Posted May 21st, 2013 by Stella Martin
As if the Plain states haven’t already had their fill of natural disasters, mother nature seems determined to cause more suffering today as meteorologists predict more stormy weather for Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas on Tuesday. Fortunately, Moore, Okla., the town so devastated by twisters on Monday, is not predicted to be in the path of any tornadoes ... read more »
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Posted May 17th, 2013 by Jessica King
The parents of slain NYC children Lulu Krim, 6-years-old, and Leo Krim, 2-year-old, announced on Thursday that they are expecting a baby boy after two of their children perished when they were stabbed to death by the children’s Nanny in October 2012. Nanny Yoselyn Ortega, 50, admitted to stabbing the children, before she made a ... read more »
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Posted May 1st, 2013 by Stella Martin
A Tampa, Fla., woman has been arrested after police say she allowed her 7-month-old infant to drown while she spoke to a salesman inside her apartment. Sierra McMillan, 22, allegedly left the water running in the bathtub with her infant son inside the tub. The salesman told police he could hear the baby crying as ... read more »
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Posted April 16th, 2013 by Stella Martin
Among eyewitness spectators of the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, were several families of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre victims who were killed in a shooting massacre at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December. The Boston Marathon, which started out with a 26 second moment of silence to honor the ... read more »
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Posted April 16th, 2013 by D.G. Kane
A young boy who was killed on Monday from a terrorist explosion just moments after he greeted his father who had just crossed the finish line after completing the 26 mile run at the Boston Marathon, has been identified. The boy’s name is Martin Richard, 8-years-old, from Dorchester, Mass.. The youngster has been described as ... read more »
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Posted April 16th, 2013 by D.G. Kane
Many children are among those gravely injured in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. Eight children were transported to local Boston hospitals after two bombs went off several feet from the finish line as runners were closing in on finishing the 26 miles race at approximately 2:57 pm. One child, an 8-year-old boy, was killed in the ... read more »
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Posted April 10th, 2013 by Stella Martin
A 14-year-old girl in Upper Merion Township, Pa., fell to her death on Tuesday night when she reportedly fell out her apartment window. Investigators are not sure how the girl fell, but believe she purposely climbed out of the window, but fell by accident. The victim landed on a cement parking garage below her building. ... read more »
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Posted March 27th, 2013 by D.G. Kane
A 4-year-old Union, New Jersey, boy was found emaciated and nearly starved in the apartment he shared with his mother on Tuesday after police found him alone, living with his mother’s dead body for days. Police were notified by a building janitor, who called police after noticing a foul odor coming from the apartment. Police ... read more »
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Posted March 22nd, 2013 by D.G. Kane
A 4-year-old preschool boy is dead after he reportedly choked to death on food he consumed during lunch while attending pre-Kindergarten. The incident happened on Thursday at the Mount Auburn Elementary School in Dallas, Texas. The victim’s name is Manny Ramirez. The boy apparently started choking after getting food lodged in his throat. According to ... read more »
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Posted March 14th, 2013 by Elliott Z. Carmichael
A New York mother, holding her 10-month-old son, leaped off her eight story apartment window on Wednesday in what police believe was a murder-suicide attempt. According to NBC News, Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, reportedly left a 7-page suicide note before she took the fatal jump out her window with her infant son, Keston. The suicide note ... read more »
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Posted March 13th, 2013 by Stella Martin
A 13-year-old Springfield, Missouri, boy who was pulled from a swimming pool at Disney’s Pop resort last Sunday has died. Anthony Johnson was in critical condition for nearly 36 hours before passing away on Tuesday morning. Anthony was reportedly vacationing at his family from Missouri at the resort in Disney World when he start struggling ... read more »
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Posted March 11th, 2013 by Stella Martin
A Puerto Rican woman who moved to Ill. about three years ago, is dead after her car plunged into a retention pond on Saturday night. The victim, Emory Diaz-Sepulvida, 20, had just given birth to a baby boy 3 months prior to the accident. Diaz-Sepulvida was a single mother to the infant named Roy and ... read more »
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Posted February 27th, 2013 by Mia Parker
A father from Sacramento, Calif., is accused of murdering his 9-year-old with a hatchet. The victim, Matthew Hernandez, was asleep on the couch when his father, Phillip Raymond Hernandez, 36, broke through the sliding glass door and attacked his son. An adult family member living at the residence woke up when the sliding glass door ... read more »
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Posted February 21st, 2013 by Stella Martin
A 4-year-old Astoria, Ore. girl pulled her 2-year-old sister from a car crash that claimed the life of their mother, 26-year-old Jessica Rath on Tuesday night. Rath was driving in a remote location sometime around midnight, along the coastline in Wash. to pick up her fisherman husband who had been out at sea for a ... read more »
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Posted January 15th, 2013 by D.G. Kane
Some of the parents of the young victim’s of Sandy Hook Elementary, who were slaughtered last month after a shooter open fired on them in a first grade classroom, gathered on Monday to express their grief and offer legislative recommendations for a safer school environment for children. One of the couples who lost their Autistic ... read more »
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