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☆ Trail of blood near car of missing Virginia father led to nearby woods, family says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The family of a Virginia father who vanished days before Christmas found a trail of blood leading from his abandoned car to nearby woods, relatives said. Perez, who has a 10-month-old with Guerrero, said she reported him missing when he didn't return. The family later found his car less than 2 miles from his home, Perez said. Prince William County Police Department“My son would never do anything or hurt anyone,” said Guerrero’s mother, Andrea Salgado. We were grieving for my son.”Perez accused Prince William County police of failing to take her missing person report seriously, accusing authorities of believing he’d run away “or some other excuse,” she said.

☆ Rapper Theophilus London is missing, authorities in Los Angeles say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A missing persons report was filed for rapper and singer Theophilus London after his family lost “complete contact” with him this year, authorities said Wednesday. London, 35, was last seen in Los Angeles’ Skid Row area in October, police said. “The person reporting and Theophilus’s family members lost complete contact with him in October of 2022,” Los Angeles police said in a statement. In a separate statement released Wednesday by Secretly, a music label that has worked with London, family members and friends reported that he was last spoken to in July, The Associated Press reported. London released his third album, 2020's "Bebey," on his own label, My Bebey Records.

Police investigating the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students are denying a professor's involvement in the unsolved case after a self-described internet sleuth and Tarot card reader posted accusations on TikTok claiming a connection. "At this time in the investigation, detectives do not believe the female associate professor and chair of the history department at the University of Idaho suing a TikTok user for defamation is involved in this crime," police in Moscow, Idaho, said Tuesday. In an attempt to clear her name, Scofield filed a federal lawsuit last week against Ashley Guillard, the Texas woman who posted accusations on TikTok that the professor planned the killings with another University of Idaho student. After a lawyer for Scofield sent a cease-and-desist letter to Guillard on Nov. 29, she kept posting what the suit calls defamatory videos. The Moscow Police Department said in a news release Tuesday that it would not comment on the litigation.

☆ Idaho professor sues TikToker over allegations about killing of 4 university students
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The suit, filed Wednesday in Idaho District Court by history department chair Rebecca Scofield, also accused TikTok user Ashley Guillard of falsely alleging that the professor had planned the killings with another University of Idaho student. The lawsuit appears to be the latest example of what one expert called “dangerous” speculation surrounding the quadruple homicide in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13. According to the suit, Scofield, who began working at the university in 2016, never met the slain students, nor had they taken a class with her. “Professor Scofield has never met Guillard,” the suit says. Professor Scofield does know that she has been harmed by the false TikToks and false statements.”The suit adds that the allegations triggered significant emotional distress and damage to Scofield's reputation.

Four people died and multiple others were injured in a massive car crash involving at least 46 vehicles, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said Friday. The crash occurred in the eastbound lanes on the Ohio Turnpike in Erie County. Fifteen commercial vehicles were being cleared from the turnpike late Friday, and “white-out conditions persist,” highway patrol said. Two 18-wheelers that crashed Friday on the Ohio Turnpike. “The weather outside is not favorable, and often times there are whiteout conditions, which does not make it safe for travel,” Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt.

☆ Target issues recall for more than 200,000 weighted blankets after 2 children die
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Target issued a recall for more than 200,000 weighted blankets after two children in North Carolina died from asphyxiation, federal officials and Target said Thursday. Target urged people who bought the 6-pound Pillowfort brand blankets to stop using them immediately and contact the store for a refund. Target received four reports of children becoming entrapped in the 6-pound blankets, including the two deaths, the federal agency said. The blankets, sold exclusively by Target, were available from December 2018 to September, the agency said. The recall was issued for 204,000 blankets, it said.

☆ Missing infant found alive after authorities arrest woman accused of kidnapping twin babies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A missing infant was found alive in Indianapolis on Thursday, hours after the arrest of a woman accused of stealing a car with the boy and his twin brother in it in Ohio, authorities said. Nalah Jackson, 24, was arrested earlier Thursday on an Indianapolis street, Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant told reporters. Her connection to the city wasn’t immediately clear. His condition wasn’t immediately clear. It wasn't immediately clear if Jackson has a lawyer to speak on her behalf.

☆ Elon Musk says he will resign as Twitter's CEO when he finds a replacement
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk will step down as Twitter’s CEO after he finds someone “foolish” enough to replace him, he said Tuesday. In a tweet, Musk said he will remain at the company to run its software and servers teams. Musk posted an informal poll on the social media site days ago asking users whether he should step down from the position and promising to abide by the results. Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist,” apologized for the link policy, saying major changes wouldn’t happen at the company without a vote. Three minutes later, he asked users whether he should resign.

CVS and Walgreens are limiting how many children’s pain relief medications people can buy at once amid a winter “tripledemic” of respiratory viruses, the companies said Monday. In a statement, CVS said it is limiting the number of pain relief medications to two. Walgreens customers can buy six over-the-counter pediatric fever reducers, the company said in a statement. “Due to increased demand and various supplier challenges, over-the-counter pediatric fever reducing products are seeing constraint across the country,” Walgreens said. The respiratory viruses have hit young children hard because many remained at home after the pandemic hit nearly three years ago, leaving their immune systems vulnerable to common illnesses, experts have said.

☆ Mother of Idaho murder victim says she learned of 'critical' clue in unsolved slayings the same time as everyone else
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Erin Mclaughlin | Tim Stelloh | Erin Mclaughlin Is An Nbc News Correspondent. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

"Investigators believe the occupant(s) of this vehicle may have critical information to share regarding this case," the release said. Authorities haven’t identified a suspect or found a murder weapon, thought to be a fixed-blade knife. A lawyer for Goncalves, Shanon Gray, faulted Moscow police for not having informed the family before they released the information. The spokesman, Robbie Johnson, said the email was an example of a message aimed at keeping the Goncalves family informed. Goncalves said Mabbutt described Kaylee's injuries in a phone call to the family, answered by her 17-year-old daughter.

Police arrived at the rental house in Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students had been fatally stabbed hours prior in their bedrooms, to find friends and neighbors gathered outside. The neighborhood was “very, very somber.”The small police force scrambled for an “all hands on deck” response, which Lanier said included calling the Idaho State Police for help to process the scene. “We get tips every day that are viable.”While a lack of information about the killer has caused anxiety, public officials are asking for patience. Rep. Brandon Mitchell, a Republican who represents Moscow in the Idaho State Legislature, said he tells constituents to have faith in the police and avoid being speculative. City officials, including members of the Moscow City Council, praised Fry after his Nov. 16 news conference.

☆ Mystery deepens as friends reveal accused 'catfisher' visited longtime girlfriend in days before killing a teen's family
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Efforts to reach Edwards’ family have been unsuccessful. Neither Gates nor the second friend knew about the trip ahead of time, a move Gates described as unusual. The second friend said he learned of it from Edwards' father after Edwards didn't let him know he was heading home. In a text message with the second close friend, the girlfriend described Edwards' trip as "spontaneous" and said everything had gone well, the second friend said. He wanted to move back to southwestern Virginia, where he could be closer to friends and family, Gates said.

☆ No evidence found in excavation at Iowa site after woman claimed father was a serial killer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Phil-Helsel-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A three-day search in southwestern Iowa that followed a woman’s claims that her late father was a serial killer has turned up no evidence, state officials said Thursday. The excavation was at the property in Thurman, in Fremont County, where the woman claimed the bodies were buried, said Mitch Mortvedt, assistant director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. “After exhaustive efforts, no evidence or other items of concern were recovered,” the state Department of Public Safety, of which the division is a part, said in a statement. Lucy Studey has claimed that her late father, Donald Dean Studey, was a serial killer who buried bodies around his property in Thurman, according to Newsweek, which first reported the story. The recent excavation included “an array of experts representing several disciplines and significant assets to excavate, collect and examine soil samples from a site identified by a reporting party," the public safety department said.

A woman accused Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter of raping her at a concert in Washington State two decades ago, when she was 17, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday. "He also said he’d turn people against me because he’s Nick Carter and he would wreck my life," the woman is quoted as saying in a news release from her lawyer, Mark Boskovich. In a statement, Michael Holtz, an attorney for Carter, called the allegations "legally meritless" and "entirely untrue." Holtz said the woman had been "manipulated into making false allegations about Nick — and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time. Carter raped her a second time on a bed near the back of the tour bus while she begged him to stop, the suit alleges.

☆ Authorities blame 'human error' for hiring of ex-trooper accused of 'catfishing' teen and killing her family
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Authorities in Virginia said Wednesday that “human error” led to the hiring of a former state trooper accused of killing a California family after he "catfished” their teenage relative. In a statement, Virginia State Police said an administrative review found "human error resulted in an incomplete database query" during the hiring process for Austin Edwards, 28. “The department is also proactively auditing existing personnel records and practices.”The statement added that Edwards didn't disclose anything that would have disqualified him from the job. NBC News has not confirmed the details of the report, and Wednesday’s police statement didn't address the matter. Virginia State Police previously said a background check found no “indicators of concern” when Edwards was hired.

☆ Legislator behind Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law is accused of Covid-relief fraud
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Florida legislator who sponsored legislation critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay" bill was accused of illegally obtaining tens of thousands of dollars in Covid-relief funds, authorities said Wednesday. Joseph Harding, 35, was indicted on six counts of wire fraud, money laundering, making false statements and other crimes, the U.S. attorney’s office for Northern Florida said in a release. Harding sought more than $150,000 in loans and received roughly $45,000 in January and February 2021, according to the indictment. "This bill goes way beyond the text on its page," former Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat who is gay, said in February. He could face 20 years in prison for the fraud charges, 10 years for money laundering and five years for making false statement, the release says.

“You have to sample them all and analyze them all to see if they belong to victims or a suspect. The Moscow killings occurred in a three-story, six-bedroom rented house, about a half-block from the University of Idaho campus. The apartment house in Moscow, Idaho, where four students were stabbed to death held an enormous amount of biological evidence, experts say. “So, who could have left that DNA evidence? Before getting answers about DNA, investigators seek clues in the location of blood.

A lawsuit filed Monday in New York City alleges that Hollywood writer-director James Toback is a “serial sexual predator” who targeted and abused dozens of women over decades while often saying he wanted to cast them in his films. The Harvard Club of New York City, where the suit alleges Toback "lured" several of the women, is also named as a defendant. In some cases cited in the suit, Toback allegedly blocked women from escaping or chased them when they fled before sexually assaulting them. In several instances include in the suit, Toback allegedly masturbated in front of the women or on them, and penetrated them without their consent. The 89-page suit alleges assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.

☆ Ex-trooper bought home, blacked out windows, weeks before allegedly killing family of teen he catfished, seller says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Property records from Smyth County, Virginia, list Austin Lee Edwards as the owner of the home on Allison Gap Road. “It still doesn’t feel real," Gordon told NBC affiliate WCYB of Bristol, Virginia. A fire that authorities believe was intentionally set broke out at their home and Edwards allegedly drove off with the teen. Gordon said Edwards told him that he moved to the area because he'd grown up in the region and wanted to return. The last time Gordon said he saw Edwards was Tuesday, Nov. 22, three days before the Wineks were killed.

☆ University of Idaho student slayings may not have been a targeted attack, police say, walking back their prior statement
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Police investigating the grisly killings of four University of Idaho students are walking back a prior statement, now saying it is not known if the residence or its occupants were "specifically targeted." Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, were found fatally stabbed at an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, and the killings remain a mystery. On Wednesday, the Moscow Police Department said this was a “miscommunication.”“Detectives do not currently know if the residence or any occupants were specifically targeted but continue to investigate,” police said. Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial honoring four slain University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho. Such unclear answers may have given whoever fatally stabbed the students more time to flee, law enforcement experts say.

☆ University of Florida quarterback arrested and accused of sharing child sexual abuse images on Discord
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

University of Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna was charged Wednesday with distributing child exploitation material, accused of sharing images of sexual abuse on the messaging platform Discord, authorities said. Kitna, 19, faces two counts of the crime and three counts of possession of child pornography, Gainesville police said in a statement. The school’s University Athletic Association said Kitna, a freshman, was suspended indefinitely from its football program. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted local authorities Wednesday that someone shared an image depicting child abuse on Discord, the police department said. A preliminary analysis of Kitna's devices found three other images depicting child sexual abuse, according to the police department.

☆ Lawsuit accusing former 'SNL' star Horatio Sanz of grooming, assaulting teen is dismissed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A lawsuit accusing former “Saturday Night Live” star Horatio Sanz of grooming a teenage girl and sexually assaulting her two decades ago her was dismissed, according to a court filing. Lawyers for Sanz and NBCUniversal, the other defendants listed in the filing, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night. Sanz, who appeared on “Saturday Night Live” between 1998 and 2006, was 31. In a court filing in April, Sanz acknowledged knowing the teen but denied the allegations. After the suit was filed, a lawyer for Sanz, Andrew Brettler, called the claims "totally meritless" in an August 2021 statement.

Kim Kardashian’s divorce from Ye was finalized Tuesday, with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West agreeing to pay the reality show star $200,000 a month in child support payments, court documents show. According to settlement papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Ye agreed to begin paying Kardashian next month for their four children, all of whom are under 10. Kardashian's lawyer declined to comment. Kardashian filed for divorce last year, claiming in court documents that Ye’s social media posts about their family were “misinformation” that caused her emotional distress. In court documents, a lawyer for the rapper described her assertion as “double hearsay” and said she couldn’t prove he wrote the posts.

☆ Dwyane Wade blasts ex-wife's claims about profiting from transgender daughter's name change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dianadasrath-Headshot.Jpg | Diana Dasrath | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

In the documents, Funches-Wade claimed her ex-husband violated their custody agreement because he never tried discussing the name change with her. She also accused him of possibly “pressuring” their child to move forward with the “name and gender change in order to capitalize” on related financial opportunities. Wade has been publicly supportive of Zaya, who came out in 2020. “There are genuinely people out there who think that you’re a kid, this is a phase, or you don’t actually know what you’re talking about,” Zaya said in a clip from the Logo30 series. “I know that I’m trans and it’s not like one day I just went, ‘I want to try out being trans.’ No.

☆ Virginia congressman Donald McEachin dies at 61
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Donald McEachin, a Virginia Democrat recently elected to a fourth term in Congress, died Monday after nearly a decade with cancer. McEachin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2013, his chief of staff, Tara Rountree, said in a statement Monday. “We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,” Rountree said. “Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013. McEachin also earned a master of divinity degree from Virginia Union University, in 2008.

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