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At 11:55 a.m. Thursday, a Fairview West resident told police they found a body under a low-hanging bush near their house in the 2600 block of Bowie Lane, according to Corinth police Lt . Jimmie Gregg. Authorities believe it is Draper's body, but the medical examiner has not officially confirmed his identity. Gregg said police don't suspect foul play . He would not elaborate on any potential injuries or wounds found on the body. "We ask that you keep the Draper family in your thoughts and prayers and please respect their privacy during this difficult time," he said in a news release. Other reports 100 block of North Woodrow Lane —  Officials are not releasing any more details about the death of Stormye Murphey, an inmate at the Denton County Jail who was found dead in her cell Tuesday morning . Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said Wednesday that preliminary evidence shows the 30-year-old woman may have died from suicide, but the Tarrant County Medical Examine...

A Jacksonville police officer shot a man multiple times Sunday morning after, Sheriff’s Office officials said, he took the officer’s Taser during a struggle and pointed it at the officer. The shooting followed a foot chase that began when police responded to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute, heard a woman screaming and discovered a woman being strangled by a man on top of her inside an apartment at the Cleveland Arms apartment complex about 8:45 a.m. Devanta DeJuan Jones , 22, was shot at least four times by Officer Cliff Sames of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The shooting happened after Sames and another officer tried unsuccessfully to stun the man, later identified as Jones, three times with their Tasers during the pursuit in which Jones kicked in the door, then ran through a neighboring apartment occupied by a mother and three children. Jones also tried but failed to force his way inside two other apartments during the foot chase, said Director Tom Hackney of the S...

Saying they were there to do work, the four talked their way inside the apartment. They walked around, as if inspecting the place, but provided only vague answers to the residents’ questions before one stranger turned to the others. “Do you want to do this now or another time?” he asked. “I’m ready,” another said. With that, they attacked — the beginning of 11 terrifying hours for a family tied up and held captive overnight in their Silver Spring , Md., apartment, according to court documents filed in Montgomery County. Police say five intruders entered this Silver Spring apartment building Aug . 1 and held a family captive all night. The family was targeted, police say, because at least one of the intruders knew that a woman at the apartment worked at a check- cashing store; holding her at knifepoint, the intruders demanded she turn over store keys and an alarm code. On Monday, the final suspect charged in the home invasion — the four initial attackers allegedly were join...

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 ...