Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a North Carolina teen who was last seen in Concord. The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Precious Maxwell, 15. WNCN reported that officials haven’t said when she was last seen but the alert did say she was spotted near …
An investigation is underway after a father and his two children were found dead in their Texas home early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide. KDAF reported that the children’s uninjured mother called 911 from their North Richland Hills home. The mother allegedly told police that her husband and their 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were …
A 1970s report by the Food and Drug Administration indicated that the ever-popular silver sprinkles seen on many homemade holiday sweets are not edible. The FDA deemed in 1977 that silver sprinkles, also known as silver dragées, are to be used only for decoration and are not intended for human consumption due to their metal coating. “When …
The case of a dead North Carolina girl has reportedly turned into a homicide investigation as police revealed the 5-year-old was raped and strangled. On November 13, staff at Pender Memorial Hospital notified police about Paitin Fields, who was admitted with injuries consistent with assault. A report obtained Friday by WECN revealed that Fields died …
No arrests have been made nearly five years after Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found dead with her clothes cut off in the bathtub of her off-campus apartment. According to M Live, authorities determined the 23-year-old’s cause of death was asphyxiation associated with drowning. Police noted that Niswender was deprived of oxygen before being placed in …
A 5-year-old boy who survived the Sutherland Springs church shooting is asking people to send him Christmas cards while he spends the holidays in the hospital. KSAT reported that Ryland Ward lost his stepmother, JoAnn, and two sisters, Brooke, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, in the November 5 shooting that killed a total of 26 …
Singer Jennifer Hudson was granted a gag order in her custody dispute with ex-boyfriend David Otunga following reports that Otunga was awarded temporary custody of their 8-year-old son–a claim her camp denies. The Chicago Tribune reported that an Illinois judge issued the gag order, which bans Hudson, Otunga, and their representatives from disclosing, publishing, and posting videos, statements, …
A video reportedly shows a panicked man rescuing a rabbit from California wildfires that raged mere inches away. The Sacremento Bee reported that the incident occurred Wednesday along Highway 1 near La Conchita. So far, the Thomas Fire has destroyed at least 90,000 acres and is only five percent contained. The now-viral video shows an unidentified …
A 14-year-old boy is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a female classmate in the stairwell of their Warren, Michigan, high school. According to WDIV, Khymani Jamal Tolbert is accused of raping a freshman girl at Lincoln High School on November 28. Officials revealed that the entire incident was caught on school surveillance cameras. Authorities claimed …
Authorities announced Thursday that the remains of missing Nebraska teen Maggie Long were found in her family’s burning home. According to KDVR, Long, 17, has been missing since December 1, the day her Bailey home caught fire. She was reportedly last seen near Platte Canyon High School and was believed to have headed home. Park …
An off-duty Atlanta officer who was moonlighting as a Walmart security guard was reportedly recorded battering a customer over a stolen tomato. WSB-TV reported Thursday that a jury is deliberating whether Trevor King exercised exessive force during the taped October 2014 incident. According to WGCL, U.S. Attorneys claimed that King’s repeated baton strikes left Tyrone Carnegay with a …
A homeless man searching for warmth and shelter Thursday was reportedly run over by an 18-wheeler. KTRK reports that the man had been lying under an empty trailer located in the loading dock area of a Houston Sam’s Club. He used a wheelchair and kept it nearby while he slept in the relative warmth of …
