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19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (DEVELOPING) 19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (DEVELOPING)
19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (Developing) The teenager who is allegedly behind the fatal stabbing at a park in Northern Virginia has been apprehended, authorities announced. Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, 19, has been arrested in connection with the killing of Reston resident Carmen Lizet Puch earlier this week. Fairfax County police were called to Difficult Run Park in Great Falls at 6:43 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, where an unconscious woman had been spotted lying in the parking lot near a 2011 Honda Civic. When officers arrived, they found the 42-year-old Puch suffering from traumatic injuries to her upper body. Investigators la…

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Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police
Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police The little boy survived. His mother did not. Maryland police have identified 44-year-old Raoudha Khelifi as the mother who was fatally struck alongside her 4-year-old son near Chapman Avenue and Twinbrook Parkway at approximately 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17. New details released on Wednesday, Aug. 19 also shed more light on the moments surrounding the crash. Investigators say a vehicle was traveling in the area when it struck Khelifi and her son. Both were rushed to an area hospital, where the Rockville woman later died from her injuries. Her 4-year-old son suffered minor injuries,…

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$1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes $1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes
$1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes A fire that started near a chest freezer turned into a million-dollar nightmare for a Northern Virginia neighborhood before most residents were awake. Multiple 911 callers reported the house fire in the 25100 block of Fortitude Terrace in South Riding at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, prompting a heavy response from Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames pouring from the garage and exterior of the two-story home, where investigators say the accidental blaze began near a chest freezer. It didn't stay there for long. The fire quick…

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Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold
Harvard Agrees To Pay $53M To Families After Body Parts Stolen From Morgue Were Sold Harvard has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits brought by families who fear their loved ones’ remains were stolen from the medical school’s morgue and sold for cash.  The university announced the settlement on Monday, Aug. 17. A Suffolk Superior Court judge granted preliminary approval, and a final approval is set for December. Federal prosecutors said former Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge sold stolen human remains across state lines. Investigators said Lodge secretly removed organs, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts from donated bodies.  He…

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Beaver Still At Large After Attacking 10-Year-Old At Maryland Swimming Hole: DNR Beaver Still At Large After Attacking 10-Year-Old At Maryland Swimming Hole: DNR
Beaver Still At Large After Attacking 10-Year-Old At Maryland Swimming Hole: DNR Maryland's beaver problem isn't going away quietly. Five days after a 10-year-old girl was attacked at Seneca Creek State Park, the beaver remains at large, parts of the park remain closed, and state wildlife officials have now corrected a key detail about what happened on Thursday, Aug. 13. The girl was not canoeing when she was attacked, as initially reported. According to an updated account released Tuesday, Aug. 18, by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the girl was attending summer camp and was swimming and wading with an organized group and other members of the public at a…

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Former Fauci Adviser From Maryland Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: DOJ Former Fauci Adviser From Maryland Admits Hiding COVID-Era Communications From Public View: DOJ
Former Fauci Adviser From Maryland Admits Hiding Covid-era Communications From Public View: DOJ David Morens spent years advising one of the biggest names in America's COVID-19 response. Now the Maryland man has admitted conspiring to keep some of his pandemic-era communications out of public view. Morens, 78, of Chester, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greenbelt on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to conspiracy to commit offenses and defraud the United States, months after the former senior National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases official was indicted in the scheme. Morens served as a senior adviser in NIAID's Office of the Director from 2006 through 2022 and was an adviser to Dr.…

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Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report
Hayden Panettiere's Mom Makes Stunning Claim About Boyfriend After Actress's Death: Report Hayden Panettiere's mother has released a statement to NBC News following her daughter's death, revealing how she felt about Panettiere's boyfriend. The 36-year-old former child actress had apparently rekindled her relationship with Brian Hickerson, according to NBC News. In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Panettiere's mother, Lesley Vogel, called Hickerson "a person in her life we have been trying to get rid of." Panettiere was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest after a 911 call brought first responders to a Greenville, SC home on Aug. 16. The word "overdose" can be heard duri…

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Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police
Basketball Coach Stabbed Dead; Flock Cameras Help Track Boyfriend Across State Lines: Police A teacher and basketball coach was found stabbed to death inside her North Carolina home, sparking an interstate search aided by Flock cameras that ended with her boyfriend's capture at a Pennsylvania mall, authorities announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Sheremy Gwenette Dillard, 57, was found dead at 2201 Whistling Straits Way in Raleigh on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Raleigh Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the home around 12:18 p.m. after family members reported they had not heard from Dillard and told police she lived there with her boyfriend, Rickey Andra Harper. Offi…

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Six MPD Members Got Paid While Traveling Outside DC, Working Side Hustles, Feds Say Six MPD Members Got Paid While Traveling Outside DC, Working Side Hustles, Feds Say
Six MPD Members Got Paid While Traveling Outside DC, Working Side Hustles, Feds Say They allegedly got paid to police DC while some weren't even in DC. Arrest warrants were issued on Tuesday, Aug. 18, for six current and former Metropolitan Police Department members accused of collecting more than $441,000 for thousands of hours they didn't work in 2024, federal prosecutors announced in DC. Some of those claims came while the officers were purportedly on annual leave, traveling outside the District, and even working a second job. Federal prosecutors say it was all part of a sprawling overtime scheme involving members of MPD's Fifth District that ultimately covered 5,…

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Woman Found Dead Near Her Own Car At Virginia Park As Killer Hunt Begins: Police Woman Found Dead Near Her Own Car At Virginia Park As Killer Hunt Begins: Police
Woman Found Dead Near Her Own Car At Virginia Park As Killer Hunt Begins: Police A quiet morning at a Virginia park began with a grim discovery. Fairfax County police were called to Difficult Run Park in Great Falls at 6:43 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, where an unconscious woman had been spotted lying in the parking lot near a 2011 Honda Civic. When officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Reston resident Carmen Lizet Puch suffering from trauma to her upper body. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Now, homicide detectives are searching for answers. Investigators determined that the Honda Civic parked near Puch belonged to her, police said. Detectives from the departm…

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2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police 2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police
2 People Beaten To Death Before Killer Set House On Fire, Only To Die In Blaze: Police Two people were beaten to death before their killer intentionally set a house on fire — only to die in the blaze, police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The deadly fire at 508 Morgan Drive in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was not accidental, forensic evidence revealed during what Lower Swatara Township Police called an "exhaustive investigation." Two of the victims suffered severe blunt-force trauma at the hands of the third person before that individual intentionally set the fire inside the house, according to Lower Swatara Township police. The person who set the fire then died of fire-rel…

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Man Dies After Metro Bus Strikes Him In Northern Virginia Crosswalk: Police Man Dies After Metro Bus Strikes Him In Northern Virginia Crosswalk: Police
Man Dies After Metro Bus Strikes Him In Northern Virginia Crosswalk: Police The 59-year-old man who was struck in the crosswalk by a Metro bus in Northern Virginia has died, police confirmed. Idylwood resident Adam Ali has been identified by the Fairfax County Police Department as the pedestrian who was struck over the weekend in Bailey's Crossroads. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, officers were called to the intersection of Columbia Pike and Carlin Springs Road when a pedestrian was hit by a bus. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, investigators say they believe the driver of a 2022 New Flyer Metro bus was traveling eastbound on Columbia Pike and stopped at a red tr…

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