35-Pound Teen’s Death Leads to Murder Charge Against Mother

The case began with a welfare check and expanded after medical findings about the 13-year-old girl’s death. HIGH POINT, N.C. — What began as a welfare check at an East Farris Avenue home in October 2025 has developed into a first-degree murder case after a medical examiner ruled a 13-year-old girl’s death a homicide. High Point police charged Kymberli Bowden, 45, with first-degree murder on Thursday, nearly one year after officers found her daughter dead …

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Machete Arrest Leads Police to Suspect in Brighton Triple Stabbing

Joshua Flores faces multiple felony charges after detectives linked his Thursday arrest to three men stabbed days earlier, police said. BOSTON — A 24-year-old Brighton man arrested after police responded to reports of someone swinging a machete on a city street was later charged in connection with a triple stabbing that wounded three men days earlier, Boston police said. Joshua Flores was arrested Thursday afternoon after officers and detectives responded at about 4:54 p.m. to …

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Mercedes Plows Through Bronx Intersection, Killing 2 Pedestrians

Two other women were injured as investigators examine why an 81-year-old driver lost control in the Allerton neighborhood. NEW YORK — Police have identified two women killed after a Mercedes-Benz struck pedestrians and several vehicles in the Bronx, while investigators continue working to determine what caused the 81-year-old driver to lose control. Angel Johnson, 39, and Robin Kennedy, 57, died after the crash Friday afternoon near Allerton and Holland avenues in the Allerton neighborhood, according …

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Grandfather Arrested 6 Years After 7-Year-Old Girl’s Fentanyl Death

Investigators say Revelin Meador required constant care and could not independently obtain the fentanyl that caused her death. FOUNTAIN RUN, Ky. — Investigators revisiting the 2020 death of a medically fragile 7-year-old Kentucky girl are focusing on the circumstances of her daily care after determining she could not have obtained or administered the fentanyl that caused her death. Revelin Meador died Aug. 1, 2020, in Allen County from acute fentanyl intoxication, according to findings cited …

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Missing 16-Year-Old Found Dead — His Father Is Convicted

Jordan Collins Sr. represented himself at trial before jurors found him guilty of second-degree intentional murder in his son’s 2025 death. ANOKA, Minn. — An Anoka County jury convicted Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. of second-degree intentional murder in the death of his 16-year-old son, Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr., bringing a three-week trial to an end more than a year after the teenager’s remains were recovered from an Elk River landfill. The jury returned its verdict …

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Wife Said She Wanted to “Make a Point.” Her Husband Died.

Police say Dawn Marie Freeman shot her husband after confronting him about a handgun she believed had repeatedly been left unsecured. ADAMS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 44-year-old Cambria County woman is facing a criminal homicide charge after police say she shot and killed her husband during an argument over the way he stored a handgun in their home. Dawn Marie Freeman is charged in the Oct. 4 death of her husband, 40-year-old Bradley Freeman. She …

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Accused Bronx Killer Smiles After Mother’s Fatal Balcony Fall

Angel Carrasco was arrested after a nearly two-day search as Nathaly Ramirez’s 8-month-old daughter continued recovering from the fall. NEW YORK — A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after police accused him of pushing his former girlfriend from a 15th-floor Bronx balcony while she was holding their 8-month-old daughter, killing the mother and critically injuring the child. Angel Carrasco was taken into custody late Wednesday in connection with the death …

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Mom Finds Two Children Dead With Father in Cocoa Home

Police are investigating the deaths of 5-year-old Aria Dingwall, 7-year-old Remy Dingwall and their 37-year-old father as an apparent murder-suicide. COCOA, Fla. — A mother arriving to pick up her two children found them dead inside a Cocoa home along with their father Wednesday, and police are investigating the three deaths as an apparent murder-suicide. Cocoa police identified the children as 5-year-old Aria Dingwall and 7-year-old Remy Dingwall. Their father, 37-year-old Joseph Kyle Dingwall, was …

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Routine Driving Lesson Ends With Arrest and Three Felony Counts

The footage captures officers questioning Maria Howard after a family said she pointed what appeared to be a gun toward them. YUKON, Okla. — Police body-camera footage has added new detail to the arrest of a Yukon woman who faces three felony counts after a family accused her of pointing what appeared to be a gun during their son’s driving lesson. The footage shows officers interacting with 61-year-old Maria Howard after the Sept. 19 confrontation …

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5-Year-Old Dies After Classroom Video Display Falls at School

The Florida district ordered checks of Promethean boards across its campuses while police investigate the fatal incident at Riviera Elementary. PALM BAY, Fla. — Brevard Public Schools is inspecting Promethean video displays across its campuses after one fell on a 5-year-old student at Riviera Elementary School, killing him and raising questions about similar equipment used throughout the district. Superintendent Mark Rendell announced the inspections Thursday, one day after Bellamy Dawkins-Morris was critically injured when a …

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