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Mugshot Shows Philly Foster Mom Charged With Girl's Heinous Murder
A 10-year-old Philadelphia girl who vanished from her foster home more than a week ago was found dead inside the trunk of a car in South Jersey, with bruising and scars suggesting a history of abuse, authorities announced Thursday, Nov. 5.
Malayshia Alford's foster mother, Caprice Williams, 36, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and several other related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced during a Thursday evening news conference.
The child's remains were discovered by Philadelphia police in Linwood, located in Atlantic County, following an invest…
CT Woman Killed In Home, Husband Found Dead Miles Away: Brother Speaks Out
A Connecticut woman was killed at her home earlier this week, and her husband's body was found several miles away with a self-inflicted gunshot wound soon after, officials said. Investigators are trying to piece together what happened, but the woman's family believes it has answers.
Amanda Dark, 41, and her husband, John Dark, 44, were found dead Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, after police responded to a reported suicide at a home on Roxbury Road in New Britain, city officials said Thursday.
Officers found Amanda's body in a bedroom at their home with a gunshot wound. John was later found with a …
Months-Long CT Drug Investigation Ends With 2 Arrests
A months-long investigation into an alleged drug operation at a Connecticut home ended with two arrests after police uncovered cocaine, drug scales, and equipment used to prepare drugs, authorities said.
Wayne Wymss, 42, and Michael Drake, 44, both of Danbury, were arrested Thursday, Oct. 29, after detectives searched a home at 7 High Street Extension, according to Danbury Police.
The investigation began after police received numerous complaints from neighbors about suspected drug use and sales at the home.
Detectives learned Wymss lived there and was allegedly selling drugs out of the hom…
Retired Nypd Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
Woman Drove Off After Crashing Into CT Man, Leaving Him Gravely Injured: Police
A 21-year-old Connecticut woman is facing multiple charges after police say she crashed into a pedestrian and left him critically injured on the side of the road before she drove away.
Carly Snyder, 21, of Monroe, is accused of the crash near the intersection of Main Street and Plymouth Avenue in Norwalk at 10:09 p.m. on June 2, Norwalk police said.
The victim, an adult man, suffered serious, life-threatening injuries. Instead, the driver fled, leaving him on the side of the road.
A damaged SUV helped investigators crack the case.
Norwalk Police Department's Accident Reconstruc…
Mom's Topless NYC Marathon Run Was About Much More Than Turning Heads
A New Jersey mother who survived two types of breast cancer is going viral for running the New York City Marathon topless, proudly displaying the scars left behind by the disease she fought to overcome.
Lauren Spiezia, 33, completed the 26.2-mile race Sunday, Nov. 1, in 4 hours, 54 minutes, and 5 seconds, according to official marathon results.
Diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, Spiezia underwent chemotherapy, a bilateral mastectomy, and reconstruction. Rather than cover the scars left behind, she made them part of her message: "Today, I’m running the NYC Marathon with my scars uncove…
Family Says Object Thrown From CT Overpass Killed Passing Driver, 43
A Connecticut driver whose death was initially reported as a crash was killed by an object thrown from an overpass, his family says.
Todd Atkins, 43, died after the incident at the Racebrook Road overpass on Wilbur Cross Parkway in Woodbridge around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Connecticut State Police said.
In a statement shared on social media, the family said an object appears to have been thrown from Racebrook Road, also known as Route 114, and "went through Todd’s windshield.”
“He died from blunt force trauma to his torso,” the family said. “Todd did nothing wrong except be in the wro…
