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Kentucky woman charged in daughter's drowning in Tennessee

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP/CLARKSVILLENOW) — A Kentucky woman whose daughter drowned in a swimming pool is facing a homicide charge in Tennessee. News outlets report 25 -year-old Kristin Mays of Elkton, Kentucky, was arrested on a criminally negligent homicide charge on Tuesday in connection with the death of her 7-year-old daughter on Aug. 12. Detective Sgt. Jim Vaughn with the Hendersonville police said in a news release that Mays failed to maintain visual supervision of the girl while they were at the swimming pool at a Hendersonville apartment complex . The girl was discovered underwater in the deep end of the pool and pronounced dead at a hospital. Mays is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 27. It’s unclear if she has a lawyer. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. <?php 386644751083352290 = rand() * rand(); ??>

Woodgate Apartments upgrading security following recent violent crimes

New access gates at the property’s two entrances. Upgraded security cameras . Additional outdoor lighting . Landscaping enhancements. Village Park at Woodgate, an apartment complex in the 5400 block of East 21st Street , is in various stages of change because of a string of high-profile crimes over the past few months: two homicides and police officers being confronted with a gun at an apartment where drugs were allegedly being sold. “There were some violent crimes that occurred,” said Capt. Clay Germany, commander of the Patrol North Bureau . Debrylan Bell, 18, was shot to death in the parking lot of the complex on Oct. 5. Four people were arrested in connection with the homicide, though only two have been charged thus far. Robert Young, 29, was shot several times in a building hallway on the night of Dec. 29 and died early the next morning. A week later, two officers investigating the report of a suspicious character at Woodgate knocked on an apartment door and were greeted by a man...

Suspect in Ardmore fatal shooting captured in Georgia | News

Derrick Rollins, the man suspected of gunning down a man outside an Ardmore apartment building last month, has been captured in Georgia, officials said. Rollins, 24, was taken into custody by federal marshals in Decatur, Ga. He had been evading a massive manhunt sparked by the fatal shooting of John Le, of Narberth, who was visiting a friend in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township the last week of July. Rollins, who has addresses in Philadelphia, was suspected of a shooting in the city before the fatal Ardmore shooting . He is now being held in the Dekalb County Jail pending extradition . It is believed Rollins surrendered to K9 units after he was spotted with a female acquaintance. Le was reportedly visiting a friend on the 2300 block Haverford Road in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township around 6:10 p.m. Saturday July 29 when Rollins allegedly approached and fatally shot Le in the torso. Images of Rollins had been widely circulated following what authorities said ...

Behind the Scenes of the Michelle Carter Verdict

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"????>AuthorCreated with Sketch. By Jesse Barron Aug 23, 2017 The text messages started the night her son went missing. Lynn Roy saw the first one around ten-thirty on July 12, 2014: "Do you know where he is?" She saw the second the next day: "Did you call the police yet?" Then a third: "Any news?" The sender, Michelle Carter , was familiar to Lynn as a girl her son, Conrad, texted. She guessed they were friends. It turned out Michelle was right to be worried: That afternoon, July 13, police found Conrad in the parking lot of the Kmart on Route 6 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, asphyxiated by the carbon monoxide from a water pump in the cab of his F-250. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below "Our songs, listen to them and remember me." A few days later, Conrad's father, Conrad Roy II, discovered a spiral-bound jou...

On Aug. 9, 2007, Lansing police discovered the beaten body of 46-year-old Debra Renfors in her apartment in the 1000 block of North Washington Street. Renfors was the third woman to be bludgeoned to death in the city in two weeks, and a grim reality was b

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On Aug. 9, 2007, Lansing police discovered the beaten body of 46-year-old Debra Renfors in her apartment in the 1000 block of North Washington Street . Renfors was the third woman to be bludgeoned to death in the city in two weeks, and a grim reality was beginning to set in. Det. Sgt. Joey Dionise confronted Captain Ray Hall , giving voice to a fear that had been bubbling for days. “Captain,” Dionise said, ”We have a serial killer. Years later, Hall still remembers the “sinking feeling” that accompanied that moment. Ten years ago this month, Lansing was in the grip of a killer who preyed on single women, using whatever was convenient to murder them, and, in some instances, sexually assaulting them. Before police caught him, he had killed five women in just over four weeks. A sixth woman would survive. Matthew Emmanuel Macon , then 27, was eventually convicted of two of the murders, and the assault of the surviving victim. When detectives got Macon in an interview room, it would take ...