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Two Missing Teens Found Dead on Road

Sanitation workers found the 16-year-olds on a rural Hinds County road after both had been reported missing within the previous day. HINDS COUNTY, Miss. — Two 16-year-old Lanier Junior Senior High School students who had been reported missing were found shot to death along South Springdale Road on March 30, authorities said, turning a midday roadside discovery by sanitation workers into a double-homicide investigation. Terry Burrell Jr. and Khloe Hudson were identified by Hinds County …

Walmart Employee Dies After Brutal Store Attack

Police say the attack appeared random, while court documents describe a suspect who told detectives he believed he was confronting a demon. CONWAY, Ark. — A 32-year-old Walmart employee was fatally stabbed during a late-night shift at a Conway store on March 31, and a 37-year-old man now faces a first-degree murder charge after police said the attack appeared to be random. The killing of Jordanne Drinkwater quickly became both a homicide case and a …

12-Year-Old Girl Dies After School Attack

The case over Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa now moves toward juvenile court review while her family presses claims that school officials ignored months of bullying. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles police arrested a juvenile on suspicion of murder after the Feb. 25 death of 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, a Reseda student whose family says she was hit in the head during a school confrontation on Feb. 17. The arrest puts a new criminal focus on …

Firefighter, Wife Locked 12-Year-Old Daughter in Room for Years

Police say the girl told school staff she was locked in a bedroom without bathroom access while six other children in the home were treated differently. CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue lieutenant and his wife were arrested this week after Coral Springs police said they locked their 12-year-old adopted daughter in a bedroom for years, denied her bathroom access and singled her out for harsher treatment than the other children in …

Child Kills 5-Year-Old Sister with Shotgun

An 8-year-old boy remained in critical condition in the latest public update after the shooting near Brookville. ELLSWORTH, Kan. — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said a young child picked up a loaded, unsecured shotgun at a home near Brookville on Saturday afternoon, killing a 5-year-old girl and critically injuring her 8-year-old brother in a shooting that remains under investigation. The case drew state investigators, sheriff’s deputies, highway patrol troopers, wildlife officers and emergency responders …

Decaying Bodies Stacked Like Cargo Found at Funeral Home

Prosecutors say Michael Naughton kept working after his funeral director license was revoked and left 13 bodies and 17 boxes of cremated remains inside Camelot Funeral Home. MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — New York prosecutors have unsealed a 20-count indictment against Michael Naughton, alleging he ran funeral services without a license at Camelot Funeral Home and defrauded grieving families after inspectors found decomposing bodies and cremated remains inside the building in January. The case has become …

Search for Missing Coffee Shop Owner Takes a Chilling New Turn

Newly reviewed video placed Amy Hillyard in Dimond Park hours after she left her home, shifting the search for the 52-year-old business owner into the Oakland hills. OAKLAND, Calif. — Police, sheriff’s deputies and volunteers widened their search this week for Amy Hillyard, a missing Farley’s Coffee co-owner, after investigators said video showed her near Dimond Park on March 25, hours after she was first reported last seen near her home. The new video has …

Girl Missing for 30 Years Found Alive in Stunning Breakthrough

Sheriff’s officials say a cold case review and newer investigative tools helped confirm Christina Marie Plante’s identity after more than three decades. STAR VALLEY, Ariz. — Authorities in Gila County say a girl who disappeared from the Star Valley area in May 1994 at age 13 has been found alive more than three decades later, ending one part of a case that had stayed open through years of searches and reviews. The announcement closes Christina …

Woman Stabbed 19 Times, Left to Die Outside Burger King

Prosecutors say the two drivers were strangers before the Feb. 20 attack in east Mesa. MESA, Ariz. — Arizona authorities say a minor traffic collision in Mesa ended in a brutal attack when one driver followed the other into a Burger King parking lot, stabbed and beat her, then drove away, leaving investigators to track him across state lines. The case has drawn notice because it began with what police described as an ordinary stop …

Man Hurls Police Informant Off a Bridge After Beating Him

Prosecutors said Matthew Whisman was beaten, injected with fentanyl and thrown off a bridge after he was suspected of helping investigators in a Maryland shooting case. LANCASTER, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 43 to 100 years in prison in the killing of a 25-year-old Lancaster County man whose body was later found in Maryland, closing one part of a case prosecutors say began as retaliation for cooperating with police. The sentence …