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Hellayna Michelle King died in a Sept. 2 farm accident as her family raised concerns about delayed emergency access on Red River Road. WINCHESTER, Ky. — A 4-year-old Clark County girl died after falling from the back of a tractor and being struck when the tractor backed up, according to the county coroner, leaving her family mourning a child they remembered for her energy, love of farm life and cheerful personality. Clark County Coroner Neal …
Police said Jarques Ratliff faces a murder charge in Tasia Fortune’s death, while investigators expect additional arrests in the case. JACKSON, Miss. — Police arrested a 51-year-old man Friday in connection with the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four who was found hanging from a tree behind a vacant Jackson home last month, after the state medical examiner classified her death as a homicide. Jackson Police Chief RaShall Brackney identified the man …
Brittany Ritter, 37, was discovered in an Elkhart rail yard after disappearing from the Holland, Ohio, area days earlier. ELKHART, Ind. — A 37-year-old Ohio woman reported missing from the Toledo area has been identified as the person found dead on top of a stopped train car in northern Indiana, authorities said, leaving investigators working to determine how she died and how she reached the train. Brittany Ritter of Holland, Ohio, was found Sept. 3 …
Independent investigators are reviewing the shooting after police said the man pointed a weapon at officers responding to reports of an armed person. FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Federal Way police fatally shot a man outside The Commons mall Thursday evening after officers said he pointed a weapon at them as they responded to several reports of an armed man threatening people in the shopping center’s parking lot. The confrontation began around 6:40 p.m. Sept. 10, …
Classes resumed Wednesday with crisis-response support as police continued investigating the student’s early-morning entry and death. MARANA, Ariz. — Marana High School reopened Wednesday, one day after a student was found dead on campus before classes began, prompting administrators to cancel school while police investigated the circumstances surrounding the death. Marana police responded to the high school at about 6:47 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, after staff members discovered the student. Police said preliminary information indicated …
Investigators say a propane leak caused the accidental Granville blast, which also injured three adults, one critically. GRANVILLE, Vt. — A mother and her 20-year-old son were killed and three other adults were injured when a home exploded during a family birthday gathering in rural Vermont, authorities said. State investigators determined that a propane leak inside the house caused the accidental blast. The explosion was reported at about 7:45 p.m. Sept. 5 at a residence …
Arman Alexander Malik also faces an evidence-tampering charge after deputies discovered his 73-year-old mother during a welfare check. HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A 34-year-old Texas man has been charged with murder after sheriff’s deputies found his mother dead inside a duffel bag during a welfare check at her west Harris County home, according to authorities and court records. Arman Alexander Malik is accused in the death of his mother, 73-year-old Dyna Guadalupe Sorto De Malik. …
Sammy Kimbrough underwent emergency reconstructive surgery after the Sept. 5 attack, while police say no suspects have been arrested. FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A 45-year-old Oakdale man is recovering from serious facial injuries after he was knocked unconscious and attacked by several people during the Minnesota State Fair, according to his fiancée and police, who are still investigating the Sept. 5 assault. Sammy Kimbrough suffered multiple fractures to his jaw and damage to several teeth …
A Coast Guard aircraft spotted the 15-year-old near St. Lawrence Island before the Northwest Explorer brought him aboard. SAVOONGA, Alaska — A 15-year-old boy survived for days on an overturned fishing skiff in the cold Bering Sea before rescuers reached him near St. Lawrence Island, while his older brother and a cousin who had been traveling with him died. The three left Savoonga in an 18-foot fishing boat Friday, Sept. 4, for a halibut trip …
Wildlife officers removed several coyotes from the Surprise neighborhood after the attack and submitted animals for rabies testing. SURPRISE, Ariz. — An Arizona mother suffered multiple facial injuries while protecting her 4-year-old daughter from a coyote that attacked the child during a Sunday afternoon of kite flying in their Surprise neighborhood, according to the family and local news reports. Brittany Cardinal said she and her daughter had gone outside Sept. 6 because it was windy …