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Family of Woman Murdered in Hawaii Call Mystery 'Surreal' (Video)

Dec. 15, 2013

By ABC NEWS via GOOD MORNING AMERICA

The parents of a young California woman murdered in Hawaii and the sister of her missing boyfriend -- now a key suspect in her death -- have called the mystery "surreal" and expressed concern that he was also murdered.

Family members of Brittany Royal, 25, and her boyfriend, 22-year old Boaz Johnson, have broken their silence after the body of Royal was discovered May 28, strangled and dumped in the ocean near Hawaii's Big Island. The couple had been living at a campsite in a remote town in the area, and Royal had told her parents that she was pregnant.

"They were excited about them being pregnant and kind of starting this new adventure and new life," Brittany Royal's mother Julie Royal told ABC News.

A real estate agent told ABC affiliate KITV the two were about to close the deal on 10 acres of land in the lava fields in Kalapana.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/family-woman-murdered-hawaii-call-mystery-surreal/story?id=21224362

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Hawaii cops still seek pregnant California woman's killer seven months later

Brittany Jane Royal was two months pregnant when a fisherman found her floating off the coast of Kalapana in late May. Missing but immediately branded a suspect was her boyfriend, Boaz Johnson. Families of both think there's a much more sinister plot at work, a scenario in which Royal and Johnson are dead and the killer or killers are still at large.

By Sasha Goldstein / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, December 16, 2013, 6:38 PM



Brittany Royal, expectant mother, was killed in Hawaii in May. Her boyfriend, Boaz Johnson has been missing since Royal’s body was found strangled and dumped in the ocean.

Seven months after a pregnant California woman was found dead in the water off Hawaii, her boyfriend, the baby's dad, remains missing — and cops appear no closer to cracking the mysterious case.

Brittany Jane Royal, 25, was two months pregnant when a fisherman found her May 28 floating off the coast of Kalapana, a town known for its lava flows on Hawaii's Big Island. A coroner ruled the yoga teacher, originally from California, had been strangled to death.

Missing but immediately branded a suspect was her boyfriend, Boaz Johnson, now 23, who has not been seen since the day Royal died.

Cops have not relented in their search for Johnson. Last month they named him one of the top three "most wanted" people in Hawaii.

Read more:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/hawaii-cops-seeking-calif-woman-killer-7-months-article-1.1549742#ixzz2o1xbfFrh

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Hawaii Murder Mystery: Pregnant Woman Killed, Boyfriend Missing

by Fox News Insider// Dec 16 2013 // 12:18pm
As seen on America's Newsroom

The family of a murdered pregnant woman is now speaking out about the bizarre mystery surrounding her death. Twenty-five-year-old Brittany Royal had been living with her 22-year-old boyfriend, Bo Johnson, on a Hawaiian campsite before being found strangled to death.

Her body was dumped in the ocean near Hawaii’s Big Island. Johnson is still missing and authorities suspect him in her death.

Julie Royal, Brittany’s mother, doubts that he was involved, citing speculation that both Brittany and Bo were murdered and Bo’s body just hasn’t been found. “In my heart of hearts, I believe that Bo is also dead.”

According to Royal, there was a lot of outrage among locals in the community that Brittany and Bo wanted to purchase ten acres of land and open up a business.

Read more:

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2013/12/16/mystery-surrounds-murder-pregnant-woman-brittany-royal

justanopinion wrote:

CuriousPortlander wrote:This new story sounds very much like the Erica Parsons case; child missing for months before being reported missing by a sibling.  Other articles said the mother told others that the child was going to Florida to live with a grandparent:

Fitchburg 5-year-old missing; mother, boyfriend arrested
Monday, December 16, 2013

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FITCHBURG — A 5-year-old Kimball Street boy is missing, and his mother and her boyfriend have been arrested as authorities investigate his whereabouts, according to Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. The mother is under a court order to produce the child or face charges of contempt.

Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said Jeremiah Oliver was last seen by relatives Sept. 14, but police only learned Friday he was missing.

Elsa Oliver, 28, the child's mother, was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment of a child and two counts of being an accessory after the fact of a felony (assault and battery with a dangerous weapon).

Her boyfriend, Alberto L. Sierra, 22, of 164 Meadowbrook Lane was arrested and charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a knife) and two counts of assault and battery on a child causing bodily injury.
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Read more:  http://www.telegram.com/article/20131216/NEWS/312169678/1116

http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20131217%2FNEWS%2F312179640%2F1160%2FSPECIALSECTIONS04
FITCHBURG — When the mother of a missing 5-year-old boy was ordered Tuesday afternoon to undergo a mental health evaluation, the child's uncle stormed out of the courtroom screaming and cursing.

"Where is my nephew?" Sandrino Oliver demanded to anyone who would listen. "Where is he?" …………….The results of Friday's search at the Oliver home were not available in court Tuesday. The district attorney's office would not comment about what was found during the search of the home, but neighbors said they saw police removing black trash bags from the apartment on Friday.

Family plans search for missing Fitchburg boy Jeremiah Oliver, lawmakers want state investigation

By John F. Hill, MassLive.com
on December 20, 2013 at 8:32 AM, updated December 20, 2013 at 10:57 AM



Jeremiah Oliver, 5

Volunteers are planning a weekend search for missing Fitchburg 5-year-old Jeremiah Oliver.

According to posts on several Facebook pages set up to provide news about the case, the search is planned for 10:30 a.m. on Kimball Street in Fitchburg.

A post on the page PrayFor JeremiahOliver, apparently set up by members of his family, reads: "A search party has been approved for Jeremiah Oliver on Saturday December 21 2013 and 10:30AM on kimball st in Fitchburg mass everybody lets all come together and find our little angel".

Meanwhile, the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families may come under legislative scrutiny for how the child's case was handled.

Read more:

http://www.masslive.com/news/worcester/index.ssf/2013/12/family_plans_search_for_missin.html

Ali Salim, Ex-Doctor Who Killed Pregnant Prostitute Through Heroin Overdose, To Be Sentenced

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS 12/20/13 02:34 AM ET EST



This undated photo released by the Delaware County Sheriff?s Office shows Ali Salim. Salim was charged Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 with rape and two counts of murder in the death of a pregnant woman. Salim was indicted by a Delaware County grand jury on nine felony counts in the deaths of 23-year-old Deanna Ballman of Pataskala and her unborn child. (AP Photo/Delaware County Sheriff's Office) ASSOCIATED PRESS

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More details were expected to emerge at a former Ohio doctor's sentencing about a pregnant mother's fatal decision to turn to prostitution to support herself and her two young children.

Defendant Ali Salim faces up to 37 years in prison when he appears in Delaware County court Friday afternoon.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/20/ali-salim-sentenced-in-killing_n_4479334.html

Vigil to honor slain North Carolina teen turns violent

DEC 20

by The Stream Team


Armed police in Durham, N.C. clashed Thursday night with a group of about 150 people holding a vigil for Jesus "Chuey" Huerta, a 17-year-old who died in custody last month. Local reports said that police arrived in riot gear, used gas to disperse the crowd, and made six arrests after firecrackers were lit and a bottle was thrown.

The following video shows police approaching a group holding a sign that accuses them of killing Huerta.



Huerta was arrested on November 19 by Durham officer Samuel Duncan and died from a gunshot wound in the back of Duncan's patrol car, raising concerns from the community. On November 22, a protest demanding answers from police turned violent.

Durham police chief Jose L. Lopez held a press conference on December 11, saying Huerta died from a self-inflicted gun shot to the head. The gun, according to Lopez, was not owned by the Durham police. Lopez also said that he did not know how the gun ended up in the patrol car, since Huerta had been searched and handcuffed before being put in the back of the car. The case is still under investigation.

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In a statement to the press on Friday afternoon, Huerta's sister Evelin called for Lopez's resignation and a federal investigation:


“The actions of the Durham Police Department, led by Chief Lopez, last night were a tried and true tactic to intimidate and spread fear in our community. The Durham Police cannot be trusted to investigate my brother’s death, and we need a federal investigation. We call on Chief Lopez to resign immediately in light of his leadership that put dozens of armed police on the streets to scare residents and turned a memorial vigil into a war zone last night. We will not be intimidated by Chief Lopez and the Durham police department’s tactics.”

Pictures at link:

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2013/12/20/vigil-to-honor-slainnorthcarolinateenturnsviolent.html

Jahi McMath, Girl Left Brain Dead From Routine Tonsillectomy, To Be Kept On Life Support

By TERRY COLLINS 12/21/13 02:35 AM ET EST



Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, cries before a courtroom hearing regarding McMath, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. | ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy should be kept on life support for the time being, a judge has ruled.

The family of Jahi McMath says doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland wanted to disconnect life support after Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12.

Friday's ruling by Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo came as both sides in the case agreed to get together and chose a neurologist to further examine Jahi and determine her condition. The judge scheduled a hearing Monday to appoint a physician.

The girl's family sought the court order to keep Jahi on a ventilator. They left the courtroom without commenting.

After her daughter underwent a supposedly routine tonsillectomy and was moved to a recovery room, Nailah Winkfield began to fear something was going horribly wrong.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/21/jahi-mcmath-life-support_n_4485119.html

4 arrested on murder charges in NJ mall carjacking

SAMANTHA HENRY | December 21, 2013 11:23 AM EST | AP

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Four men have been arrested on charges of murder, conspiracy and other counts in the carjacking death of a man shot in front of his wife outside an upscale mall in northern New Jersey last weekend, authorities said Saturday.

The suspects were identified as 29-year-old Hanif Thompson, of Irvington, and 31-year-old Karif Ford, 32-year-old Basim Henry and 33-year-old Kevin Roberts, all of Newark.

They are accused in the Dec. 15 carjacking and killing of Dustin Friedland outside The Mall at Short Hills. The 30-year-old lawyer from Hoboken was shot in the head in the mall parking garage after being confronted by two carjackers, authorities said. The assailants drove off in his silver Range Rover, which was found the next morning in Newark, about 10 miles from Short Hills.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20131221/us--shooting-nj-mall/?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=technology

Husband Wants Pregnant Wife Off Life Support

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES | Good Morning America – 4 hours ago

Monday, December 23, 2013



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Erick and Marlise Munoz, both paramedics in Tarrant County, Texas, had talked a lot about end-of-life decisions, including the importance of do-not-resuscitate orders. So when doctors put her on life support after suffering a suspected pulmonary embolism last month, her husband says, he knew her wishes.

Marlise, 33, had lost a brother years before and told her husband she never wanted to be kept alive by machines, he says.

But Marlise is pregnant, and Texas state law puts the rights of a fetus over the wishes of its mother. The baby Marlise is carrying is now closer to 18 weeks, but Munoz says doctors have no idea what effects the oxygen deprivation Marlise has suffered will have if the baby is delivered.

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Marlise, who with her husband has a 1-year-old son, has been on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth since Nov. 26, when Munoz found her collapsed on the living room floor. He performed CPR and then called 911. She never regained consciousness and her husband says she is now "simply a shell."

But the fetus still has a normal heartbeat.

Munoz told ABC News that he knows his desire to end his wife's life support is unpopular with many people

Read more:

http://gma.yahoo.com/husband-wants-pregnant-wife-off-life-support-110941256--abc-news-health.html

Read more here:

With pregnant wife unresponsive on life support, husband hopes to fulfill her wishes



http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/With-pregnant-wife-unresponsive-on-life-support-husband-hopes-to-fulfil-her-wishes-236654371.html

Dead infant found in duffel bag
December 23, 2013 : Updated: December 24, 2013 8:20am

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SAN ANTONIO — The body of a dead infant was found in a blue duffel bag Monday afternoon by a recycling center employee sorting items on a conveyor belt.

Officials did not say whether the infant was a boy or girl, but police Sgt. Daniel Gonzales said the infant was believed to be between 1 and 10 days old. If an autopsy shows that the child was killed prior to the body being discarded, the case could become a capital murder investigation, he said.

Gonzales said the East Side recycling center's manifest showed that the baby likely came to the center with items collected between Saturday and noon Monday. The body could have come from San Antonio or an outside county, he said.
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Alessandra_Deux wrote:Jahi McMath, Girl Left Brain Dead From Routine Tonsillectomy, To Be Kept On Life Support

By TERRY COLLINS 12/21/13 02:35 AM ET EST



Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, cries before a courtroom hearing regarding McMath, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Oakland, Calif. | ASSOCIATED PRESS

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy should be kept on life support for the time being, a judge has ruled.

The family of Jahi McMath says doctors at Children's Hospital Oakland wanted to disconnect life support after Jahi was declared brain dead on Dec. 12.

Friday's ruling by Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo came as both sides in the case agreed to get together and chose a neurologist to further examine Jahi and determine her condition. The judge scheduled a hearing Monday to appoint a physician.

The girl's family sought the court order to keep Jahi on a ventilator. They left the courtroom without commenting.

After her daughter underwent a supposedly routine tonsillectomy and was moved to a recovery room, Nailah Winkfield began to fear something was going horribly wrong.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/21/jahi-mcmath-life-support_n_4485119.html

This story is so tragic. My heart goes out to this family. The hospital is trying to cover up what ever they did to cause this. I'm happy that the court ruled to keep her alive for the time being.

San Diego Mystery, 1 Shot Dead, 1 Hurt, Victim’s Brother Missing

Posted: December 26, 2013



A San Diego mall parking lot outside of a Macy’s store was the site of a Christmas Eve tragedy that has turned into a bizarre mystery. A 22-year-old woman is dead, and her male companion, also 22, was left critically injured after someone shot the pair as they sat in a car at about 1:15 Tuesday morning, San Diego’s CBS News Channel 8 reported.

A third man vanished without a trace.

So far, police have no idea who shot the pair or why. The identity of the victims only deepens the mystery. The woman, who somehow called 911 before dying though she had been shot in the head as well as the upper body, was Ilona Gregorievna, who goes by the name Ilona Flint, of Provo, Utah

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1074161/san-diego-mystery-1-shot-dead-1-hurt-victims-brother-missing/

Investigators fear foul play in missing woman case

Updated at 07:35 PM today

ABC13 Eyewitness News


Melissa Rene Sowders, 26, was last seen at the McDonald's near FM 1960 and I-45 at around 11am

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Harris County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to find a missing woman, last seen Thursday.

Melissa Rene Sowders, 26, was last seen at the McDonald's near FM 1960 and I-45 at around 11am. She was reported missing by a friend and foul pay is suspected.

Sowders drives a white four-door 1995 Honda Accord with Texas license plate CL3H494. The front driver's door is black.

Anyone with information about her disappearance or if anyone knows the location of the vehicle is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit at 713-967-5810 or call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS(8477) .

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9374028

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Search for missing pregnant woman

Published On: Dec 27 2013 10:17:39 PM CST
Updated On: Dec 27 2013 10:25:34 PM CST



December 27, 2013: Texas Equusearch says it will join in the effort to search for the missing pregnant 26-year-old woman. Irika Sargeant reports.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/search-for-missing-pregnant-woman/-/1735978/23676810/-/8ecrs1/-/index.html

Heather Elvis missing!! Posters are being taken down as rumours are circulating that she was found… Someone is trying to hide that she is missing because she is still not found. https://www.facebook.com/findheatherelvis

The reward is now up to $20,000 for Heather Elvis, age 20, who was last heard from on Dec. 17 and whose abandoned car was found on Dec. 19 near Peachtree Landing in Socastee.


Several electronic billboards have gone up with Heather's photo and information about her disappearance. They are located on SC 544 and US 501, among other areas along the Grand Strand.

A new organized search was started Friday morning with the CUE Center and it is expected to last all weekend. Several volunteers showed up for the new search.



http://www.wbtw.com/story/24315165/myrtle-beach-dad-increases-reward-to-20000-after-daughter-disappears

Time short to find new facility for California girl declared brain dead after tonsillectomy

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Associated Press

OAKLAND, CA -- The family of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery was running out of time Sunday to find a new facility to take her in and keep her on a ventilator.

A judge's ruling will allow Children's Hospital Oakland to remove 13-year-old Jahi McMath from life support at 5 p.m. Monday unless her family appeals.

The family is now pinning its hopes on a New York facility after two California care homes withdrew offers to accept the teen.

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The hospital wants to remove her from life support, but the family said they believe she is still alive.

Hospital spokesman Sam Singer said Sunday in an interview with KRON-TV that Children's Hospital will facilitate a transfer if the family finds an outside physician to insert breathing and feeding tubes.

"We'll do our best, if it is within the confines of things that are legal and medically correct, to be of assistance to them," Singer said.

"At a certain point, they have to be able to look themselves in the eye and realize that this young lady is dead and is not coming back under any circumstances."

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9374550

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Time short to find new facility for California girl declared brain dead after tonsillectomy

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Associated Press

OAKLAND, CA -- The family of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery was running out of time Sunday to find a new facility to take her in and keep her on a ventilator.

A judge's ruling will allow Children's Hospital Oakland to remove 13-year-old Jahi McMath from life support at 5 p.m. Monday unless her family appeals.

The family is now pinning its hopes on a New York facility after two California care homes withdrew offers to accept the teen.

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The hospital wants to remove her from life support, but the family said they believe she is still alive.

Hospital spokesman Sam Singer said Sunday in an interview with KRON-TV that Children's Hospital will facilitate a transfer if the family finds an outside physician to insert breathing and feeding tubes.

"We'll do our best, if it is within the confines of things that are legal and medically correct, to be of assistance to them," Singer said.

"At a certain point, they have to be able to look themselves in the eye and realize that this young lady is dead and is not coming back under any circumstances."

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=9374550

BBM
That is harsh to say the least. This young lady is their child fps. How can anyone dictate how a family has to come to terms in a case like this. This forced death for this child at this time is uncalled for. Let the family come to terms with it on their own in their own time.
Secondly I hope the family files a malpractice lawsuit against those involved in this case.
I feel very, very sorry for this family.

Remains of Redmond teen missing 24 years finally identified
Erin MacGregor, Redmond

SEATTLE – DNA taken from a partial skull found in 2001 near milepost 39 on Interstate 90 has been positively identified as the remains of Erin MacGregor, an 18-year-old who disappeared after leaving her Redmond home on Sept. 19, 1990. Read more: http://q13fox.com/2013/08/07/redmond-teen-who-had-been-missing-24-years-finally-identified/#ixzz2pFnX3MNm wrote:

“Somebody’s got to know something and whether it’s a friend who runs in the same circle or whether its somebody who saw something on the night in Sept. 19, 1990, somebody has to know something. We’re really reaching out and asking people to give us a hand,” Stanley said. Read more: http://q13fox.com/2013/08/07/redmond-teen-who-had-been-missing-24-years-finally-identified/#ixzz2pFnDMnPn wrote:

Move considered for girl declared brain dead

By TERRY COLLINS and TERENCE CHEA
5 hours ago


Martin Winkfield places his arm around his wife Nailah Winkfield, mother of 13-year-old Jahi McMath, as they wait outside a courtroom Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. A federal magistrate was expected to meet Friday with lawyers to try to resolve a dispute over the care ofJahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Legal counsel for a California hospital and the family of a 13-year-old girl declared brain dead after sleep apnea surgery began discussing the possibility of moving her to another facility, after a judge laid out the conditions for such a transfer.

The judge said Friday that the mother of the child may remove her from an Oakland hospital if she assumes full responsibility for the consequences.

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It was unknown when the girl might be moved or if she would be, since her family still is trying to finalize where she could be taken and find a medical team to carry out the transfer. A court injunction prohibiting Children's Hospital from removing the ventilator that has kept Jahi's heart pumping since her Dec. 9 surgery expires at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and Dolan said the family would work to get her relocated before then.

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http://news.yahoo.com/move-considered-girl-declared-brain-dead-090627961.html

Lawyer: Brain dead girl moved from Calif. hospital

Posted: Jan 05, 2014 11:18 PM CST
Updated: Jan 06, 2014 12:19 AM CST

By Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy has been taken out of Children's Hospital of Oakland, her family's attorney said late Sunday.

Jahi McMath left the hospital in a private ambulance shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, Christopher Dolan told The Associated Press.

She was taken by a critical care team while attached to a ventilator but without a feeding tube, Dolan said. Her destination was not immediately disclosed.

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David Durand, the hospital's Chief of Pediatrics, said the girl was released to the coroner. The coroner then released her into the custody of her mother, Nailah Winkfield, as per court order, Durand said in an email.

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The Alameda County coroner's office issued a death certificate for the girl Friday but said the document is incomplete because no cause of death has been determined pending an autopsy.

"They may have issued one but we don't have it. We don't think she's dead," Dolan said. "We got all the necessary legal paperwork in order to get Jahi out of there."

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http://www.abc27.com/story/24369490/lawyer-brain-dead-girl-moved-from-calif-hospital

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Organ Donation: Brain Dead Patient Wakes

Posted July 9, 2013

Syracuse, NY – A patient, thought to be brain dead, awoke as surgeons began the process of organ donation.

Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center were preparing to harvest organs from 41-year-old Colleen S. Burns on October 20, 2009 when she opened her eyes. To their shock, she was alive.

Read more:

http://www.inquisitr.com/837882/organ-donation-brain-dead-patient-wakes/

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Lawyer: Brain dead girl moved from Calif. hospital

Posted: Jan 05, 2014 11:18 PM CST
Updated: Jan 06, 2014 12:19 AM CST

By Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy has been taken out of Children's Hospital of Oakland, her family's attorney said late Sunday.

Jahi McMath left the hospital in a private ambulance shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday, Christopher Dolan told The Associated Press.

She was taken by a critical care team while attached to a ventilator but without a feeding tube, Dolan said. Her destination was not immediately disclosed.

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David Durand, the hospital's Chief of Pediatrics, said the girl was released to the coroner. The coroner then released her into the custody of her mother, Nailah Winkfield, as per court order, Durand said in an email.

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The Alameda County coroner's office issued a death certificate for the girl Friday but said the document is incomplete because no cause of death has been determined pending an autopsy.

"They may have issued one but we don't have it. We don't think she's dead," Dolan said. "We got all the necessary legal paperwork in order to get Jahi out of there."

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http://www.abc27.com/story/24369490/lawyer-brain-dead-girl-moved-from-calif-hospital

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Organ Donation: Brain Dead Patient Wakes

Posted July 9, 2013

Syracuse, NY – A patient, thought to be brain dead, awoke as surgeons began the process of organ donation.

Doctors at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center were preparing to harvest organs from 41-year-old Colleen S. Burns on October 20, 2009 when she opened her eyes. To their shock, she was alive.

Read more:

http://www.inquisitr.com/837882/organ-donation-brain-dead-patient-wakes/

OMG!
Talk about intimidation!!! Holy cats. Not only intimidation but cruel. Why do the know-it-all's do things like this to real people who have feelings. OMG, that whole bunch needs to face a law suit of things we have yet to see.

I recall horror stories out of the 1960s.
Soldiers, in body bags and believed to be dead, suddenly moving within the body bag. (My brother-in-law told me of this being almost routine in Vietnam.) The worst case? A young soldier transported back to the USA in a body bag in the cold cargo compartment of the airplane suddenly waking on the autopsy table as they had just cut the femoral artery....he lived! Reports were he had been kept so cold it reduced his vitals beyond the ability of the measuring instruments...

I can understand the reluctance, the hope of the family for their daughter. They are asking for time to determine IF it possible for their daughter to still be alive... miracles have happened.

Blessings for them.

Richard Shahan, pastor arrested for murdering his wife

Published On: Mon, Jan 6th, 2014



A Christian pastor was arrested for the murder of his wife after he was attempting to board a plane to Germany.

Police believe that Richard Shahan, age 53, was attempting to flee to Russia by way of Germany when Homeland Security ICE agents caught him before he boarded an airplane out of the country, WTVF-TV reported.

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Shahan was a pastor at First Baptist Church of Birmingham until he resigned on Dec. 31, the day the new arrest warrant was issued.

“All of us were saddened by the unexpected news that Richard Shahan was arrested by Homeland Security just moments before his planned flight departure for Frankfurt, Germany. There, he was to assume his new role working with the Children’s ministry of Bible Mission International, primarily in Kazakhstan,” read a statement on the church’s Facebook page.

Read more:

http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/richard-shahan-pastor-arrested-for-murdering-his-wife-11705/

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Baptist Preacher Arrested For Wife's Murder

Jan. 5, 2014

By GILLIAN MOHNEY via GOOD MORNING AMERICA



A Baptist preacher has been arrested for his wife's murder after he attempted to board a plane to Germany.

Richard Shahan, of Homewood, Ala., was arrested on New Year's day after customs officials had been instructed to be on the look out for his passport. He was wanted out of Jefferson County, Ala. for homicide, according to an arrest affidavit.

"Once he got over to Germany or Russia, the chances of extraditing him are pretty nil," Homewood Police Chief Jim Roberson told reporters. "We can't get Snowden back, probably wouldn't get him back either."

Shahan was flying out of the Nashville airport when he was stopped by police. He will make his first court appearance at an extradition hearing on Tuesday.

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Shahan's wife Karan was found stabbed to death in their home on July 23. After the murder Shahan was taken into "investigative" custody for 48 hours and questioned by police but never charged.

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Wendell Sheffield, Richard Shahan's attorney, said that Shahan had been public about the planned trip for weeks.

"All that would have had to been done is to tell us that there's a warrant," said Sheffield. "We would have turned him in. Heck, we would have turned his passport in."

The police have yet to officially charge Shahan with the murder of his wife. He is being held without bond.

Read more:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/baptist-preacher-arrested-wifes-murder/story?id=21425668

Worcester dentist charged in wife's death freed on $5,000 cash bail


Roger Desilets Jr. at his arraignment in Worcester Superior Court this morning. (T&G STAFF/CHRISTINE PETERSON)

By Gary V. Murray TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Thursday, January 2, 2014

WORCESTER — Worcester dentist Roger Desilets Jr., charged with manslaughter and assault and battery in his wife's 2011 death at the couple's Princeton home, was released on $5,000 cash bail after entering not-guilty pleas this morning in Worcester Superior Court.

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Dr. Desilets' lawyer, Edward P. Ryan Jr., told Judge James R. Lemire that he and Assistant District Attorneys Daniel J. Bennett and Sarah Richardson, who were not present when the case was called, had agreed that his client's bail be set at $5,000 cash and that the case be continued to Feb. 5.

Assistant District Attorney William E. Loughlin, who stood in for his fellow prosecutors, had asked Judge Lemire to delay the arraignment until Ms. Richardson could be present, but the judge denied the request after Mr. Ryan said he wanted to proceed immediately because of the deteriorating weather conditions.

Several members of Mrs. Desilets' family were in the district attorney's office at the time and missed the arraignment, according to Paul Jarvey, a spokesman for District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

Read more:

http://www.telegram.com/article/20140102/NEWS/301029830

Such a low bond for murder? Got to be a joke!

I thot of little Emma when I read this on Bonnie Minter.

Man starts online campaign to keep his mother's rapist and murderer in prison 37 years after he witnessed the horrifying attack

'He personally raped my mother. He personally shot my mother. He laughed about it as he left the house,” Minter told the New York Post. 'I heard him as he got into the (getaway) van and joked about his sexual prowess. 'He thought it was funny,' Mr Minter added. 'He’s a monster who should never ever get out of prison.' As of Tuesday night, Mr Minter's campaign had nearly reached it's goal of 3,000 signatures. He hopes the petition will stop the parole question once and for all. 'To have to do this every two years is torturous,' Mr Minter told DNAinfo. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535612/Man-starts-online-campaign-mothers-rapist-murderer-prison-37-years-witnessed-horrifying-attack.html#ixzz2pp4E2LkI Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook wrote:

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535612/Man-starts-online-campaign-mothers-rapist-murderer-prison-37-years-witnessed-horrifying-attack.html#ixzz2pp3qPy7m
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More on Bonnie Minter:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140107/inwood/indian-road-cafe-owner-fights-keep-mothers-killers-prison

http://www.westchestermagazine.com/Westchester-Magazine/October-2004/My-Mothers-Murder/

The last link is the recollection of Jason who was present in the home when his mother and her friend were raped and shot to death. He found his mother and her friend and had to get help. He had a loaded gun put to his head by one of the murderers. Jason is asking the three men continue to serve the life sentences they were given.The convicts families are asking for early release....

Excerpt from last link:

"... I sat with my sister, Lucas and his sister on the bed, frozen in silence. After a few minutes, we heard what I knew had to be gunshots—one, two, three, four shots—but no screaming. The men, I thought, were probably trying to scare our moms. But why? Then I heard footsteps running down the stairs followed by the sound of a car quickly taking off in the driveway.



Good, I thought, they were gone. The other kids and I sat on the bed; we waited for our mothers to come get us. When they didn’t, I decided that, since I was the oldest child there, I would go by myself to the other bedroom, just to make sure that all of the men were really gone. I walked into the room...."

Kidnapped child rescued.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535583/How-vigilant-Target-employee-cracked-kidnapping-case-rescued-7-year-old-girl-customer-gave-weird-feeling.html

Stumbled on this case.
Michele Michaud, CA: Murder with torture, rape:
Sentenced to death
http://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/vanessa-lei-samson-murder-1221997-alpine-county-ca-james-daveggio-and-michelle-michaud-convicted-of-her-murder-and-both-sentenced-to-death/

This has a state-by-state listing of women on death row or life w/out parole:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/case-summaries-current-female-death-row-inmates

Yarmouth resident Matthew Chicoine charged with attempted murder following alleged attack on pregnant girlfriend

By Robert Rizzuto, The Republican
on January 08, 2014 at 5:51 PM

WEST YARMOUTH — A Yarmouth man is behind bars following what police say was a violent attack on his pregnant girlfriend in front of their young child.

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Around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, police were called to the Tidewater Motor Lodge on Route 28 to investigate a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, police say they found Chicoine enraged, standing in the middle of the room, while the victim was on the bathroom floor.

Police say the victim, who is 5½ months pregnant, reported that Chicoine hit her in the face multiple times, ripped the phone from the wall when she tried to call for help, and choked her to the point of blacking out, twice.

Read more:

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2014/01/yarmouth_resident_matthew_chic.html

This case seems strange… too many unanswered questions…

Rachel Cyriacks
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sanborn-co-sheriff-we-have-talked-to-missing-womans-husband/?id=157604
On Wednesday, the Sanborn County Sheriff wanted to talk with Cyriacks husband, Bradley Cyriacks.

A protection order filed by Rachel Cyriacks in August alleged domestic abuse in the relationship and said the couple was in the middle of a divorce.

The Sanborn County Sheriff says they have talked with Bradley Cyriacks in the last 24 hours. Sheriff Tom Fridley says he is not a suspect and had no information on where his wife might be.

Sanborn County authorities say a 30-year-old Woonsocket woman has been missing for more than a month and they're hoping to talk to her husband about the disappearance.
Rachel Cyriacks was last seen working at a temp job at Performance Pet Products in Mitchell on November 11. Her parents reported her missing Monday.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/search-for-woonsocket-woman-last-seen-in-november/?id=157570

The 1995 Chevy pickup that Cyriacks was reported to be driving was found at the home that her ex-husband, Bradley Cyriacks, was staying at. Law enforcement looked into that lead, but it was unfounded.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/woonsocket-woman-still-missing-as-leads-dry-up/?id=157731

justanopinion wrote:This case seems strange… too many unanswered questions…

Rachel Cyriacks
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sanborn-co-sheriff-we-have-talked-to-missing-womans-husband/?id=157604
On Wednesday, the Sanborn County Sheriff wanted to talk with Cyriacks husband, Bradley Cyriacks.

A protection order filed by Rachel Cyriacks in August alleged domestic abuse in the relationship and said the couple was in the middle of a divorce.

The Sanborn County Sheriff says they have talked with Bradley Cyriacks in the last 24 hours. Sheriff Tom Fridley says he is not a suspect and had no information on where his wife might be.

Sanborn County authorities say a 30-year-old Woonsocket woman has been missing for more than a month and they're hoping to talk to her husband about the disappearance.
Rachel Cyriacks was last seen working at a temp job at Performance Pet Products in Mitchell on November 11.  Her parents reported her missing Monday.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/search-for-woonsocket-woman-last-seen-in-november/?id=157570

The 1995 Chevy pickup that Cyriacks was reported to be driving was found at the home that her ex-husband, Bradley Cyriacks, was staying at. Law enforcement looked into that lead, but it was unfounded.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/woonsocket-woman-still-missing-as-leads-dry-up/?id=157731

Hi, justanopinion!

Thank you for bringing this case to our attention.  I started a new thread for Rachel Cyriacks and copy and pasted your above comment on her thread.  I hope you don't mind.

I hope some of our members will try to find additional articles, news reports, etc. and post it to Cyriacks' thread.

https://realitychatter.forumotion.com/t4505-rachel-cyriacks-sd-missing-11-13-13#232520
RC:  Rachel Cyriacks (SD) -- Missing 11/13/13

Ann - Tx wrote:

justanopinion wrote:This case seems strange… too many unanswered questions…

Rachel Cyriacks
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/sanborn-co-sheriff-we-have-talked-to-missing-womans-husband/?id=157604
On Wednesday, the Sanborn County Sheriff wanted to talk with Cyriacks husband, Bradley Cyriacks.

A protection order filed by Rachel Cyriacks in August alleged domestic abuse in the relationship and said the couple was in the middle of a divorce.

The Sanborn County Sheriff says they have talked with Bradley Cyriacks in the last 24 hours. Sheriff Tom Fridley says he is not a suspect and had no information on where his wife might be.

Sanborn County authorities say a 30-year-old Woonsocket woman has been missing for more than a month and they're hoping to talk to her husband about the disappearance.
Rachel Cyriacks was last seen working at a temp job at Performance Pet Products in Mitchell on November 11.  Her parents reported her missing Monday.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/search-for-woonsocket-woman-last-seen-in-november/?id=157570

The 1995 Chevy pickup that Cyriacks was reported to be driving was found at the home that her ex-husband, Bradley Cyriacks, was staying at. Law enforcement looked into that lead, but it was unfounded.
http://www.keloland.com/newsdetail.cfm/woonsocket-woman-still-missing-as-leads-dry-up/?id=157731

Hi, justanopinion!

Thank you for bringing this case to our attention.  I started a new thread for Rachel Cyriacks and copy and pasted your above comment on her thread.  I hope you don't mind.

I hope some of our members will try to find additional articles, news reports, etc. and post it to Cyriacks' thread.

https://realitychatter.forumotion.com/t4505-rachel-cyriacks-sd-missing-11-13-13#232520
RC:  Rachel Cyriacks (SD) -- Missing 11/13/13

Thank you… too many missing these days with no answers! I hope that something is done with this one    but so far not looking too hopeful!

Yahoo 'hires private investigator to find brilliant programmer, 28,' who's been missing since New Year's Day

. Luke Arduini of Oakland, California was last heard from over social media when he posted a picture of San Francisco's Bay Bridge
. Friends say Yahoo believes him valuable enough to go looking for
. Private investigator James Vierra says Arduini has a history of mental instability and suicidal comments
. Friends say he's disappeared before

By JOSHUA GARDNER

PUBLISHED: 14:02 EST, 9 JANUARY 2014 | UPDATED: 17:52 EST, 9 JANUARY 2014



Brilliant: 28-year-old Yahoo programmer Luke Arduini (left) attended a New Year's Eve party and then disappeared

"Arduini's social media feeds say very little about the man investigator James Vierra says sometimes has emotional outbursts."

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2536683/Yahoo-hires-private-investigator-missing-programmer-Luke-Arduini.html

Police Charge Mother of Missing Tennessee Baby

MEMPHIS, Tenn. January 10, 2014 (AP)

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press

Memphis police said Monday that they have charged the mother of a missing 7-week-old infant with abuse and neglect.

Andrea Walker, 33, is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse and two counts of aggravated neglect or endangerment, police said.

Read more:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-charge-mother-missing-tenn-baby-21487232

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Search resumes for missing 7-week-old Memphis girl

By ADRIAN SAINZ | 17 hours ago | AP

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police have named as a suspect the mother of a 7-week-old girl who went missing from her home under suspicious circumstances in northeast Memphis.

Aniston Walker was reported missing Thursday morning, and ever since, police have been using cadaver dogs to search homes, backyards and a pond in the neighborhood where she lived with her mother and two siblings. Friday's search proved fruitless, and police were resuming the search on Saturday.

According to police, her mother, 33-year-old Andrea Walker, said she left the baby at home with her 3-year-old son while she took her 5-year-old son to school Thursday. When she returned, the baby was gone, but the 3-year-old was still in the house.

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After interviewing Walker, police charged her with neglect and abuse. She is jailed on $500,000 bond.

Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said she is a suspect in the disappearance.

Read more:

http://news.yahoo.com/search-resumes-missing-7-week-old-memphis-girl-070406679.html

Bill Comeans, West Columbus, Ohio

This is a cold case still looking for answers.

" ... 34 years ago today, I was murdered. I was 14 and had my entire life to live. My family is still looking for my killer.
4:33 PM - 7 Jan 2014..."

http://www.kfiam640.com/articles/weird-news-104673/woman-creates-twitter-account-to-help-11962808/#ixzz2q1b0PnbA

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Husband Wants Pregnant Wife Off Life Support

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES | Good Morning America – 4 hours ago

Monday, December 23, 2013



(Video at link)

Erick and Marlise Munoz, both paramedics in Tarrant County, Texas, had talked a lot about end-of-life decisions, including the importance of do-not-resuscitate orders. So when doctors put her on life support after suffering a suspected pulmonary embolism last month, her husband says, he knew her wishes.

Marlise, 33, had lost a brother years before and told her husband she never wanted to be kept alive by machines, he says.

But Marlise is pregnant, and Texas state law puts the rights of a fetus over the wishes of its mother. The baby Marlise is carrying is now closer to 18 weeks, but Munoz says doctors have no idea what effects the oxygen deprivation Marlise has suffered will have if the baby is delivered.

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Marlise, who with her husband has a 1-year-old son, has been on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth since Nov. 26, when Munoz found her collapsed on the living room floor. He performed CPR and then called 911. She never regained consciousness and her husband says she is now "simply a shell."

But the fetus still has a normal heartbeat.

Munoz told ABC News that he knows his desire to end his wife's life support is unpopular with many people

Read more:

http://gma.yahoo.com/husband-wants-pregnant-wife-off-life-support-110941256--abc-news-health.html

Read more here:

With pregnant wife unresponsive on life support, husband hopes to fulfill her wishes



http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/With-pregnant-wife-unresponsive-on-life-support-husband-hopes-to-fulfil-her-wishes-236654371.html

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Pregnant, and Forced to Stay on Life Support

By MANNY FERNANDEZ and ERIK ECKHOLMJAN. 7, 2014

FORT WORTH — The diagnosis was crushing and irrevocable. At 33, Marlise Munoz was brain-dead after collapsing on her kitchen floor in November from what appeared to be a blood clot in her lungs.

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More than a month later, Mrs. Munoz remains connected to life-support machines on the third floor of the I.C.U., where a medical team monitors the heartbeat of the fetus, now in its 20th week of development. Her case has become a strange collision of law, medicine, the ethics of end-of-life care and the issues swirling around abortion — when life begins and how it should be valued.

Read more:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/08/us/pregnant-and-forced-to-stay-on-life-support.html?_r=0

MONICA HELBERG. 16, MISSING SINCE JANUARY 8, 2014

Albuquerque police help in search for missing teen (Video)

Deputies: missing 16 y.o. WA teen was in ABQ

By Chris McKee

Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 11:19 PM MST
Published: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 10:59 PM MST



Albuquerque Police are now trying to help find a missing teen girl from Washington thought with an older man, in danger and spotted in the metro-area.

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque police are trying to help find a missing teen girl from Washington thought to be with an older man. It's suspected she's in danger and was spotted in the metro area.

Monica Helberg, 16, has been missing for four days and investigators from Washington state believe she was in Albuquerque on Saturday night. Investigators say Albuquerque police also found evidence that she or the man she's thought to be with may have tried to change how they look.

"We don't know where she is, we haven't heard from her, not a call, not a text, not anything,” said Lisa Helberg, Monica Helberg’s mother.

According to sheriff’s deputies in Grant County, Wash., Monica hasn’t been seen since last Wednesday night when she was in her home city of Royal City, Wash.

"She was discovered missing the next morning,” said Kyle Foreman, public information officer for the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.

Read more:

http://www.krqe.com/news/local/albuquerque-police-help-in-search-for-missing-teen

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Monica Helberg May Have Disappeared With Man Her Parents Had Restraining Order Against (Video)

David Lohr

Posted: 01/13/2014 4:47 pm EST

Police in Washington state believe a 16-year-old girl who has been missing for five days is endangered and may be with an older man her parents once had a restraining order against.

Kyle Foreman, a spokesman for the Grant County Sheriff's Office, told The Huffington Post investigators believe Monica Helberg is with Miles "Logan" Moncada, a 22-year-old Hispanic male who was recently spotted in New Mexico.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/monica-helberg-missing_n_4590553.html?flv=1


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UPDATE: Missing 16-Year-Old Girl Back In Moses Lake

Posted: Jan 12, 2014 1:38 PM CST
Updated: Jan 15, 2014 10:19 PM CST  

GRANT COUNTY, Wash. - Grant County Deputies say 16-year-old Monica Helberg is back in Grant County and is reunited with her family.

A press release issued Wednesday afternoon said that Helberg turned herself in to a Moses Lake attorney Wednesday. The release said Monica is safe and in good health. She told deputies she was not abducted, and she was traveling with Logan Moncada willingly.

Deputies say they don't know where Moncada is, but say it doesn't appear a crime was committed and they won't be looking for him.

Read more:

http://www.khq.com/story/24428151/endangered-missing-person-advisory-monica-helberg-of-grant-county

Report: Shooting at Roswell middle school in New Mexico; Suspect arrested

Police say there has been a shooting at a Roswell middle school in New Mexico.
Roswell police said the suspected shooter was arrested Tuesday at Berrendo Middle School, but authorities have not said if there were any injuries. The school has been placed on lockdown.
Police say parents can pick up their children from a nearby mall.
No other details are yet available.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/report-shooting-roswell-middle-school-mexico-suspect-arrested-155614279.html

justanopinion wrote:Report: Shooting at Roswell middle school in New Mexico; Suspect arrested

Police say there has been a shooting at a Roswell middle school in New Mexico.
Roswell police said the suspected shooter was arrested Tuesday at Berrendo Middle School, but authorities have not said if there were any injuries. The school has been placed on lockdown.
Police say parents can pick up their children from a nearby mall.
No other details are yet available.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/report-shooting-roswell-middle-school-mexico-suspect-arrested-155614279.html

partial update

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/12-year-old-shoots-2-students-in-new-mexico-governor-says-1.2495964

Trial underway for man accused of killing his daughter in 2008

By Steve Schmadeke
Tribune reporter
8:48 p.m. CST, January 14, 2014

Perhaps 20 minutes after she was seen running home with her older brother on an isolated, dead-end street on the South Side where the neighbors all knew each other, 9-year-old Mya Lyons was dead.

She was beaten so badly her skull was fractured and stabbed so violently her organs protruded through a gaping hole in her abdomen.

People were still out on the Auburn-Gresham street the night of July 18, 2008 — a man was walking his dog and a couple were parked outside the home where Mya was staying — but no one saw or heard how the girl who loved pink and had just finished the third grade in west suburban Addison was killed.

(Pictures at link)

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-trial-underway-for-man-accused-of-killing-his-daughter-in-2008-20140114,0,3408221.story

One piece still missing from puzzle of fatal theater shooting: Why?

By Steve Almasy and Ashley Fantz, CNN
updated 10:07 PM EST, Tue January 14, 2014



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On Tuesday, Curtis Reeves, 71, made his first appearance in court for a charge of second-degree murder. Reeves' attorney, Richard Escobar, tried to persuade Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper that the former police officer was actually the victim in the incident and that Oulson was the "aggressor."

Police said despite Reeves' claim that he was in fear of his safety, this was not a case for Florida's "stand your ground" defense.

"Working with the state attorney's office it was determined that stand-your-ground does not fly here in this case," Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.

Read more:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/14/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/

Jessica Fraraccio, Woman Who Killed Toddler, Gets Just 5 Years

The Huffington Post  |  By Sebastian Murdock
Posted: 01/15/2014 2:37 pm EST  |  Updated: 01/15/2014 2:37 pm EST



Jessica Fraraccio
(Manassas City Police Department)

A Virginia woman who killed a 23-month-old boy out of frustration because he was crying was sentenced to just five years Monday.

Jessica Fraraccio, 22, pleaded guilty in October to killing the small boy, according to WJLA.

Fraraccio was entrusted as a babysitter to care for toddler Elijah Nealey. In August 2012, weeks before Elijah's second birthday, Fraraccio killed him.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/jessica-fraraccio-5-years_n_4603511.html

Mom declared insane at time of 2-year-old son's death

Posted 2:31 p.m. today (1/16/14)
Updated 6:43 p.m. today (1/16/14)

WRAL - Raleigh, NC




Raleigh, N.C. — A Wake County judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against a woman who suffocated her young son inside a Raleigh hotel room more than a year ago, finding that she was schizophrenic and delusional at the time of the crime and that she believed it was necessary to kill the boy because he was better off dead.

Read more:

http://www.wral.com/mom-declared-insane-at-time-of-2-year-old-son-s-death/13305062/
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At the above Linked WRAL site, you can read previous articles by clicking on the titles.  Posted to the left in above article.

More on this

Autopsy: Mom confessed to smothering toddler at Raleigh motel

Police seize cellphones, razor blades from Super 8 Motel room

Father of slain toddler blames mother, courts for his death

Mom charged in 2-year-old's motel room death
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http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/13305838/
WRAL - Raleigh, NC  -  1/16/14

Video: Murder charge dismissed against mom in 2-year-old's death

A Wake County judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against Michelle Harpster, who killed her son in a Raleigh hotel room in 2012, finding that she was schizophrenic and delusional at the time of the crime and that she believed it was necessary to kill the boy because he was better off dead.
Today (1/16/14) - 7:27 p.m.
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You can watch the Michelle Harpster insanity defense hearing held today, 1/16/14, at the Link below.  It is almost a 2 hour video.


http://www.wral.com/news/video/13304915/
WRAL - Raleigh, NC  --    1/16/2014:  Michelle Harpster insanity defense hearing

Video:  1:52:50 -- Judge Donald Stephens presiding: A hearing on Jan. 16, 2014, in the case of Michelle Danielle Harpster, charged with murder in the Sept. 26, 2012, death of her 2-year-old son. (Viewer discretion is advised.)

Okay trial watchers . . . . .

The Amanda Hayes trial starts next week in North Carolina with jury selection to begin on 1/21/14.

Judge Donald Stephens will be the presiding judge. He presided over the Grant Hayes trial.

If you watched the Jason Young trial (2012 - found guilty of murdering his wife, Michelle), Judge Donald Stephens was the presiding judge.

I assume WRAL - Raleigh, NC will stream the trial "live" and archive like they did during the Grant Hayes trial a few months ago.

Grant Hayes did a telephone interview with WTVD today.  I posted the Link on Laura Jean Ackerson's thread.  Click this Link:

https://realitychatter.forumotion.com/t3433p350-laura-jean-ackerson-deceased-7-13-11-grant-and-amanda-hayes-charged-with-murder#232861
RC - Thread: Laura Jean Ackerson -- Deceased 7/13/11 -- Grant and Amanda Hayes Charged With Murder  -- Comment by Ann-Tx

The following are updates regarding Jason Young.  At his second trial in 2012, Jason Young was found guilty in the murder of his wife, Michelle.

The trial was in Wake County, NC with Judge Donald Stephens presiding. This trial was streamed "live" and archived daily by WRAL - Raleigh, NC.
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Jason Young seeks to appeal murder conviction

Updated 12/12/2013 02:07 PM

Time Warner Cable News - TWC


RALEIGH—The State Court of Appeals will now have to decide whether a Raleigh man convicted last year of killing his pregnant wife will get a new trial. Jason Young is appealing his life sentence in prison. It's been seven years since the death of Michelle Young, and on Thursday the case made its way to the courtroom once again.

Read more and view video:

http://centralnc.twcnews.com/content/news/702553/jason-young-seeks-to-appeal-murder-conviction
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Appeal heard in Jason Young case

Thursday, December 12, 2013

WTVD - Raleigh, NC


RALEIGH (WTVD) --  Jason Young, the man convicted of killing his wife Michelle Young, has begun his fight for a new trial in Wake County.

It could be months before the judges decide whether Young should get a new trial, but they were interested in several specific parts of his second trial that convicted him.

Read more & view video:

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=9357493
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Jason L. Young prison update:




JASON L YOUNG

Offender Number: 1309245                                          
Inmate Status: ACTIVE
Gender: MALE
Race: WHITE
Ethnic Group: EUROPEAN/N.AM./AUSTR
Birth Date: 04/08/1974
Age: 39
Current Location: ALEXANDER C.I.


Most Recent Incarceration Summary

Incarceration Status: ACTIVE Total Incarceration Term: LIFE
Conviction Date: 03/05/2012 Projected Release Date: LIFE
Primary Crime: MURDER FIRST DEGREE (PRINCIPAL) Primary Crime Type: FELON
Special Characteristics: LIFE Current Status: FELON
Admission Date: 03/05/2012 Admitting Location: CENTRAL PRISON
Control Status: REGULAR POPULATION  Next Control Review: UNKNOWN
Custody Classification: CLOSE  Next Custody Review: 03/01/2014
Number Of Infractions: 0      Last Infraction Date: N/A
Current Location: ALEXANDER C.I. Previous Location: NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION
Last Movement : NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION Last Movement Date: 09/30/2012

                                                                                                                                                                         
Escapes?: N

Read more at source:

http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=1309245&searchLastName=Young&searchFirstName=Jason&searchGender=M&searchRace=1&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&listpage=1
North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Offender Public Information:  JASON L YOUNG

I would have been livid and screaming lawsuit!

PD: Mesa teacher punished kindergartner by taking her top off

" ...Officers said Washburn told the girl to take her face out of the shirt and when she did not comply, he went to her and completely removed her shirt, leaving her naked from the waist up in front of her classmates for about 10 minutes.

The girl broke down crying, police said. Washburn eventually returned her clothing.

"Total humiliation," said Daniel Mercado, who has children who attend Adams Elementary. "What is she going to do now - from first grade on? What are the parents going to think of this? Not only her parents but other parents, other parents at the school like myself? I think he went too far. He went way too far." ..."

" ... A profile of Washburn on the school's website quotes Washburn saying, in part:

"Having been certified for foster care and licensed for adoption, I am looking forward to becoming a single father for the first time and am waiting the placement of children in my home. In the meantime, I have enjoyed the opportunity of taking care of several children on a respite basis."..."

http://www.wbtv.com/story/24475228/pd-mesa-teacher-punished-kindergartner-by-taking-her-top-off

Freckles wrote:I would have been livid and screaming lawsuit!

PD: Mesa teacher punished kindergartner by taking her top off

" ...Officers said Washburn told the girl to take her face out of the shirt and when she did not comply, he went to her and completely removed her shirt, leaving her naked from the waist up in front of her classmates for about 10 minutes.

The girl broke down crying, police said. Washburn eventually returned her clothing.

"Total humiliation," said Daniel Mercado, who has children who attend Adams Elementary. "What is she going to do now - from first grade on? What are the parents going to think of this? Not only her parents but other parents, other parents at the school like myself? I think he went too far. He went way too far." ..."

" ... A profile of Washburn on the school's website quotes Washburn saying, in part:

"Having been certified for foster care and licensed for adoption, I am looking forward to becoming a single father for the first time and am waiting the placement of children in my home. In the meantime, I have enjoyed the opportunity of taking care of several children on a respite basis."..."

http://www.wbtv.com/story/24475228/pd-mesa-teacher-punished-kindergartner-by-taking-her-top-off

What is wrong with people? The teachers aid should be disciplined as well!

Cyber Security Firm Says Target-Style Attacks Are Ongoing Against Six Other US Merchants, More US Merchants May Also Be Under Seige

By Meagan Clark
on January 17 2014 1:13 PM

At least six U.S. retailers were under a massive cyberattack Friday, which employed the same software used late last year to steal credit-card data from some 40 million Target Inc. (NYSE:TGT) customers and personal data from another 70 million Target customers, said cybersecurity firm IntelCrawler.

Andrew Komarov, IntelCrawler’s chief executive, said his firm knows the identity of two of the companies but has not yet publicly disclosed their names. He has been working with law enforcement, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), and intelligence teams from several banks to combat the cyberattack and identify the stores, as their names are not available through only the public IP addresses.

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http://www.ibtimes.com/cyber-security-firm-says-target-style-attacks-are-ongoing-against-six-other-us-merchants-more-us

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Neiman Marcus computers were hacked as far back as July: NYT

Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:22am EST


(Reuters) - Hackers breached the computer networks of luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus as far back as July, an attack that was not fully contained until Sunday, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the investigation.

Neiman Marcus said on Friday that hackers may have stolen customers' credit and debit card information, the second cyber attack on a retailer in recent weeks.

Neiman Marcus had said it first learned in mid-December of suspicious activity that involved credit cards used at its stores.

However, in a call with credit card companies on Monday, Neiman acknowledged that the attack had only been fully contained a day earlier, and that the time stamp on the first intrusion was in mid-July, the paper said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/17/us-neimanarcus-databreach-idUSBREA0G08A20140117

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Exclusive: More well-known U.S. retailers victims of cyber attacks - sources

BY JIM FINKLE AND MARK HOSENBALL
BOSTON/WASHINGTON SUN JAN 12, 2014 4:26PM EST


(Reuters) - Target Corp and Neiman Marcus are not the only U.S. retailers whose networks were breached over the holiday shopping season last year, according to sources familiar with attacks on other merchants that have yet to be publicly disclosed.

Smaller breaches on at least three other well-known U.S. retailers took place and were conducted using similar techniques as the one on Target, according to the people familiar with the attacks. Those breaches have yet to come to light. Also, similar breaches may have occurred earlier last year.

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SCRAPING MEMORY

Target has not disclosed how the attackers managed to breach its network or siphon off some of its most sensitive data.

The sources who spoke to Reuters about the breaches said that investigators believe the attackers used similar techniques and pieces of malicious software to steal data from Target and other retailers.

One of the pieces of malware they used was something known as a RAM scraper, or memory-parsing software, which enables cyber criminals to grab encrypted data by capturing it when it travels through the live memory of a computer, where it appears in plain text, the sources said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/12/us-target-databreach-retailers-idUSBREA0B01720140112

'Killing fields' families hoping for justice for victims with upcoming murder trial

Updated at 07:44 PM - January 17, 2014

KTRK - Houston, TX


GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) --  New evidence could help solve three cold case murders connected to the notorious "killing fields." The father of one of those victims spoke with abc13 about what this could mean for the families still seeking justice for their loved ones.

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Miller's determination could soon pay off at the upcoming trial of Clyde Hedrick, 60. Hedrick was just charged eight months ago with the 1984 murder of Elena Rae Beasom. Prosecutors say they could present evidence tying Hedrick to Laura Miller's murder in 1984, and the 1983 murder of Heide Faye. Both girls were found in the so-called 'killing fields' off I-45.

"I wasn't surprised about the information," Miller said.

Hedrick used to live two doors down from the Millers.

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That trial is scheduled for March 24, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 7.

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9397948&rss=rss-ktrk-article-9397948
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Article from April, 2013:


Man arrested in cold case murder from 30 years ago in Galveston County

Thursday, April 04, 2013

KTRK - Houston, TX


GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Authorities in Galveston County believe a cold case that's been open for nearly three decades is finally closed, and the man accused of murdering a woman in 1984 is behind bars.

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http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=9053268

The Texas "Killing Fields" are as scary as the interstate killing of the young college boys whose bodies are usually found in a a body of water near a tavern or bar where the student was last seen socializing with others. Thanks for the updates, Ann. (I had to wonder if the killing of Mickey S could have been related to the Texas killing fields. IIRC, the burnt out truck fit into the vicinity...)

Finally, some exposure on this predator.
Why did this remain hidden so long creating new victims?


'BBC staff ignored up to 1,000 attacks on children by predatory DJ Jimmy Savile' according to new damning report lifting the lid on entire scandal

An unnamed source close to the inquiry told The Observer that the report's conclusions will overshadow the investigation led by Nick Pollard, former head of Sky News, which sought to uncover why the BBC dropped its Newsnight programme on the Savile allegations. The source said: 'It will go right to the heart of how Savile was able to get away with the most heinous of crimes under the very noses of BBC staff for more than 40 years.' Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2542097/BBC-staff-ignored-1-000-attacks-children-predatory-DJ-Jimmy-Savile-according-new-damning-report-lifting-lid-entire-scandal.html#ixzz2qtAurdhH Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook wrote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2542097/BBC-staff-ignored-1-000-attacks-children-predatory-DJ-Jimmy-Savile-according-new-damning-report-lifting-lid-entire-scandal.html


I keep thinking the more we expose this underground sex trade of unwilling victims and children, the closer we may be to discovering what happen to Madeleine.

Old story but wanted to share it.
A bay survived the triple murder in her home and now is searching for answers and connections.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/deaf-baby-back-adult-learn-triple-murder-survived-article-1.1584295