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Body of Girl Found in River Believed to Be That of 2-Year-Old Lost in Pennsylvania Flash Flood

July 22, 2023
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—The body of a young girl was recovered Friday in the Delaware River and was believed to be a 2-year-old who was one of two children swept away from their family’s vehicle by a flash flood last weekend, authorities said. The body was found in the early evening near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment…

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Police Cast Doubt on Carlee Russell’s Kidnapping Claim After Reporting Toddler on an Alabama Highway

July 20, 2023
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Authorities in Alabama cast doubt Wednesday on the story of a woman who set off a frantic search when she disappeared for two days after calling 911 to report a toddler wandering on the highway. Carlee Russell told investigators she was abducted and forced into a car Thursday, but they have been unable to verify…

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The Search for Children Lost in a Pennsylvania Flash Flood Continues Into a 4th Day

July 18, 2023
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—The search for a missing 2-year-old girl and her 9-month-old brother who were swept away from their car during flash flooding over the weekend carried into a fourth day, with officials acknowledging people seeking to volunteer to help but saying they won’t be needed. Upper Makefield Township police in a social media post…

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Search for Children Lost in Pennsylvania Flash Flood Continues Into 4th Day

July 18, 2023
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—The search for a missing 2-year-old girl and her 9-month-old brother who were swept away from their car during flash flooding over the weekend carried into a fourth day, with officials acknowledging people seeking to volunteer to help but saying they won’t be needed. Upper Makefield Township police in a social media post…

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Massive Search Is Underway for Missing Children Swept Away in Suburban Philadelphia Flash Flood

July 17, 2023
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WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa.—Crews in suburban Philadelphia on Monday intensified the search for a missing 9-month-old boy and his 2-year-old sister, swept away after weekend rains swelled the banks of a creek while they were driving to a barbecue with their family. Upper Makefield Township Fire Chief Tim Brewer said Monday the effort would be a…

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Hiker Missing in Yosemite After Being Swept Away by Fast-Flowing Creek

July 7, 2023
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.—A hiker has been missing in Yosemite National Park since the holiday weekend after being swept away by a cold and fast-flowing creek as California’s epic winter snowpack melts. Hayden T. Klemenok vanished while backpacking with a group at Upper Chilnualna Falls on Sunday, the National Park Service said in a statement….

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Texas Man Reported Missing as Teen in 2015 Has Been at Home With His Mother All Along, Police Say

July 6, 2023
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HOUSTON—A Texas man who was reported missing as a teenager in 2015 ultimately returned home a day later but he and his mother deceived officers by giving false names over the ensuing eight years, police said Thursday. Houston police detectives said prosecutors have declined to bring false report charges against Janie Santana and her son,…

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Missing 2-Year-Old Girl Is Found Dead in Detroit, After Her Disappearance Sparked Massive Search

July 6, 2023
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LANSING, Mich.—A missing 2-year-old girl was found dead in Detroit on Wednesday, authorities announced, three days after her disappearance sparked a massive search. Wynter Cole Smith’s body was discovered in the evening near a municipal airport that is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) northeast of downtown Detroit, Chief Ellery Sosebee of the Lansing Police Department…

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Indiana Man Confessed to Murders of Teenage Girls in Phone Call With His Wife, Documents Say

June 29, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS—An Indiana man charged with killing two teenage girls confessed multiple times to the murders in a phone call to his wife while in prison, according to court documents released Wednesday. Richard Matthew Allen allegedly told his wife, Kathy Allen, in an April 3 phone call that he killed Abigail Williams, 13, and Liberty German,…

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Man’s Death Awaiting Trial on Charges He Killed His Mother at Sea Was Not Suspicious, Autopsy Says

June 29, 2023
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CONCORD, N.H.—An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his…

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