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Parents starved and abused son so that he would die without anyone knowing he ever existed

Krista and Tyler Schindley, a Georgia couple, were denied bail after prosecutors made startling accusations against them regarding the starvation and mistreatment of their 10-year-old son. During Monday’s court hearing in Spalding County, the judge agreed with the state prosecutors and ruled against the couple’s request for bail. The Schindleys were arrested in May in connection to charges concerning their son’s starvation and abuse. It was reported in court that the couple had planned for …

NFL legend has emergency surgery for blood clots in his legs

NFL icon Deion Sanders is on the mend after undergoing an urgent operation to treat blood clots in his legs. Before the successful surgery, Sanders shared a powerful and motivational prayer. Sanders had blood-flow issues and needed to have the surgery to take out the clots. On Saturday, Sanders posted a video on Instagram of him in recovery and speaking with his kids from his hospital bed. “The doctors removed a large blood clot from …

Annoyed custodian shuts down laboratory freezers destroying at least 2 decades of research

The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute laboratory in Troy, New York reported that a janitor working in the lab was frustrated by an incessant beeping and flipped a switch in an attempt to silence it. However, this action had a much bigger consequence, as it resulted in the shutdown of a storage freezer, consequently destroying decades of scientific work. This carelessness is estimated to have caused at least $1 million worth of damage, and has led to …

Airport worker ‘ingested’ into engine on Delta jet

On Friday, June 23, tragedy struck at the San Antonio International Airport when a ground crew member was “ingested” into the engine of a Delta Air Lines jet. According to KENS5, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a statement confirming the events of the incident. The victim was employed by Unifi Aviation, a company that Delta contracts to provide ground handling operations, who issued a statement expressing their sorrow. In respect for the deceased, …

Yellowstone River bridge collapse leads to hazardous train crash

Early Saturday morning, a bridge over the Yellowstone River in Stillwater County, Montana collapsed and multiple tanker cars carrying hazardous materials derailed. Montana Rail Link (MRL) informed TheBlaze that there were many cars in the river and some of them held hazardous materials. Fortunately, the train crew is safe and there have been no injuries reported. The company is dedicated to addressing any potential consequences of the incident and Gov. Greg Gianforte tweeted that the …

Pregnant mother killed by her 2-year-old son

Last week in Norwalk, Ohio, a tragic incident occurred in which a two-year-old boy is believed to have caused the death of his mother, who was pregnant at the time. According to reports, the child had managed to acquire his father’s gun from a bedroom drawer and fired the weapon while playing. Laura Ilg, 31, made a call to 911 after being shot in the back and was found in an upstairs bedroom with her …

Postal worker dies delivering mail in extreme heat

On Tuesday, when the heat index in Texas was almost 115 degrees, a veteran United States Postal Service carrier, Eugene Gates Jr., 66, collapsed and died. According to Fox 4, Gates had been working for USPS in Dallas for 36 years and was delivering mail to a home in Lakewood, Texas when he lost consciousness. Megan Lucas, who resides on Gates’ route, told the outlet that she had always offered Gates water or a cold …

Toddler dies after being left home alone for 10 days while she went on vacation

Kristel A. Candelario, a 31-year-old mother from Ohio, was arrested on Saturday and charged with murder for the death of her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn Candelario. According to court documents, the Cleveland Police Department and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a call about an unresponsive baby on June 16 at a residence in the 3100 block of West 97th Street. When they arrived, the child had already passed away. The police reported that there were …

Man who stabbed ex-girlfriend 58 times at restaurant convicted

Carlos Asencio, 32, was convicted of first-degree murder on an eight-day trial after he brutally stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Amanda Dabrowski, 31, 58 times at a Massachusetts restaurant where she was attending a book club meeting. He will be handed a life sentence without the possibility of parole, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. Asencio was also found guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection to the injury of …

Man killed wife and set home ablaze with his 3 kids inside

On Wednesday, Lancaster County Judge Denis Reinaker declared that Carlos Montalvo-Rivera, a five-year-old man from Pennsylvania, will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, 30-year-old Olga Sanchez, and for setting their family home on fire with their three children inside. Montalvo-Rivera had tried to fabricate a story of a home invasion, tying himself up to support it. Judge Reinaker told him that the jury did not believe his …