Mar. 15, 2025
A Florida woman died after a tree fell on her while she was celebrating her 73rd birthday afterHurricane Milton.
The woman, who was found underneath the tree limb when officers arrived, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Tantozo said her mother had started cleaning up before a tree service arrived to make sure residents at Oakland Manor Assisted Living were safe.
“One of the branches was hanging and then she keep cutting the lower part, the one that was touching the ground,” Tantozo’s husband told the station.
Mar. 15, 2025
Stock image of wedding gowns.Photo:Getty
Getty
After launching the investigation, police toldTheGuardianthat 69 other brides stepped forward with similar accounts from January 2019 to July 2023. Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Matt Hogan told the outlet that detectives had worked tirelessly with the 70 alleged victims and encouraged any others to come forward.
“There may be more victims yet to contact police,” he told the outlet. “If you have any information about suspected fraudulent businesses, please report it to Policelink.
Mar. 15, 2025
Gisselle Victoria-Gonzalez; Runyleidy Medina-Pacheco.Photo:Orlando Police Department
Orlando Police Department
A woman in Florida has been charged with second-degree murder after her roommate was last seen on Christmas Day two years ago.
“A search warrant was executed at their residence, where significant evidence was recovered, indicating a violent incident had occurred,” the police statement continued.
Runyleidy Medina-Pacheco.Orlando Police Department
Multiple local, state and federal law enforcement agencies were able to find Victoria-Gonzalez living in Hartford, Connecticut, and after conducting an additional interview with her, police were able to arrest and charge Victoria-Gonzalez.
Mar. 15, 2025
Samantha Wishman.Photo:Marinette County Jail
Marinette County Jail
A Wisconsin woman was arrested last week in connection with the death of her boyfriend’s 3-year-old son after she claimed he died from a fall down the stairs.
Samantha Wishman, 32, is facing charges of first-degree reckless homicide and neglecting a child, after the boy died on June 15, 2023.
The boy’s death was initially reported as an accidental fall down a flight of stairs.
Mar. 15, 2025
A California woman who killed her former stepfatherafter discovering hundreds of nude images of herself on his computer was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder.
The murderer, Jade Janks, murdered Thomas Merriman, who was one of the founders of Butterfly Farms, a research and education non-profit dedicated to the conservation of butterflies located in Encinitas, Calif., according toThe San Diego Union-Tribune.
Janks faces life in prison.
During a weeks-long trial, prosecutors argued Janks, a 39-year-old Solana Beach interior designer, drugged, strangled and suffocated Merriman, 64, with a plastic bag on New Year’s Eve 2020, after she stumbled upon racy photos of herself on his computer while cleaning his bedroom following his hospitalization for a fall,The Coast Newsreports.