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Investigators confirmed the identity of 31-year-old Kerby Pierre-Louis following a multi-day search of the water. WEYMOUTH, Mass. — State and local investigators identified human remains recovered from a local pond this week as a Quincy man previously convicted of drug distribution charges, marking a grim turn in a missing person investigation that began earlier this month. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday that the body parts found in Whitman’s Pond belong to Kerby Pierre-Louis, …

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City leaders call it a tragic accident; relatives and their lawyer dispute that. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The family of Tyrah Adams, a 35-year-old woman who was homeless and often stayed in a west Louisville alley, is demanding answers after city sanitation crews picked her up with garbage-collection equipment during a routine cleanup and she later died, officials and relatives said. The death has drawn scrutiny to how Louisville conducts alley cleanups in areas used for …

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Family members say Dequavious Graves was delivering mail when he was shot in Decatur. DECATUR, Ga. — Federal investigators are offering a $250,000 reward for information after a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier was shot and killed while delivering mail in a DeKalb County neighborhood, authorities said, as the worker’s family described a sudden loss that still feels unreal. The killing of Dequavious Graves, 31, has triggered a joint investigation involving postal inspectors and other …

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Officials say a 21-year-old survived and was arrested; two men, ages 20 and 22, were found dead in the water. DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — The Broward Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday identified three suspected car burglars tied to a pre-dawn crash that sent an SUV into a Deerfield Beach lake on Tuesday, killing two occupants and leaving a third under arrest on multiple burglary charges. Investigators said the incident began just before 4 a.m. on Tuesday, …

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Family says the 12-year-old was “scripting” a video game; school officials cite policy and police involvement. MARIETTA, Ga. — A 12-year-old student with autism was charged with two felony counts after he shouted violent phrases during a January lesson at Hightower Trail Middle School, according to family and school documents. The boy, identified by relatives as Jadon Ringland, was accused of making terroristic threats in a special education classroom in Cobb County. The case has …

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Milagros “Millie” Ortiz, 92, died a day after the crash at South Semoran and Hoffner; a preliminary report lists the officer at fault. ORLANDO, Fla. — A 92-year-old woman died Monday night from injuries suffered when a marked Orlando police cruiser collided with a Jeep early Sunday at South Semoran Boulevard and Hoffner Avenue, prompting internal affairs and traffic homicide investigations. Witnesses said the cruiser entered on a red light with lights activated and no …

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The victim, Gheonna Lacy, finished a third-shift job and was heading to her car when two hooded figures rushed her, one with a bat. RACINE, Wis. — Detectives are piecing together footage and witness accounts after a pregnant woman was beaten with a baseball bat outside a group home just before dawn Thursday on the city’s north side. Police said the assault happened near Golf Avenue and Windsor Drive shortly before 7 a.m., minutes after …

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Police say a 3-year-old was rescued from the apartment as officers responded to the attack. NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A New Haven judge on Wed., Dec. 31, raised bond to $2.5 million for Tyreek Black, 21, who is charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of 21-year-old Destiny Rumley at the Foxon Woods apartments in East Haven on Tue., Dec. 30, authorities said. The case has moved quickly, drawing intense public attention and grief. Police …

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Investigators say the November freeway attack was targeted, not road rage, and was tracked through phone location records. ARLINGTON, Texas — A 29-year-old man was arrested Wednesday in Midlothian in last month’s shooting along westbound Interstate 20 that killed a pregnant woman and wounded her boyfriend, Arlington police said. The suspect, identified as Malik Miner, was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force. Police say the Nov. 12 gunfire struck …

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The victim, identified as De-Gwendlyn Floyd, died after being taken to a hospital, deputies said. ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a late-night stabbing that killed a 45-year-old woman Friday on Rockingham Circle in Pine Hills. Deputies said they arrived around 11 p.m., found the woman wounded and rushed her to a hospital, where she died. Deputies identified the victim as De-Gwendlyn Floyd. Detectives worked through the weekend collecting evidence and …

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