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Southington Man, 21, Dies After Fall Hiking Near Montana's Highest Peak
A 21-year-old Connecticut adventurer who died after an apparent fall near Montana’s tallest mountain was a passionate explorer and gamer who felt happiest outdoors or traveling the world, according to his family.
Jackson Gregory Slimak, 21, of Southington, died Aug. 24 in the wilderness near the 12,800-foot-tall Granite Peak in Montana's Beartooth Mountain range. Search crews from Wyoming and Montana found his body on Thursday, Aug. 27, after searching for nearly three days, Cowboy State Daily reported.
Authorities believe his death was the result of an accidental fall and …
NJ Times Square Stabbing Victim Was On Her First Day Back From Maternity Leave
Erin Piacenti was on her first day back following maternity leave when she was fatally stabbed in Times Square on Monday, Aug. 31.
Piacenti, a Chester, NJ resident, had welcomed her daughter Madison five months ago, according to a GoFundMe set up to support her daughter and husband, Frank.
"Becoming a mother was Erin's lifelong ambition, and Madison gave her the greatest possible joy," Shray Gupta, who organized the fundraiser said. "Erin's life was defined not by the circumstances of her death, but instead by the way she lived. Erin was deeply devoted to her family and friends, except…
Rocky Hill Crash Kills Father Of Infant Son With Baby Girl On The Way: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'
A Connecticut community is in mourning after a young father of an 11-month-old boy, who had a daughter on the way, was killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend.
Jordan Thomas Jr. was killed shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, after he was involved in a crash with a vehicle on the Silas Deane Highway in Rocky Hill, near the Exit 24 ramps for Interstate 91, police said. He died at the scene.
His loved ones created a GoFundMe to help provide for his fiancée and partner of six years, Nataliya, their infant son, and unborn daughter, who is due in December.&n…
Parents, Ages 70 And 31, Arrested In Death Of Missing 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes: Sheriff
The Virginia parents of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes allegedly directed searchers away from a nearby body of water after their severely nonverbal autistic daughter disappeared, according to arrest warrants filed following her death.
John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, of Bristol, VA, were arrested in Carter County, TN, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 1, and each charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk/willfully abandoning a child, the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office said.
Saylor's body was found Monday morning, Aug. 31, in the waters near Hagley Landing following an inte…
