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Over $40,000 has been raised for the family of Athena Strand, a seven-year-old who was tragically found dead after allegedly being kidnapped by a FedEx driver. As per NBC News, a community-wide search took place after the seven-year-old was reported missing from her father's home on November 30. Sadly, her…
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The concept of a ‘last meal’ is one of the more curious aspects of the US justice system, which allows prisoners on death row to order a final bespoke meal the night before their execution. Although the practice varies from state to state, inmates are usually told to prepare a…
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Athena Strand, a seven-year-old girl from Texas, has been found dead after allegedly being kidnapped by a FedEx delivery driver. As reported by NBC News, Strand was reported missing from her father's home on Wednesday evening (November 30). The news of her disappearance started a community-wide search involving approximately 200…
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The mom of seven-year-old Athena Strand has shared a chilling message to the man accused to kidnapping and killing her daughter. On Wednesday, Athena's stepmother reported the child missing after Athena had disappeared from her father's home in Paradise, Wise County, Texas. Per The Independent, Athena had returned from school…
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FedEx has issued a statement following the tragic death of seven-year-old Athena Strand in Texas. On Friday, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin announced that Athena's body was found southeast of the city of Boyd, roughly 11 miles away from her father's home. The heartbreaking news came after 200 volunteers from…
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The mom of a girl who police believe was kidnapped and killed by a FedEx driver has shared an agonizing tribute to her late daughter. On Friday, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin announced that the body of seven-year-old Athena Strand was found southeast of the city of Boyd, roughly 11…
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A 72-year-old woman from Germany has been arrested for allegedly turning off a patient's ventilator not once, but twice because she didn't like the noise. According to a statement from a German public prosecutor's office, the woman was staying at a hospital in Mannheim, southwest Germany, and sharing a room…
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In a perfect example of the old saying "Loose lips sink ships," an on-the-run criminal in Georgia single-handedly contributed to his own arrest after commenting on a local police station's Facebook post. Christopher Spaulding had been surfing Facebook earlier this week when he decided to comment on Rockdale County Sheriff's…
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Apple store staff have been praised by social media users for how they handled thieves stealing devices in broad daylight. The incident was recorded by a bystander and later posted on Twitter by Fox News. The caption reads: "'LET 'EM GO': Video shows Apple store being ransacked by thieves as…
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The grandmother of a 10-year-old boy who allegedly killed his mother after she refused to buy him a virtual reality headset has revealed that her grandson has "always" heard voices in his head. As previously reported, the Milwaukee child - whose name has been withheld due to his age -…
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A seven-year-old girl has been found dead in Texas after being kidnapped by a FedEx delivery driver, officials have said. As reported by NBC News, Athena Strand was reported missing from her father's Paradise home on Wednesday evening (roughly 40 miles northwest of Fort Worth). The news of the girl's…
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A life-changing sum has been raised for a father who was jailed for 22 months after tacking burglars who'd targeted his home - while the thieves avoided a prison sentence. Adam White, 34, from Eggington in the UK, was jailed in February for causing serious injury by dangerous driving after…
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A small Buddhist temple in Thailand has reportedly been left without any monks after all of them failed drug testing, according to reports. Per the BBC, four monks - including the abbot, the head of the monastery - in northern Thailand's Phetchabun province were found to have tested positive for…
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A woman traveling from Texas to Ohio on Southwest Airlines was detained after she tried to open the aircraft's door mid-flight, claiming Jesus told her to do it. The Daily Mail reported that 34-year-old Elom Agbegninou forced Southwest Flight 192 - headed to Columbus to Houston - to make an…
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A man has been jailed for causing injury to two armed men when they attempted to burgle his home - while they were spared prison. Adam White, 34, from Eggington in the UK, was jailed in February for 22 months for causing serious injury by dangerous driving after he ran…
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A Texas dad has launched a GoFundMe after his ex-girlfriend allegedly burned his house down because she thought he was cheating. On November 22, the Bexar County Sheriff's office issued a statement saying that 23-year-old Senaida Soto robbed and set fire to Tommy Garay's home after she FaceTimed his phone…
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A judge has ruled that a 19-year-old woman cannot attend her father's execution because she is too young, BBC News reports. Kevin Johnson, 37, will die by lethal injection on Tuesday, November 29 for shooting dead a police officer in 2005, when he was 19. His daughter, Corionsa "Khorry" Ramey,…
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Forty-nine people have been sentenced to death in Algeria over the lynching of a man who was falsely accused of starting deadly fires last year. In 2021, the nation suffered the worst blazes in its history, with up to 90 people perishing in multiple fires, the BBC reported. Djamel Ben…
