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Missing Girl Dies After Massive Search Across Northern VA Town Missing Girl Dies After Massive Search Across Northern VA Town
Missing Girl Dies After Massive Search Across Northern VA Town A 3-year-old girl who wandered off from her Virginia home died after she was found in a small body of water, authorities said. Munawar was reported missing around 4:35 p.m. Thursday, May 4, and was last seen about an hour earlier, officials in Stafford County said. A massive search brought authorities and neighbors alike to a Rappahannock Landing subdivision, with a command post established at the subdivision’s Community Center. The Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team began combing the nearby area as deputies and detectives conducted a canvas of the neighboring homes. The Drone Team f…

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by Cecilia Levine
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PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later
PA Man Strangled By Pet Snake Shot By Police Dies Days Later A Pennsylvania man who was strangled by his pet snake has died days after the incident, authorities said. Elliot Senseman, 27, died from anoxic brain injury due to asphyxiation by constriction after an 18-foot Boa constrictor-type snake wrapped itself around the man's neck inside his Church Street home in Fogelsville (Upper Macungie Township) on Wednesday, July 20, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The snake completely cut off oxygen to Senseman's brain, the coroner's office said. Officers arrived around 2:10 p.m. to find Senseman in cardiac arrest with the snake still wrapp…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Police ID Drowned Fairfax County Swimmer Police ID Drowned Fairfax County Swimmer
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…

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by Zak Failla
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Missing Woman, 33, Found Dead In Virginia (UPDATE) Missing Woman, 33, Found Dead In Virginia (UPDATE)
Missing Woman, 33, Found Dead In Virginia (Update) A 33-year-old woman reported missing was found dead in Virginia, authorities said. Kelley Muscara's body was found the morning of Saturday, May 14 by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in the area of Kincora Drive in Sterling, they said. Investigators believe there was no foul play involved in Muscara's death and are ruling it as accidental, the office said on Monday.  The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is assisting in the investigation. More information will be released once it is available. Anyone with any additional information regarding the case is asked to conta…

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by Cecilia Levine