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Alcohol Was Factor In Shenandoah River Drowning, Sheriff Says
Support is on the rise for a family of a 37-year-old man who drowned while swimming in the Shenandoah River over the weekend. The Page County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Melvin Sorto, and said he had been swimming when he became distressed around 4:05 p.m. Sunday, July 7. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melvin Ch (@melvinch10) Bystanders pulled Sorto from the water and life-saving measures were performed until EMS arrived. Sorto was ultimately pronounced dead at he scene. While no foul play was involved, alcohol wa…
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Swimmer's Body Recovered From Potomac River: DC Fire And EMS (
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A person was found dead in the Potomac River on Monday morning, according to a DC Fire and EMS spokesperson. Shortly after 8:30 a.m. on July 1, first responders were called to make a water rescue on the river at the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Witnesses on the bridge said that they reported seeing the victim in the water, leading to a heavy response. Shortly after the initial alert was issued by DC Fire and EMS personnel, officials confirmed that they recovered the body, though the swimmer was pronounced dead. The incident is now being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department. No…
Police & Fire
Concerning Thoughts For Mom Who Killed Babies Started During Husband's VA Business Trip: Cops
A New Jersey mother told investigators that she killed her two toddlers for "religious" reasons while experiencing concerning thoughts while her husband was away on business, according to arrest records obtained by Daily Voice. Naomi Elkins, 27, of Lakewood, NJ was charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and unlawful possession of a weapon. She was arrested after the one- and three-year-old girls were killed in a two-family apartment home on Shenandoah Drive on Tuesday, June 25. After her arrest, Elkins told investigat…
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Man Swimming With Family In Lake Manassas Drowns, Police Say (
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A 45-year-old man died on Sunday afternoon after drowning in Lake Manassas, police say. Shortly after 4:45 p.m. on June 23, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to Burwell Road in Nokesville, where there was a person swimming with a family member in the lake when he appeared to struggle before becoming submerged in the water. According to investigators, fire and rescue personnel were able to locate and remove the man from the water, where he was pronounced dead by first responders. The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine …
Police & Fire
Father, Son Drown On Northern Virginia Lake, Police Say
A father and son drowned Memorial Day Weekend at Lake Anna, authorities in Louisa County said. The 42-year-old man had attempted to rescue his 14-year-old son around 1:10 p.m. Saturday, May 25, just before witnesses lost sight of them both, the county sheriff's office said. LCSO Marine Units, Mineral Volunteer Fire Department, Lake Anna Volunteer Rescue, Department of Wildlife Resources, and Spotsylvania County Fire & EMS Dive Team divers helped find and recover the bodies of the father and son, who were pronounced dead on the scene. The bodies are both being transported to the O…
Sports
'Sorry I Couldn't Save You': GF Of Drowned Ravens QB Ryan Mallet Pens Heartbreaking Tribute
"I'm sorry I couldn't save you." That was just one heartbreaking line among many in a Facebook tribute posted by Madison Carter, who was dating former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Ryan Mallett, when he drowned last week in Florida. "Nothing was ever about you, it was always about others," Carter wrote days after the 35-year-old athlete drowned in the Gulf of Mexico. "Multiple times, I heard you say 'there are so many good people in this world,' and that statement alone shows what kind of person you were. Always looking for the good." First responders were called to the bea…
Sports
Ex-Ravens QB Ryan Mallett Drowns In Gulf Of Mexico, 35
Former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Ryan Mallett has died in an apparent drowning in Florida on Tuesday June 27, officials said. He was 35 years old. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Department identified Mallett as the victim who drowned in the Gulf of Mexico. First responders were called to the beach behind 775 Gulf Shore Drive in Destin, FL, at 2:12 p.m., the sheriff's office said. "A group of people in the water near the second sandbar had reportedly been struggling to make their way back to shore," the statement reads. "One of the individuals, an adult male, went under and lifeguar…
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: Former NY Giant Peyton Hillis In ICU After Saving His Kids From Drowning In Florida
Onetime New York Giants fan favorite Peyton Hillis was hospitalized after a swimming accident in Florida in which he saved two of his kids and two adults from drowning, authorities confirmed. Hillis, 36, remained in intensive care and was "having some problems with his kidneys and his lungs," reported his uncle, Greg Hillis, "but the doctors say he is improving." The children and adults reportedly were fine. Members of Escambia County Fire Rescue who responded to the noontime incident at Pensacola Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 4, said the "brave" Hillis "quickly sprang into action to rescue th…
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Police ID Teen Who Plunged Through Frozen Pond Leading To Icy Death In Virginia
Police have identified the Virginia teenager who fell to his death through an icy pond in Prince William County on Christmas Eve. Falls Church resident Shahzada Zadran, 19, was playing on a pond in the 60000 block of Erinblair Loop in Haymarket with a group of others when he went through the ice, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say that shortly after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 24, first responders were called to the pond when Zadran and a 20-year-old friend both fell through broken ice and plunged into the frozen water. The 20-year-old was able to g…
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Body Of 27-Year-Old Recovered From Water In Virginia Beach: Police
An off-duty officer recently spotted the body of a 27-year-old in the Sandbridge Beach area, police said. On Sept. 16, a body was recovered from the water in the 3100 block of Sandfiddler Road, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. After further examination of the body, officials confirmed it was Ryan Tew. Tew was reported missing by the Coast Guard on Sept. 14, authorities reported. "Most of you know my brother went out on the Chesapeake Bay Monday night and never returned home. They recovered his kayak 5 miles off Cape Henry." Tew's sister, Katy, posted on her Facebook pa…
Police & Fire
Police ID Virginia Beach Drowning Victims
Virginia Beach law enforcement investigated two separate drownings that occurred over the weekend, officials said. On August 27, officers reported to the 16th Street area, where they discovered that 23-year-old Christian Flourentine of Alexandria disappeared in the water, according to the Virginia Beach Police Department. Flourentine's family member had seen him in the water hours prior, but after an extensive search, he was discovered deceased on the shoreline near 23rd Street, authorities said. On August 27, 19-year-old Tawakal Ali, from Afghanistan, was reported missing near the 20…
Police & Fire
Dolphin Beach Drowning: Prince William County Officers Identify Swimmer
Police in Prince William County have identified the swimmer who drowned in Dolphin Beach. At around 4:30 p.m. on August 6, officers responded to the beach to investigate the disappearance of Benjamin Segura Artiga, 38, who had been swimming with two friends that day, the Prince William County Police Department said. Segura Artiga allegedly tried to climb a dock ladder while in the water and suddenly went under water, authorities said. After hours of friends and lifeguards searching, the police's marine unit found his body later that evening and he was pronounced dead, law …
Police & Fire
DC Teen Who Died Swimming In Potomac River Id'd As High School Baseball Star
Police have released the identity of the teen who died while swimming in the Potomac River on August 5. Dunbar High School student Ceph Christie, 17, allegedly drowned while witnesses watched him swimming to a small boat, WTOP reported. Christie often posted his passion for baseball on social media, proudly sharing moments from his career on the Ground Breakers Baseball Academy team. View this post on Instagram A post shared by GranD GrounD GrounD BreakerS (@g3baseballacademy) "We love you. Your soul is hitting home runs, winning every race…
Police & Fire
Bodies Of Missing VA Father, Son Pulled From Potomac River
The bodies of a 10-year-old boy and his 43-year-old father from Virginia have been recovered from the Potomac River in Maryland, with officials Id'ing the latter, police said. Royal, Virginia resident Elias Isai Sandoval Pimentel was found pulled from the river when his body was located on Tuesday, Aug. 2, a day after investigators recovered his young son's body, whose name has not been released. Pimentel was boating with his family near Swan Point in Charles County on Monday when his children began to struggle in the water, officials said. One of the children was able to be saved, but the …
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Body Of Boy Lost Swimming In Potomac River Found, Search Ongoing For Father
The body of a 10-year-old boy who went missing while swimming with his father in the Potomac River near Charles County has reportedly been recovered. On Monday, Aug. 1, officials said that the two were reported missing near Swan Point In Newburg after they became distressed while swimming in the waterway with their family, prompting a massive search. News of the recovery was first reported by ABC7. The father’s body has not been recovered as of the later afternoon on Tuesday, Aug. 2. During the search, multiple agencies have offered an assist, including the US Coast Guard, which brought…
Police & Fire
Virginia Woman Sentenced To 55 Years In Prison For 2-Year-Old Son's Murder
A 37-year-old woman from Hampton was sentenced to 55 years behind bars for her son's murder, NBC4 reported. On July 25, Julia Tomlin pled guilty to second-degree murder, concealing a dead body, and other related offenses, according to the outlet. Tomlin's two-year-old son drowned while he was unsupervised in the bath in 2019, and Tomlin, who was allegedly on heroin, later left his dead body in a box at at a trash incinerator, NBC said. Click here for the full story from NBC4.
Obituaries
VA Boy Is 2nd 6-Year-Old Boy With Autism To Drown On East Coast In 24 Hour Span
Two 6-year-old boys with autism — one from Virginia the other from New York — drowned near their homes over 600 miles away from each other just days apart. Landon “Waldy” Raber, who is non-verbal and has Down syndrome, was found dead in a pond around 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 11 after he wandered away from his home in Buckingham County Sunday evening, authorities said. Onnex Thompson-Hall, a 6-year-old boy with autism, was also found dead in a pond the day before not too far from his home in upstate New York. He was reported missing from the Washington County Fairgrounds at around 10:40 a.m.…
Police & Fire
DC Boy In Pair Of Mysterious Virginia Beach Drownings Had Just Started His Own Business
One was a rising star mechanic, the other a young business owner with big hopes and dreams. Both Zamari Wilson, 12, of Washington DC, and Ryan Neal, 44, drowned within hours of each other July Fourth weekend on Virginia Beach. Ryan Michael Neal's body was found in the 3400 block of Shore Drive at 4:15 pm July 3. He drowned a little over a mile away from where 12-year-old Zamari Wilson went missing earlier that day. Wilson was visiting family for the holiday weekend and last seen swimming near the Delta Marriott on Shore Drive around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 3, as reported by Pilot Onli…
Police & Fire
Second Victims Of Mysterious Virginia Beach Drownings Was Mechanic Working On Sobriety
One was a rising star mechanic, the other a young business owner with big hopes and dreams. Both Zamari Wilson, 12, and Ryan Neal, 44, drowned within hours of each other July Fourth weekend on Virginia Beach. Ryan Michael Neal's body was found in the 3400 block of Shore Drive at 4:15 pm July 3. He drowned a little over a mile away from where 12-year-old Zamari Wilson went missing earlier that day. Trouble began when Neal went walking on a sandbar with his girlfriend, his friend wrote on a GoFundMe page. She struggled to save him for over 30 minutes before almost drowning herself. Zam…
Police & Fire
12-Year-Old Boy Among Two Drowned Off Virginia Beach
A 12-year-old boy and an unidentified male drowned in the Virginia Beach waters Fourth of July weekend, Pilot Online reports. Zamari Wilson was visiting family for the holiday weekend and last seen swimming near the Delta Marriott on Shore Drive around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 3, the paper said. A search involving the Virginia Beach Fire Department, EMS and Coast Guard was launched, bringing a pair of 29-foot response boats and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to the beach. Zamari's body was found around 1:30 p.m. Hours later, another male's body was found after he was reportedly struggling in t…
Police & Fire
Police ID Drowned Fairfax County Swimmer
Police investigators in Virginia have identified the 29-year-old man who was pronounced dead after getting swept under the current while swimming in Fairfax County and drowning. Sterling resident German Salinas, 29, had to be pulled from the water on Sunday, June 19 in the Difficult Run Stream in McLean near the 8800 block of Georgetown Pike, the Fairfax County Police Department announced. Salinas' body was found a quarter-mile off the roadway on a nearby trail, officials said, he was transported to an area hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries. The initial investigation deter…
Police & Fire
Police ID 22-Year-Old As Swimmer Who Drowned At Leesylvania State Park
Police identified the swimmer who drowned on Saturday, June 18, at the Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge. Cristian Rodas, 22, of Fairfax, was swimming with two friends at the park's boating dock just before 1 p.m. when he went under the water, Prince William County police said. His friends dove to find him but weren't able to pull him to safety before he died. Authorities pronounced him dead at the scene. A medical examiner will perform an autopsy in the coming days. Police do not suspect foul play in this case. A GoFundMe fundraiser created on Tuesday, June …
Police & Fire
29-Year-Old Still Hospitalized After Near Drowning In McLean Stream: Police
A 29-year-old man remains in a hospital days after nearly drowning in a stream in Fairfax County, authorities said. The man was swimming with friends in the stream near a portion of the Difficult Run River that runs along Georgetown Pike in McLean on Sunday, June 19, just after 6 p.m., Fairfax County police said. Authorities said at some point, he dove underwater but did not come back up. His friends rescued him from the water and performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Responders rushed him to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police did not release the m…
Obituaries
Maryland Man Drowns Saving Boy From Rip Current On 21st Birthday
A Maryland man drowned in Myrtle Beach while helping a boy's father rescue him from a rip current Monday, June 13 — his 21st birthday. Silver Spring's Yannick Dbumeni-Ndaleu, of Silver Spring, went missing around 3 p.m., and his body washed up on shore around 12 hours later, KKTV reports citing the county coroner. "Our brave and courageous brother/son without thinking went in and decided to help them," reads a GoFundMe page launched for Yannick's family. "He managed to help the son get out and went back in to also assist the father. Unfortunately, after helping the father get out, he …
Police & Fire
Potomac River Drowning Victim ID'd: Report
Authorities have identified the man who drowned after jumping into the Potomac River near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on Memorial Day as Jimmy Orlando Espinoza-Oviedo, NBC Washington reports. The 37-year-old from Oxon Hill jumped from an anchored vessel south of the bridge around 6 p.m., Fox5 said citing Maryland Natural Resources Police. Espinoza-Oviedo was thrown a life jacket but could not get it on before he went unconscious, and a Good Samaritan pulled him from the water, reports say. CPR was attempted before emergency crews arrived but was apparently unsuccessf…
Police & Fire
Authorities Identify Boater Who Drowned At Sandy Point State Park: Report
Authorities have identified the 43-year-old boater who drowned at Sandy Point State Park on Memorial Day as William Enrique Villa Toro of Hyattsville, Maryland, WJZ reports. Toro and his family decided to dock the boat after it started to "experience issues," and they went fishing instead Sunday, May 29, Chesapeake Bay Magazine said citing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) police. A Good Samaritan saw the Toro's body floating in the water at Sandy Point State Park around 12:30 p.m. and pulled him to the marina, but he was unable to be resuscitated, the …
Police & Fire
Man Drowns In Potomac River After Jumping Near Woodrow Wilson Bridge: Report
A 37-year-old man drowned after jumping into the Potomac River near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on Memorial Day, Fox5 reports. The man jumped from an anchored vessel south of the bridge around 6 p.m., the outlet said citing Maryland Natural Resources Police. The victim was thrown a life jacket but could not get it on before he went unconscious, and a Good Samaritan pulled him from the water, reports say. CPR was attempted before emergency crews arrived but was apparently unsuccessful. This comes after another man, who was fishing with his family, drowned at Sandy Point State …
Police & Fire
Prince George's Boater Drowns At Sandy Point State Park: Report
A 43-year-old boater from Prince George's County drowned at Sandy Point State Park Memorial Day Weekend, according to multiple news outlets. The man and his family decided to dock the boat after it started to "experience issues," and they went fishing instead Sunday, May 29, Chesapeake Bay Magazine said citing the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) police. A Good Samaritan saw the man's body floating in the water at Sandy Point State Park around 12:30 p.m. and pulled him to the marina, but he was unable to be resuscitated, the outlet said. The victim had been swept aw…
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