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Murder-suicide leaves three dead after Christmas party

TEMPE, AZ – The Christmas Eve tragedy in Arizona reportedly involved the widower of a former state prosecutor shooting dead his girlfriend and her mother before committing suicide, according to police and multiple news reports. David DeNitto, 47, is suspected of taking the lives of Maryalice “Molly” Cash, 47, and Cindy Domini, 83, at his residence. Afterward, he took his own life with a gunshot wound. Both Cash and Domini succumbed to their injuries at …

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Missing pregnant teen and boyfriend found dead

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, both of whom had been missing, were presumably found dead on Tuesday in a vehicle in San Antonio. Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, had been out of sight since last Friday, sparking a statewide search. The bodies, discovered in an automobile belonging to Soto’s boyfriend, are believed to have been there for several days. Though the identities are yet to be formally confirmed by the medical …

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Father and daughter found frozen to death after deadly car crash

ORANGEBURG, SC – A father and his little daughter’s journey to visit family ended in tragedy as they succumbed to hypothermia after their vehicle crashed and subsequently went up in flames. The duo was discovered a short distance from their charred pickup truck by police dogs. Jason Murph, 42, and his six-year-old daughter Michelle were located almost 50 yards from the burnt-out wreck of their vehicle on December 18th. The doomed trip was intended to …

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Man caught hiding his mom’s dead body in storage unit

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A peculiar case has emerged from San Antonio, Texas, where a local man was alleged to have concealed his mother’s body for two years by shifting it between his house and a rented storage unit. Authorities claim his fear of reporting her death was the reason for his strange behavior. The alleged suspect, 53-year-old Rogelio Bernal, is now staring at charges of destruction and concealment of a human corpse. The chilling …

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Christmas Eve murder investigation leads to fatal shooting of suspect

CHATTOGAVILLE, GA – Georgia law enforcement revealed new information concerning a Christmas Eve murder investigation which led to a confrontation, ending in them shooting the prime suspect. The individual did not survive his injuries. Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call from Johnson Cemetery Road, in the area of Chattoogaville, where they discovered a deceased woman. With additional assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) special agents, the victim was identified as …

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Apartment fire leaves 5-year-old girl dead

ENLEWOOD, IL – A devastating fire in an apartment in Englewood resulted in the tragic death of a five-year-old girl and left a man hospitalized. The fire broke out Tuesday morning in a multi-unit apartment on the 500 block of West Marquette Road. Chicago Fire Department crews arrived at the scene after an ambulance crew, returning from a previous call, reported smoke billowing from the building at approximately 7:15 a.m. Once inside, firefighters made the …

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Two teens girls stabbed on Christmas day

NEW YORK, NY – Two South American teen girls were the victims of a stabbing incident while they were dining at the Grand Central Terminal on Christmas morning. The girls, aged 14 and 16, sat with their parents at Tartinery in the Grand Central Dining Concourse when the shocking incident occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Monday. After an alleged dispute with the restaurant staff regarding seating, 36-year-old Steven Hutcherson, a Bronx resident, drew a …

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Five people shot during argument on front lawn

FORT WORTH, TX – A single act of violence late on Saturday night resulted in the death of one individual, left another critically injured, and three more hospitalized from gunshot wounds. Officers from the Fort Worth Police Department arrived at the 9300 block of Cynthia Court shortly after 11 p.m. to the grim scene of a suburban shooting. At the scene, officers found five individuals suffering from gunshot wounds, with one pronounced dead soon after …

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Teacher found dead in a burned car

LANCASTER, CA – A 27-year-old elementary school teacher and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) graduate, Veronica Aguilar, was discovered dead in the trunk of a burned car in California. Matthew Switalski, 37, a former boyfriend of Aguilar, was charged with her murder. The horrifying discovery of Aguilar’s body was made by firefighters after they responded to a blaze at Switalski’s residence in Lancaster’s Quartz Hill neighborhood on Wednesday. Neighbors in the LA suburb suggested …

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Hit-and-run crash leaves two young brothers dead

ANTIOCH, CA – Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run suspect following a fatal accident that resulted in the death of two young brothers in Antioch, a San Francisco Bay area community. The wreck occurred approximately at 11.30 pm on Friday, as reported by the local Antioch Police Department. The law enforcement officers responded to a traffic collision notification at an intersection. They arrived at a crash scene that involved two vehicles, one carrying two boys, …

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