s rejection of claims they say undermine his conviction. SAN MATEO, Calif. — A new documentary is renewing attention on disputed evidence in the Scott Peterson murder case, nearly three months after a California judge rejected his latest effort to overturn his conviction for killing his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn son. The two-part A&E program, “Scott Peterson: The New Evidence,” is scheduled …
Police said two people exchanged gunfire near the crowded Salsa on St. Clair festival, placing thousands of visitors in danger. TORONTO — Two men were killed and four other people were seriously wounded Saturday night when gunfire erupted near a popular Toronto street festival attended by thousands of families and visitors, police said. The shooting was reported at about 8:12 p.m. near St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, where the annual Salsa on St. …
Christie and McKinley McWilliams were honored days after gunfire at their Rittman home left four people dead. RITTMAN, Ohio — Hundreds of relatives, friends and neighbors gathered Saturday to remember Christie McWilliams and her 13-year-old daughter, McKinley, less than a week after they were killed in a shooting that also claimed the life of a responding police sergeant. The July 11 services at Rittman United Methodist Church gave the small northeast Ohio community another chance …
Investigators linked the child to a Danbury woman after years of genetic research, surveillance and forensic DNA testing. DANBURY, Conn. — A Connecticut woman faces a murder charge after investigators used genetic genealogy and discarded items to identify the parents of a newborn boy whose remains were found at a Stamford recycling facility nearly eight years ago. Dominique Harrison, 28, of Danbury, is charged with murder with special circumstances in the death of her son. …
Thai authorities ordered an autopsy after rescue divers recovered the 32-year-old American from a lake south of Bangkok. SAMUT PRAKAN, Thailand — American fitness influencer Connor Murphy died in an apparent drowning after entering a lake near a rental property in Thailand, according to local authorities and multiple news reports. He was 32. The incident occurred July 7 in Samut Prakan province, just south of Bangkok. Police had responded to reports that a man was …
The injured woman escaped a home in Koga and sought help at a nearby store while the suspect was away. KOGA, Japan — Police arrested a 49-year-old woman after she allegedly sewed her roommate’s lips together during an assault at their home in eastern Japan, leaving the injured woman unable to speak when she escaped and sought help. Masae Sakurai, a part-time worker in Koga, was arrested on suspicion of assault following the June 29 …
The 18-year-old student-athlete disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip to Mississippi’s Horn Island. OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The family of 18-year-old Nolan Xavier Wells is calling for a full investigation after the Mississippi student-athlete was found dead on Horn Island two days after disappearing during a Fourth of July boating trip with friends. Wells was last seen at about 3 p.m. July 4 on the barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, according to …
Police said the suspect forced his way into the Pineville home before the child suffered fatal injuries. PINEVILLE, N.C. — A 31-year-old father has been charged with first-degree murder after his 5-year-old son suffered fatal injuries inside a Pineville apartment early Thursday, police and court records said. Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles was arrested shortly after the July 9 attack and booked into the Mecklenburg County jail. A judge denied him bond during his first court appearance …