A family of six likely drowned in their van Sunday afternoon while trying to escape floods caused by Hurricane Harvey. Relatives told KHOU that four children, Daisy Saldivar, 6, Xavier Saldivar, 8, Dominic Saldivar, 14, Devy Saldivar, 16, and their great-grandparents, Manuel Saldivar, 84, and wife Belia Saldivar, 81, perished Sunday. Witnesses told the local station that the van …
Investigators are determining whether the Fargo, North Dakota, couple arrested in connection with Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s disappearance are “womb raiders.” At last week’s press conference, Fargo Police Chief David Todd revealed that authorities are looking into a multitude of scenarios—including whether the baby girl was taken from LaFontaine-Greywind’s womb or if her labor was induced, according to …
A Colorado bus aide who admitted to kicking, hitting, and spraying a student with autism in the face with aerosol disinfectant will spend 20 months behind bars. Monica Burke, 52, was also sentenced to five years probation and ordered to complete 360 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting an at-risk person, ABC News …
A Curwensville, Pennsylvania, woman who tried to have sex with a dog received some harsh words from a sentencing judge. “This is sick,” Judge Paul Cherry told Rachael Harris, 20, on Friday. “You need help!—Big Time!” Centre Daily Times reported that Harris pleaded guilty to four counts each of producing an obscene performance, criminal conspiracy, and …
A Colorado man who posted a photo of his bloody leg on Facebook, claiming he got stabbed when he was mistaken for a neo-Nazi, admitted that he lied about the entire ordeal. BuzzFeed News reports that Joshua Witt, 26, initially told authorities that a man attacked him as he got out of his car in Sheridan, Colorado, …
Police arrested a New Jersey mother after her little girl died while being left in a car alone. NJ.com reports that Deanna J. Joseph, 39, called 911 at around 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, from her home off of Timberland Road. She said she found her little girl inside a car, unresponsive. According to Salem County Prosecutor John T. …
Johnston County, North Carolina, District Attorney Susan Doyle released dashcam footage on Friday that showed an officer-involved shooting that ended with a woman dead. CBS North Carolina reports that on July 8, officers responded to an SUV that crashed off of Interstate 40 in Newton Grove. When they arrived, officers noticed a white GMC Yukon …
The body of a missing pregnant woman has been found in North Dakota. KSTP reports that kayakers found the body of 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind wrapped in plastic in a river north of Fargo. The police department announced on its Facebook page that the body had been positively identified as Greywind on Sunday night. The police …
Authorities are testing a hunk of concrete found in a Pennsylvania home that they hope will solve the mystery of a 1989 cold case involving a woman who vanished without a trace. FOX News reports that Sunbury Police Chief Tim Miller announced that forensic experts are testing the concrete slab to determine if it holds …
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Black-clad anarchists on Sunday stormed into what had been a largely peaceful Berkeley protest against hate and attacked at least five people, including the leader of a politically conservative group who canceled an event a day earlier in San Francisco amid fears of violence. The group of more than 100 hooded …
The boyfriend of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is speaking out a week after the pregnant woman’s disappearance. Ashton Matheny told the Grand Forks Herald that he is struggling with coming to terms with the tragic situation—and the possibility that he may never see his girlfriend of six years alive again. “All I wanted was a life with …
Italian police believe four men gang raped a Polish woman and battered her boyfriend on a popular Italian beach, according to International Business Times. The alleged attack occurred on Rimini Beach early Saturday. The male victim described relaxing on the beach when the men approached the vacationing couple “like crazy beasts.” “They hit me with …
