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Man Accused of Entering Missing Teen's Home Is Found Dead

updated

Oct 2, 2021 3:40 PM CDT

Missing Student's Remains Found

Miya Marcano, 19, had disappeared a week ago in Florida

(Newser) - Update: The body of a college student who had been missing for a week has been found in Florida, authorities said Saturday. Authorities discovered Miya Marcano's remains at an apartment building, the AP reports. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the cause of death is not yet known. Cellphone...

UFC Fighter's Stepdaughter
Likely a Victim of Foul Play

Oct 31, 2019 12:42 PM CDT

UFC Fighter's Stepdaughter Likely a Victim of Foul Play

Search continues for Aniah Blanchard in Alabama

(Newser) - Some 60 investigators from almost a dozen law enforcement agencies are now searching for the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight fighter Walt Harris, who was last heard from a week ago . "There is obviously high probability and likelihood that there's some foul play involved," Auburn Police Chief Paul...

Ole Miss Student Dead in Apparent Homicide

Arrest Made in Ole Miss
Student's Murder

UPDATED

Jul 23, 2019 11:43 AM CDT

Arrest Made in Ole Miss Student's Murder

Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial found Saturday north of Sardis Lake

(Newser) - A 22-year-old Texas man has been arrested in the death of a 21-year-old University of Mississippi student, whose body was found in a secluded area not far from campus. Lafayette County sheriff's deputies were on routine patrol Saturday morning when they discovered the body of Alexandria "Ally" Kostial...

Man Gets Fouled During
Pickup Game, Calls 911

Jul 18, 2018 11:48 AM CDT

Man Gets Fouled During Pickup Game, Calls 911

Cooler heads ultimately prevailed

(Newser) - It was a pickup game that went seriously awry. Fox 5 reports that during a casual Monday night game of basketball at an LA Fitness in Sterling, Virginia, a player was blocked by someone on the opposite team and fell to the floor. Then things fell apart. "Today for...

MetLife
Employee
Disappears
Without a Trace

Dec 14, 2016 8:57 AM CST

MetLife Employee Disappears Without a Trace

Parents of Danielle Stislicki suspect foul play

(Newser) - A 28-year-old MetLife employee in Southfield, Mich., has been missing since she left work around 5pm on Dec. 2, and as the days crawl by, her parents fear their oldest of four has been the target of foul play. Danielle Stislicki is a "people person" who's both "...

Cops: No Sign
of Foul Play in
Getty Heir's
Death

Apr 1, 2015 7:34 AM CDT

Cops: No Sign of Foul Play in Getty Heir's Death

But oil heir reportedly found half-naked with blunt-force trauma

(Newser) - The death of 47-year-old oil heir Andrew Getty doesn't appear to have been the result of foul play, the Los Angeles Times reports. An LAPD spokesman says that while it's "very, very early in the investigation ... this does not appear immediately to be a criminal act."...

Short NBA Refs?
Expect More
Foul Calls

study says

Nov 9, 2014 2:48 PM CST

Short NBA Refs? Expect More Foul Calls

Shortest crew calls an extra .147 fouls per game: study

(Newser) - NBA players be warned: If you've got a team of referees on the short side, you may want to keep your play extra clean. A study finds that shorter groups of refs are more likely to call fouls than are their taller counterparts, the Wall Street Journal reports. Researchers...

Body of Teen in Gym Mat Filled With Newspaper, Not Organs

Oct 10, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Body of Teen in Gym Mat Filled With Newspaper, Not Organs

Autopsy thickens plot in suspicious death

(Newser) - The plot has again thickened in the mysterious death of Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson: A second autopsy on the 17-year-old's exhumed body has found that before burial almost all of his organs were replaced with newspaper. Kendrick was found dead in a rolled-up wrestling mat at his school in...

Missing Tourist Found
—in LA Hotel's Water Tank

Feb 20, 2013 3:33 AM CST

Missing Tourist Found —in LA Hotel's Water Tank

Foul play suspected in Canadian's death

(Newser) - The body of a Canadian tourist missing in Los Angeles for three weeks has been found in the hotel she never checked out of—in a water tank on the roof. The grisly discovery was made by a maintenance worker investigating complaints of low water pressure, the Los Angeles Times...

Was Obama's
Dad Murdered?

Oct 21, 2010 8:15 AM CDT

Was Obama's Dad Murdered?

Family members question 'car accident' story

(Newser) - The official story is that President Obama’s father died after crashing his car into a tree—but Obama’s family in Kenya fears foul play had a hand in his death, according to a book Peter Firstbrook is working on about the Obamas. Though Barack Sr.’s car...

Yale Grad Student Disappears Days Before Wedding

Sep 10, 2009 7:23 PM CDT

Yale Grad Student Disappears Days Before Wedding

Cops see no evidence of foul play involving Annie Le, missing since Tuesday

(Newser) - A Yale graduate student due to be married on Sunday hasn’t been seen since Tuesday, the university’s Daily News reports. Video shows Annie Marie Le, 24, entering a building on the New Haven, Conn., campus, but there’s no evidence of her leaving. Authorities say her fiancé, family...

Coroner: No Foul Play
in Jackson Death

Jun 26, 2009 5:37 PM CDT

Coroner: No Foul Play in Jackson Death

(Newser) - A spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner said this afternoon there is “no indication of foul play” in the death yesterday of Michael Jackson, the AP reports. The officer acknowledged that the pop star, 50, took a variety of prescription drugs but said it was too soon to...