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Mugshot Released As Family Speaks Out On Arrest In Schuylkill River Murder
A mugshot has been released of the man arrested in the shooting death of Joshua Daywalt, whose body was found in the Schuylkill River earlier this year, Philadelphia police announced Tuesday, April 29. On Friday, February 7, 2025, at approximately 10:17 a.m., police responded to a report of a body floating in the Schuylkill River near Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue. The body was discovered by a passerby and recovered with the assistance of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Upon recovery, an unidentified white male was pronounced dead on scene by Medic at 10:56 a.m. On February 8, 2025, the …
Police & Fire
Boyfriend Indicted After Missing Woman Found Dead, Buried Near Cedarville State Park
A Maryland man who claimed his girlfriend went missing earlier this month has been indicted for murder after her body was discovered buried in a plastic bin in a wooded area near Cedarville State Park, authorities announced. A grand jury returned an indictment charging 24-year-old Keycy Barrera-Rosa with multiple counts of murder, and making a false report in the death of his girlfriend, Lesbia Ramirez Guerra, according to Charles County State’s Attorney Tony Covington. Investigators say Barrera-Rosa contacted the Charles County Sheriff’s Office on April 2 to report that Guerra was mis…
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1-Year-Old Dies Surrounded By Fentanyl Pills, Blood On Face: Murder Charge For PA Parents
Zora Valentina Volcy, just 1 year old, was found cold and stiff in her Steelton bedroom — blood and mucus on her face, fentanyl pills scattered across the floor, police say. Now her parents, Debra Burnett, 28, and Fritz Volcy, 26, both of Harrisburg, are charged with third-degree murder and endangering the welfare of children. Shocking Discovery Inside Steelton Home Steelton police rushed to the family's home on the 500 block of St. Mary’s Drive around 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 7, for reports of a child in cardiac arrest. Officers found Zora unresponsive, her limbs stiff, and her face smeare…
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NJ, PA Native Stabbed Dead In Colorado Days Before Return Trip Home: Report
A woman with New Jersey and Pennsylvania roots was stabbed dead in Colorado this week, according to police and news reports. Cali Federico, 28 who has ties to Doylestown, PA and Flemington, NJ, was stabbed by 47-year-old Imani Tate on Easter Sunday, April 20 in Wheat Ridge, according to 9News and Wheat Ridge police. Police say the homicide was the result of a fight. Federico was rushed to a local hospital where she died, while Tate was recommended a second-degree murder charge and a protection order violation. It was not immediately clear whether or not the two knew each other. A GoFundMe …
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Army Veteran, Toddler Daughter ID'd As 1997 Murder Victims On Long Island
An Army veteran single mother and her toddler daughter were publicly identified nearly three decades after they were murdered on Long Island. Tanya Denise Jackson, of Brooklyn, and her 2-year-old daughter, Tatiana Marie Dykes, were identified as the victims in the 1997 cold case killings that later became known as the "Peaches" homicides during a Nassau County Police press conference Wednesday, April 23. Jackson's dismembered torso was discovered inside a plastic storage bin at Hempstead Lake State Park in June 1997. More of the 26-year-old's remains were found in April 2011…
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Bodycam Shows Final Moments Of PA Man Who Killed NJ Friend's Wife, Died In Custody: Officials
Bodycam footage has been released in the death of a 38-year-old Pennsylvania man, who died while in police custody in Knowlton, after being apprehended for shooting his friend's wife dead, authorities said. The Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability released the bodycam footage, along with radio and communications transmissions and a 911 call on Monday, April 21, following the death of Armond Avitable in February 2024, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. The footage shows troopers wrestling Armond Avitable, of East Stroudsburg, PA, in a grassy area at the inters…
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US Issues Urgent Travel Warnings Covering 2 Countries: What To Know
The US State Department is warning Americans against traveling to part of one country and has issued a do not travel warning for one of its neighboring nations. A Level 3 Reconsider Travel Advisory covers these parts of eastern Colombia: Arauca, Cauca (excluding Popayán), and Norte de Santander departments in Colombia; The Colombia-Venezuela border region. "Violent crime, like murder, assault, and robbery, is common in many areas in Colombia," the advisory says. "In some places, organized crime is rampant. This includes extortion, robbery, and kidnapping." A Level 4 Do No…
Police & Fire
Missing Mom Found Buried In Forest; Boyfriend Charged With Murder: Sheriff
The body of a Maryland mother who vanished from her Waldorf home weeks ago was found buried in a wooded area of Prince George’s County, and now her boyfriend and his uncle are facing charges in her murder, authorities announced Friday. A heartbreaking end has been confirmed in the case of Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, the missing 30-year-old Waldorf woman whose disappearance drew widespread attention in Maryland and throughout the region. Mileth Ramirez Guerra Charles County Sheriff's Office On Thursday, April 17, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Prince Ge…
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Mom Of 3 Shot Dead Through Door In Pennsylvania; Killer Pleads Guilty, Sentenced To Decades: DA
A man who gunned down a mother of three through her apartment door in Allentown while her children were home asleep has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to decades in state prison, authorities announced on Thursday, April 17. Obadiah Whack, 30, of Allentown, pleaded guilty to Murder of the Third Degree and Possession of a Firearm Prohibited, both felonies of the first degree, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan said. He was sentenced by Judge James T. Anthony to 30 to 60 years in state prison. The plea deal came after three days of trial before a jury and was reached prior to …
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‘No Remorse, No Conscience’: Rachel Morin’s Mom Erupts Over Killer, Slams Senator
There was a special guest from Maryland at the White House press briefing on Wednesday afternoon. Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, whose killer was convicted of rape and murder this week, took to the podium on April 16, to address the media. During a brief statement, Morin was critical of Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who flew to El Salvador as he probes the case of deported dad Kilmar Abrego Garcia. "Why are we not protecting the American citizens," Morin said. "It's just common sense ... Why are we not protecting our children, and to have a senator from Maryland—wh…
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Luigi Mangione’s Lawyer Blasts ‘Manifesto’ Label As Feds Seek Death Penalty
A defense attorney is challenging the government’s use of the word “manifesto” in its push for the death penalty against Luigi Mangione. The 26-year-old Maryland man is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel. Mangione is scheduled to appear in federal court in Manhattan on Friday, April 18. It will be his first court appearance since February. In a new court filing, Mangione’s attorney, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that law enforcement is unfairly using leaked writings to justify what she called an "unusual" first-degree murder charge as an ac…
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PA Man Who Killed Girlfriend, Fired 100+ Shots At Cops, Filmed Crime Scene Sentenced
A Pennsylvania man who murdered his girlfriend and then fired more than 100 rounds at police has been sentenced to life in prison plus 41.5 to 85 years, the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday, April 14. The shooter, 40, was convicted in February of first-degree murder, assaulting officers with a firearm, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, and obstruction of justice following a five-day trial. The charges stem from a violent standoff in East Hempfield Township on Sept. 11, 2022, when he shot his girlfriend in the head, video-called a friend to show her …
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