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23-year-old Daniel Schaefer will spend 5 years in prison, followed by 10 years of extended supervision.

In January, the Fond du Lac man was driving the wrong way on the highway, when he crashed into an oncoming car, killing 14-year-old Lacey Meinel, and injuring her mother.

“Hayley had woken up in the morning complaining about a headache and she collapsed later on and was rushed to hospital but died the next day. “It has been very difficult for the whole family as they were very close.”

Despite her loss, Mrs Oliver says she has been able to take some comfort with news from doctors that her daughter’s heart was donated to an eight-year-old boy and that her kidneys were given to two women aged 48 and 42. She added: “I think Hayley would be very pleased if she knew that she was helping to save other people’s lives or helping to make them more comfortable because she was such a caring person.

Read more at: http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/tragic-death-of-young-mum-helps-save-three-others-1-2653704

Hayley Jordan’s heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, bowel and kidneys were transplanted.

A girl received part of her liver and a woman with cystic fibrosis received her lungs, enabling her to return to university.

Maddy was diagnosed with osteosarcoma June 2, and doctors told her family she had only weeks to live. One of her dying wishes, according to her mother, was to make a difference. But as it turns out, she already had.

Maddy died on June 16, just two weeks after her diagnosis.

she gives advice for them to live by and reveals her unshakeably positive attitude, writing: ‘Every day is special, so make the most of it. You could get a life-ending illness tomorrow so make the most of every day. Life is only bad if you make it bad.’

Mr Orchard, 33, said: ‘I started reading it but before long I had to stop because it was too much. It was heartbreaking.’

Athena was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, at the age of 12, after collapsing just before Christmas in the kitchen of the family’s home in New Parks, Leicester.

She had an emergency seven-and-a-half hour operation to remove a tumour on her spine, followed by months of chemotherapy targeting the cancer in her spine, shoulder and head.

She lost her hair and much of her strength – but not her positive outlook. In marker pen on the back of the mirror, she wrote: ‘Happiness depends upon ourselves. Maybe it’s not about the happy ending, maybe it’s about the story. The purpose of life is a life of purpose. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.’

Despite treatment, Athena’s condition deteriorated quickly, and she died at home last week, surrounded by her family.

Days later, her parents discovered her message while moving the mirror that stood against her bedroom wall.

Mr Orchard, who gave up work as a landscape gardener when his daughter became ill, said: ‘I couldn’t believe it, I saw all this writing, it must have been about 3,000 words. It’s so touching. When I first saw it, it just blew me away.

‘She never mentioned it, but it’s the kind of thing she’d do. She was a very spiritual person, she’d go on about stuff that I could never understand – she was so clever.’
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Stephanie’s mother Cindy, 58, announced her daugher's death in a farewell message on Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday evening.

It said: 'Our beautiful and brave Stephanie fell asleep at 5.45pm and she was with her family and pets and was very peaceful.

Katelyn was diagnosed with bone cancer in May 2011 after her right arm went limp. Katelyn Norman suffered from osteosarcoma for two years and doctors told her last week that there was nothing more they could do

Dreams on Katelyn's bucket list include:
A last slow dance

Learning to drive a car

A day with each sibling

Seeing Italy

A last kiss

A Marilyn Monroe piercing on her lip

Attending an Of Mice and Men concert and getting an autographed T-shirt

Riding on the back of a motorcycle

FIVE months ago Renee Chandler found a lump the size of a 20c coin in her breast.Renee, from Melbourne, was diagnosed with cancer just six weeks after bringing her pup Baxter home She had been told she had stage four triple negative breast cancer Renee sadly died six months after diagnosis During her short battle with the disease, Renee had chemotherapy, a mastectomy and radiation. her stage four, triple negative breast cancer spread to her lungs, liver, bones and brain.

Jess Wilkes, 27, went overboard when her boat struck a warning beacon on the river in the city of Avignon
Jess Wilkes, 27, died in horrific circumstances on Saturday in an accident in which three others from the UK and four from France were also hurt.

Detectives need to establish whether the boat was going too fast as it made its way from a mooring next to the Guinguette at the Old Mill restaurant in the picturesque district of Villeneuve-les-Avignon.

A source close to the enquiry said: "The entire party of eight had just left the Guinguette after an evening of eating and drinking.

"They boarded a six-metre boat, and were heading towards the Popes’ Palace in Avignon when, at around 10.45pm, the boat hit a water beacon."

The beacons are solid metal pillars in the middle of the River Rhone that help river traffic to navigate properly.
Ms Wilkes, a PA at an architect’s office in London, was sent flying off the boat in the "extremely violent collision", according to the source.

"Beyond the possibility of the boat having been speeding, the investigation will also want to know if it had sufficient lighting. There is a possibility that the skipper did not see beacon."

The source said the influence of alcohol on those on board the boat, and especially the skipper, will also be examined.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4746735/cops-launch-manslaughter-probe-brit-mum-jess-wilkes-killed-speedboat-france/An emergency plan swung into action within minutes of the crash, with ambulance workers and firefighters attending the scene on boats while a search was organised for victims.

"The boat was completely adrift,’ said Philippe Chaussinand, who was in charge of the operation. "After recovering the boat we focused on the search for victim who may have fallen off."

It took a full three hours to recover Ms Wilkes’s body, which was found at a depth of some six meters.

The crash took place at the junction with Elm Park Road as she walked to a bus stop less than 100 yards from her home, where she had moved with her family three weeks earlier.

Ms Gradinariu was taken to an east London hospital with life-threatening head and leg injuries but later died.

Dying girl’s screams, tears haunt mother of Oregon E. coli victim
4-year-old girl was taken off life support after she contracted E. coli, and health officials are working to determine the source of the bacteria.

Serena Profitt was surrounded by dozens of family members at Doernbecher Children's Hospital when she was taken off life support around 9:30 p.m. Monday.

"She's the most vibrant young girl ever; she's just sweet loving and so amazing, so smart, just a heart that is of gold," said aunt Aleahsa Hargitt.

The golden-haired 4-year-old got sick after a day of fun with her family in Lincoln City. Her family said she became so ill, they took her to a McMinnville hospital where she went into kidney failure.

She was later rushed to Doernbecher Children's Hospital, where the family said doctors diagnosed her with E. coli.

"She was great Sunday morning, and then by 4'oclock, she had a stroke," said Hargitt.

On Tuesday, Oregon Health & Science University confirmed the girl had tested positive for E. coli.
"Serena Profitt died Monday evening from complications of hemolytic uremic syndrome. Most cases of HUS occur following an infection caused by specific strains of E. coli. Serena tested positive for E. coli, but we don't yet know which strain. A sample of has been sent to the state lab for further testing," a hospital statement said.

The girl's family said her condition advanced to her brain and caused her other organs to shut down.

"I can't imagine how in eight days I lose my precious baby and too fast," said grandmother Sherri Profitt. "Hold on to your babies, hold on to them."

Serena's family said another young boy on the trip to Lincoln City over the Labor Day weekend is also sick and currently receiving treatment at a Tacoma hospital.
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Her father, Rob Hoksbergen, said the family doesn’t know how or where she became ill and that they are working with the Whatcom County Health Department to find a potential source of her illness.

ap wrote:
A teenage girl died Sunday after a jet ski crash in Tod Township, according to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office.

Following the crash, Jacie Everett, 18, of Bucyrus, was taken to the Bucyrus Community Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

At 6:32 p.m., the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a jet ski crash on a farm pond. According to a press release, Everett was on a 1991 Yamaha jet ski when it was struck by another 1991 Yamaha jet ski.

Grieving family warns of jet ski dangers following fatal Crawford County crash

BUCYRUS, Ohio (WSYX/WTTE) -- A mother speaks out for the first time following her daughter's fatal jet ski crash on a farm pond last month.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Office said 18-year-old Jacie Everett was on a 1991 Yamaha jet ski and was struck by another jet ski.
Everett was a senior at Bucyrus High School where she played volleyball and basketball. Coaches and student athletes told her mother how she was a great teammate and friend.
"They have all told me she was there for them. Anytime they were feeling down, she would cheer them up or she would pep talk them."
Tioni Blackert said it was heartwarming to see people coming together to remember her daughter at the funeral. Blackert has two other children, who she said are taking the accident very hard.
Blackert said Jacie went with her boyfriend on Sunday evening to another friend's house after a family birthday party. Blackert said she has been told her daughter turned around to look back at her boyfriend and was struck head on by the other teen.
"I was told it was pretty much instantaneous and I hate the entire situation. I miss my little girl. I guess I have some comfort in knowing that she didn't suffer, that she was having fun and enjoying her life at that moment and then it was over. She didn't see it coming. She didn't have the panic. She wasn't in pain and that to me is comforting."
The boys said Jacie was not conscious when they pulled her from the water and did CPR on her. Medics took the teen to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Family friend Chuck Sams said they want to warn other young people to be aware of their surroundings.
"All it takes is one minor mistake or one thing being overlooked and it can just be bad all the way around."
Sams said jet skis are exhilarating and fun, but dangerous since they have no brakes.
"It is really tragic that this had to take place. A jet ski is a motor vehicle . You do travel at high speeds. And they are not the most agile pieces of equipment," said Sams.

obit wrote:
Goodbye our little angel. A bright star gone," is what the family of Abbie Louise Perrin wrote when paying tribute to the three-year-old.

Abbie died in a collision between a mini-moto motorcycle being driven by her mother's partner and a pick-up truck in Louth, Lincolnshire on 26 May, 2008.

The girl was being carried on the petrol tank of the bike when the accident happened on a footpath near her home.

Abbie's grandmother Carol Pocklington said: "We only had Abbie for three short years, but every day she was so full of fun and happy-go-lucky. She brightened up each and every day and was very friendly and outgoing and always had a smile on her face.

"The family are totally and utterly devastated but we are pulling together and drawing strength from each other. Abbie will be missed by all so much."

Family friend Latoyah McNally said: "She was a fun-loving little girl. I can't believe it has happened. Everyone is in shock at the tragedy."

Police responded around 7:30 p.m. to the 500 block of Deer Pond Drive to an automobile versus pedestrian accident, according to Willow Park Police Department.

"It is great sadness that we are sharing that our sweet Cora has passed into the loving arms of Jesus Christ at around 1:30 a.m.," the post reads. "The gift of a such a beautiful child we never deserved. God was gracious enough to bless us with Cora over the last 11 years.

"We will never forget her sparkling personality, love for people, her infectious smile, and her abundance of hugs. We waited for the miracle of healing on this earth, but God had different plans."

She sustained severe brain damage, as well as injuries to her face, kidney, pelvis and left arm. She had her breathing tube removed Thursday, Oct. 19, and remained in a coma until she died Wednesday.

Cora Gonzaels was a fifth grade student at Cedar View Elementary School. She was the eighth of 10 children

AUSTRALIA’S worst flu season on record has claimed another young victim, Queensland teenager Maddy Jones.
The 18-year-old started to show normal flu-like symptoms — a sore throat and a runny nose — while on holidays with her boyfriend recently.
But just five days later she was admitted to intensive care where she fell into a coma and never woke up,

In Death tragic 9 year old  Nevaeh Gale-Spollen saves 5 lives through organ donation

Heartbroken mum Crystal, 32, who lives at Meadowview Grove, Lucan, Dublin, spoke yesterday for the first time on the tragedy and how the family found the courage to donate the organs.

Nevaeh innocently played on a green opposite her grandmother’s house in Sarsfield Park, Lucan, when she suddenly became ill and collapsed.

Just weeks before Crystal had written an essay about the joy of her daughter’s birth.

She wrote: “My daughter was born on Christmas Day. I fell in love with her the moment I saw her. She was perfect and all mine to love and care for.”

What nobody knew was Nevaeh – named from a TV show which specified the word was Heaven spelled backwards – was born with a malformed blood vessel on her brain.

It claimed her life in November when, after stepping off a swing and turning to smile at the five-year-old girl neighbour sitting on an adjoining swing, she suddenly collapsed.

Seconds earlier Nevaeh had been telling her playmate, who was worried about losing wobbly teeth, that it was OK if she lost teeth, that she lost 10 and they had grown back.

Crystal said: “The little girl said Nevaeh was walking away from the swing and she turned around, just took a deep breath, smiled and passed out.”

Neighbours and passers-by rushed to resuscitate Nevaeh and a local doctor arrived with a defibrillator.

In Crumlin Children’s Hospital, Crystal was told her little girl had a massive aneurysm.

When the battle to save her ended doctors informed her that, even if medics had known of the malformed blood vessel, it was unlikely they could have operated where it was.

Crystal added: “It was something they couldn’t detect. She began to suffer from headaches a couple of months before the tragedy but the doctor said it was probably migraine, that young children suffered from over-concentrating at school or not drinking enough water.

“Her last headache was when we were watching a movie together on tv on Halloween Night. Nevaeh said to turn the light off as her head was really sore.

“I said OK but if it continues I am taking you to the hospital in the morning. She fell asleep, and I carried her up to bed. Next morning, she was full of life. The pain had gone away.”

A few days later tragedy struck.
http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/girl-born-christmas-day-saved-4850851

Mrs Spollen, 32, who lives in Lucan, Dublin, has spoken about the death of her daughter, who – unknown to her parents – was born with a malformed blood vessel on her brain.

It claimed Nevaeh’s life in November when, after stepping off a swing and turning to smile at a five-year-old friend sitting on an adjoining swing, she collapsed and fell to the ground.

In Crumlin Hospital Nevaeh’s parents were told that their daughter had had a massive aneurysm.

PEORIA — One of the two girls injured Tuesday morning in a car crash south of Bartonville has died, the Peoria County coroner said Wednesday evening.

Kieley Blakesley, 7, was pronounced brain dead at 8:38 p.m. at OSF Healthcare Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Coroner Jamie Harwood said.

The other girl, 5 years old, is still in the hospital, and her condition wasn’t available, but police said Tuesday that both girls had been critically injured.

Blakesley was apparently unrestrained in the backseat of a Chevrolet Cruze that collided head-on with another vehicle in the 4900 block of South Airport Road shortly before 7 a.m., Harwood said. An autopsy for the young girl has not been scheduled.

The driver of that Cruze, Paige Stuart, 25, of Pekin has been cited by Peoria County sheriff’s deputies with driving in the wrong lane, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving under the influence of drugs. Police have been tight-lipped on details, but a newly filed court document offered more details.

An affidavit for a search warrant, filed in Peoria County Circuit Court, sought information from the two vehicles involved in the 6:49 a.m. Tuesday crash that occurred just south of Bartonville. The document also sought any evidence that could “constitute the offense of aggravated driving under the influence.” Neither driver has been charged in court.

According to the document, Stuart’s Cruze was headed south on Airport Road near the intersection of West Dietrich Lane when it crossed over the center line and collided head-on with a Mazda SUV driven by Melissa Hammond. After the crash, a deputy allegedly smelled alcohol from inside the Cruze driven by Stuart. The two girls were in the back of Stuart’s car, and on Tuesday, after the accident, Peoria County officials said they had found only one booster seat in the back of the Cruze.

According to the affidavit, medical personnel treating Stuart reported to a detective that they had detected several different types of drugs.
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Abu-Hakmeh was killed Tuesday morning and her younger sister was seriously injured in a two-car crash on U.S. 20 here just after 7 a.m.

The driver of the other vehicle, Gayle Brown, 85, of Greencastle, Indiana, was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed and crossed the center line striking the car carrying the two girls, according to officials. Brown was driving a Buick Regal westbound in the inside lane of traffic before the crash. Abu-Hakmeh was driving a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse eastbound in the inside lane of travel.

Both Abu-Hakmeh and Brown died at the scene.

Abu-Hakmeh's 12-year-old sister was transported to Comers Children's Hospital in Chicago where she was in critical, but stable condition, said Portage Police Chief Troy Williams.

"The impact caused catastrophic damage to both vehicles," said Williams.

Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said Brown was traveling "at a high rate of speed."
The crash happened on U.S. 20 about 500 feet east of Clem Road, in an area of U.S. 20 which curves and rises over a railroad track. The area of U.S. 20 between the rise and Dombey Road further to the west has been the scene of several crashes over the years.

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Abu-Hakmeh was a senior at Chesterton High School and her sister is a seventh grader at Chesterton Middle School.

"We have counseling available for all of our students and for staff members that have been touched by her," said Duneland Schools spokesperson Bridget Martinson, adding all CHS students were informed of the girl's death Tuesday morning by school personnel.
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Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash that killed a 14-year-old near Brighton on Sunday night, the Colorado State Patrol said.

The girl, Sarah Haverstuhl, was driving the vehicle southbound on Riverdale Road near Birghton when she lost control of the vehicle and went off the road near 153rd Avenue, according to state troopers.

The vehicle went through a fence and down an embankment where it rolled onto its roof and landed in a retention pool in the South Platte River around 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
The 14-year-old driver was killed, and the passengers, two 17-year-old boys and a 30-year-old woman, were taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

The CSP believes the 14-year-old was speeding and had alcohol in her system at the time of the crash.

"A lot of people will judge her because she had colorful hair and piercings, and a lot of people link that to, oh, she's bad, she made poor choices," Jessica Shelton said
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obit wrote:
Mallory was a member of Grace Fellowship Church in DeMotte and Evangelical Free Church in Canton, IL. Mallory was a devout follower of Jesus Christ and she boldly shared her faith. She had a desire for others to know her Savior, Jesus Christ.

FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A 17-year-old girl who was on life support after an accident involving an SUV and a semi in Johnson County has died.

The crash happened just before 11:30 p.m. last Friday at State Route 44 and CR 500 East.

The driver of the Toyota RAV4 told officers with the Franklin Police Department that she was getting ready to turn onto Bertram Parkway from I-65 and did not see a semi headed west on SR 44 until it struck her SUV.

Five people in the SUV were taken to the hospital. Emma Moore, 17, was a passenger in the front seat of the SUV. She was on life support at Riley Hospital but has since died.

A junior at Franklin Community High School, Emma grew up dancing at Le Rose Dance Academy as at student and later as an assistant teacher.

"Just a great role model for every young dancer and kid that came through here really."
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Ryan Post of Hickman was life-flighted to the Bryan Medical Center west campus, where she died Thursday afternoon.

In all, 16 people, including 14 Norris students, were involved in the crash, which occurred north of the school at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. Five vehicles struck each other as vehicles in front of them slowed for another crash on the same road.

Ryan was an eighth-grader at Norris Middle School.

The Norris School District released a statement on Thursday:

“Ryan was a positive, vibrant and upbeat young lady. She was an excellent student and involved in activities including club cheerleading. She will be greatly missed by her friends, family and the entire Norris community.

“We extend our heartfelt condolences to Ryan’s family,” including parents Colleen Lovett and Jeramie Post, and sisters Raelynand Riley Post.
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ob wrote:
This young girl and two of her friends were walking on a path next to a road when they were struck by an intoxicated driver who said he was adjusting his stereo. The truck veered off the road and struck them. He said he thought he'd hit a deer, stopped and looked for it, and then drove off, somehow not noticing the three injured teens lying just feet behind his truck. Her friends survived, but Mariah died after being flown to a regional trauma center.

fam wrote:
Less than three years ago, Ann Potoczniak lost her 18 year old daughter, Amanda, in a tragic car accident. This past weekend, her other daughter, 14 year old Mikaela was involved in an ATV accident that has left her severely brain damaged and on life support in Women's and Children's Hospital in Buffalo, NY.

We are hearing from the mother of a 14-year-old who lost her life after an ATV crash in Clarence over the weekend.

Her family says Mikaela Gwitt was riding the ATV with her boyfriend when it rolled over on a bike path.

The loss of a child is news that no parent ever wants to hear. But, for one Cheektowaga family, it's news that's unfortunately all too familiar.

"Mikaela was my everything, she was like a little me, we did everything together she was always by my side," said Ann Potoczniak, the mother of Mikaela Gwitt, "she had that beautiful smile."

Ann Potoczniak says her daughter was fearless and went for ride on an ATV last Saturday with her boyfriend. The Erie County Sheriff's Office says the ATV rolled over on a bike path between Gunnville and Wehrle Roads. The crash remains under investigation.

Mikaela suffered serious injuries and was taken to Women and Children's Hospital. Her family says Mikaela passed away Wednesday afternoon."And we had to learn once already that life is short," Potoczniak said.

That's because nearly three years ago, the family lost their older daughter Amanda, when her car collided with a tractor trailer in Marilla. She was just 19 years old.

"Mikaela took it really really hard because her and Amanda were very very close," her mom said, "she was getting happier and now this she didn't deserve it."

Her family and friends say Mikaela was a great person to be around.

"She was just so kind hearted and a beautiful soul and just everything about her was amazing," said Hollie Lageman, a friend of Mikaela's.

Mikaela was a freshman at Depew, who played on the basketball team. Mikaela's family says later in life she wanted to a dermatologist. And, they have a message for every parent and every teenager.
I think it's important to learn from somebody else's tragic misfortune to actually get something out of it if one person learned something to take precautions to follow the law," said Chrissy Ratka, a family friend.

Her family says Mikaela had a lot of friends in the Depew/Cheektowaga area and that they thank all of them for their support.

Mikaela's family says her wake is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 29, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Sliwinski's funeral home.

The funeral will be at Saint Philip the Apostle Church on Losson Rd. at 10 a.m. Monday
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A pharmacist depressed at selling her horse to buy a house killed herself while on holiday with her boyfriend, an inquest heard.

A coroner branded mental illness "one of the greatest demons of our time" after hearing how Victoria Smith was found dead in Tenerife following a battle with depression.

The 25-year-old was discovered hanged on the Spanish island while on holiday with her 31-year-old boyfriend, Matt Arkwright.

In the months before her death, Miss Smith, of Leyland, Lancashire, had privately said she had "the world on her shoulders" after she sold her horse so she could buy a house and settle down with her partner, the inquest heard.

Although she later became excited about how she would renovate each room at the couple's new home, Miss Smith was also unhappy at work and was due to take up a new job at a hospital, the coroner was told.

She was last seen alive by Mr Arkwright, a cycle shop manager, reading by the pool of their hotel and saying she would meet him at dinner.

At an inquest in Preston, coroner James Newman recorded a conclusion of suicide, saying "Victoria was a young woman who evidently had all of her life in front of her and every opportunity to make a wonderful life.

"She had episodes of feeling down and had been prescribed anti-depressants - but she seemed to have been excited by her new home.

"She wanted to change jobs as it was not to her satisfaction but she had been about to start a new job in April. Her future appeared to have been incredibly bright.

"Mental illness is one of the greatest demons of our time and it is tragic that Victoria had periods of lows but she was being medicated and it seemed to be working. It is such a waste of a very young and promising life."

The hearing was told Miss Smith was a "bright and bubbly" young woman but who had "ups and downs" over the years and had been on anti-depressants.

She had previously moved to Wales to work on a farm and moved back to Preston to get a job at a pharmacy in Ashton-on-Ribble. But she found dealing with customers difficult and accepted another job at Royal Preston Hospital, it was said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/09/pharmacist-depressed-selling-horse-killed-holiday-inquest-hears/

Nevaeh Kunneman, 12, was killed when the ATV she was riding on rolled, according to Park County Coroner Al Jenkins.

The crash happened on private property just west of Livingston, according to the Montana Highway Patrol dispatch.

The crash happened south of Interstate 90 and was reported around 3:45 p.m

ap wrote:
(AP) — An Idaho woman who drove her sport utility vehicle off a cliff and into a reservoir in a crash last year that killed her and her three young children did so deliberately, officials said Friday.

The June 2, 2016, deaths were ruled a triple homicide-suicide by the Ada County Coroner's Office, the office said in a statement.

Officials said 40-year-old Noel Bankhead drove a Land Rover off a 50-foot cliff with her two daughters and son inside. The vehicle sank in 40 feet of water in Lucky Peak Lake.

The bodies of Bankhead and 13-year-old Anika Voermans, 11-year-old Logan Voermans and 8-year-old Gwyneth Voermans were recovered and the vehicle, with a crushed roof, was pulled from the reservoir.

The cause of death for all four was drowning associated with blunt force trauma.

Authorities said that witnesses told investigators that Bankhead was driving on a state highway when she turned off and positioned the car toward the cliff, then suddenly accelerated.

Officials said they found nothing mechanically wrong with the vehicle but were unable to recover information from a water-damaged device on the vehicle that records speed, acceleration and breaking.

The Ada County Sheriff's Office cited witness statements and lack of skid marks in making its determination that Bankhead acted deliberately. Toxicology tests found no medication or alcohol in Bankhead's system.

Sheriff's spokesman Patrick Orr declined to comment on Bankhead's motive.

Bankhead went through a divorce about two years before the crash. Her obituary described her as an avid runner and full-time working mom who had worked as a paralegal and legal secretary for more than 20 years.

Obituaries described her children as active and curious with various interests and hobbies.

Shepherd was a junior at Ukiah High School. Both her legs had been amputated and she had never regained consciousness at the hospital, said her aunt, Mindi Ramos of Ukiah.

The teen became the 43rd victim of the wildfires that have ravaged the North Bay but are now almost completely contained.
Ramos said she was advised in a telephone call from Shriners Hospital for Children that Kressa wasn’t registering pain during a change of the dressing on her burns. Doctors performed a CAT scan on her brain and according to Ramos determined she was brain-dead.

“They turned off the ventilator and let her go,” Ramos said.

The four Shepherds had tried to outrun the flames in two vehicles early Oct. 9, coming down from an unnamed mountain on their driveway, called Sweetland Drive, where they lived in a house Jon Shepherd built on 80 acres of land.

They apparently left the vehicles and ran. Kai Logan was found dead near the family home.

Kressa and her mother were found by a neighbor. Jon Shepherd, 44, was found near the main road, West Road.
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Marisa W. Harris, 22, of Olney, Md., was killed when a 12-year-old boy jumped from an overpass over I-66 on Saturday, and hit the vehicle Harris was driving

news24 wrote:
The state alleges the couple had, between September 2015 and October 2015, abused Poppie and her five-year-old half-brother by shouting at, hitting and kicking them, pulling and twisting their ears, dousing them with icy water in winter and throwing them against solid objects.

The children allegedly regularly suffered injuries, had bruises and exhibited improper emotional behaviour. Social workers started monitoring and assessing the children’s surroundings and considered removing the children, but the couple fled and moved to Brits early in October 2016.

According to the charge sheet, Poppie’s body was riddled with bruises and marks and she had died of head injuries as a result of assault with a blunt instrument.

The state alleges Kobus and Louisa were both participants in the assaults on the children, encouraging each other.

Both are in custody after being refused bail. The investigating officer, Sergeant Gift Matome, testified during the mother’s bail hearing in the Brits Magistrates’ court that Poppie had injuries from her head to the soles of her feet.

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In an affidavit made in February, the neighbour said he could hear the children screaming. “At times the beatings were so bad that her (Poppie’s) terrified screams actually masked the sounds of the punches and thuds against the wall, as she was so frantic”, reads part of the affidavit. One newspaper reported that according to the affidavit welfare workers did come around to ‘investigate’ after being told about the abuse– but never actually confronted Poppie’s mom and stepdad or did anything to help these children.

Another publication stated that it was known by many that Kobus had a tendency for extreme violence, especially towards children.

The babysitter charged with killing a 9-year-old girl who disappeared from an Indiana trailer park dismembered her body and kept her head, feet and hands in his freezer, according to a police affidavit.

Michael Plumadore, 39, shuffled into court today, manacled at this feet and hands. He was ordered held without bail, police said. He was escorted by two Allen County police officers. There were additional officers in the courtroom for extra security.

He was jailed in the death of Aliahna Lemmon, 9, who disappeared from a Fort Wayne trailer park where she lived last week.

A police affidavit submitted to the court today stated that Plumadore "freely admitted" that in the "early morning hours" last Thursday, he struck Aliahna in the head multiple times with a brick "while she was standing on the front steps of his residence."

Police Affidavit Contains Michael Plumadore' Confession

He put the girl's body in several trash bags and stuffed her in a freezer until nighttime came. He worked past midnight dismembering Aliahna's body with a hack saw, the affidavit, obtained by ABC News, states. He put the pieces in garbage gas and tossed them in a Dumpster of a nearby business, but kept her head, hands and feet in his freezer.

Plumadore did not tell police why he killed the young girl.

Plumadore, who had been babysitting Aliahna and her two sisters for a week because their mother was ill, initially told police that he has last seen Aliahna sleeping in his trailer on Friday but didn't alert police to her disappearance until Friday night because he believed she had gone home to her mother.

Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries said the girl's body was found after 9 p.m. Monday night.

According to the girl's relatives, Plumadore had been taking care of and living with Aliahna's grandfather, James E. Lemmon, until he died on Dec. 3, 2011, the AP reported. Plumadore was living in the grandfather's trailer at the time of Aliahna's death.

"[Plumadore] was a trusted family friend," Aliahna's stepgrandfather, David Story, told the AP.

James Lemmon was 66 when he died, and had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for child molestation in 2006 and was a registered sex offender.
Plumadore was arrested after his third interview with police, Cpl. Jeremy Tinkel told ABCNews.com.

Fries said Plumadore has a criminal record in North Carolina and Florida. Plumadore's next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 30.

The tragic discovery came the same day that police announced that the FBI had joined the investigation and candlelight vigil was being held for Aliahna in Fort Wayne.

A page had been set up on Facebook for the missing girl called "Find Aliahna Marie Maroney Lemmon Missing from Fort Wayne, Indiana." On Sunday, the group posted, "Merry Christmas Aliahna where ever you are! We won't give up on you!"

"No kid should be missing Christmas!" the post read.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/babysitter-stored-head-hands-feet-year-girl-freezer/story?id=15239279

Shortly after kidnapping Jessica, Sigg cut her hair and then forced her to stick her clothes into her school backpack and put on other clothes, according to a psychologist testifying for the prosecution Monday.

Jessica repeatedly asked Sigg whether she would see her mother again, and he lied and said she would, psychologist Anna Salter testified.

"He certainly had no empathy for Jessica Ridgeway, either during or after the crime," Salter said. She noted that Sigg ate a snack while he told police how he dismembered the girl.

Sigg, 18, pleaded guilty in September to 15 counts for Jessica's death and an attack on a female jogger at Ketner Lake last Memorial Day weekend.

Salter said she did not directly examine Sigg, but she reviewed the facts of the case in writing her report for the prosecution. She did not call him a psychopath, but she said he had traits of a psychopath.

Salter said that when Sigg confessed to his mother that he had strangled and dismembered Jessica, he tried to hide what he viewed was his worst offense. "I didn't rape her, I didn't torture her," he said.

There has been no testimony so far indicating that Sigg tortured Jessica before killing her, although his first attempt at strangulation failed when a zip cord broke. He eventually used his hands to strangle her.

Salter said Sigg was sexually aroused by dismemberment, and he removed and labeled Jessica's organs. Salter said Sigg kept her skull because it interested him.

Sigg's mother found child pornography on his computer in 2008, Salter said. Sigg's stepmother sent him to treatment, but he continued to view violent child pornography.

Sigg's attorneys said doctors in 2009 sent letters to Sigg's father urging him to control his son's access to television and computers.

Salter said Sigg had put a great deal of planning into the attack on Jessica.

"There was nothing sudden or impulsive about this," she said.
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/news/canoncity-local-news/ci_24548708/jessica-ridgeway-repeatedly-asked-austin-sigg-if-she

Like many children, Jessica Ridgeway was told to be wary of strangers. She was urged to scream if someone tried to grab her.

Those warnings are reflected in a notebook the fifth-grader kept in her desk at school. For a class assignment, she jotted down the four kinds of sentences. In both tiny and oversized letters, she wrote an example of an imperative sentence:

“Do not play at the park alone.”

And an exclamatory sentence:

“Watch out for strangers!”

Just over a mile away from Jessica’s tree-lined suburban neighborhood in Westminster, Austin Sigg grew up with an early fascination with pornography and mortuary science. His parents sent him to a faith-based counselor in an effort to set him back on the right path.

The events on the morning of Oct. 5, 2012, taught a terrifying lesson to parents everywhere. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, the world can take your child away.

Final hours

In her final moments of freedom, Jessica scooped up handfuls of fresh snow and packed them into a snowball.

further reading http://www.denverpost.com/2013/11/30/evidence-details-twisted-path-that-led-austin-sigg-to-jessica-ridgeway/

A 10-year-old Knoxville girl who suffered a fatal fall from a horse last week died from internal injuries, her mother said.

Abby Elliott Gibson, a fifth grader at New Hopewell Elementary School, sustained a ruptured spleen and lacerated liver when she fell from the horse she was riding at Cedar Valley Tack and Farm in Seymour on June 3, according to her mother, Jennifer Gibson.
Gibson said no one was at fault in what she called a freak accident.

"She had gone over a jump and the horse stumbled and fell on its knees," said Gibson, who noted that Abby, an avid young equestrian, was wearing a helmet and being supervised in an enclosed jumping arena.
http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/girl-who-suffered-fatal-fall-from-horse-died-from-internal-injuries-mother-says-ep-408281536-358684081.html/

Sorority girl Allie Brodie has passed away after being hit in the head with a soccer ball.

The Alabama freshman was taken to hospital after she was accidentally struck during a game with friends. Doctors diagnosed her with an intracranial hemorrhage, and placed her into a medical coma, which was then complicated by a hereditary brain condition and then pneumonia. She never woke up. She was 18.
https://thetab.com/us/2017/10/30/allie-brodie-73377

"Our beautiful Allie fought as long as she could, but that wasn't God's plan," said Allie's mom Cindy. "Allie passed away yesterday afternoon but she will be in our hearts forever. She never came out of the coma, and couldn’t battle the complications from pneumonia. Heaven has gained a beautiful guardian angel, and we continue to seek peace in God’s plan for our sweet girl.

"We thank each and every one of you for all of the love, support, comfort, and prayers you have provided for us and Allie during this time. We are truly grateful and blessed to have met so many amazing people through this tragedy. God bless all of you."

Saturday October 7 started off as a wonderful day for our beautiful Allie Brodie.  She played in a soccer game with her new friends that she recently met while starting her Freshman year at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.    She was so excited to be part of the Crimson Tide and loved all of her new “Bamaly” and sorority sisters, although she sorely missed her twin sister Nichole who was off at to Kings College in London as well as her Mom, sister Caroline, and puppy Cody back home across the country in Danville, Ca.

But that all changed when a ball unexpectedly hit her head during the soccer game.  Over the next several days she suffered progressively worsening symptoms, culminating in diagnosis that led her to the operating room at DCH hospital in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday.  The emergency surgery for intracranial hemorrhage required her to be put into a medically induced coma and led to a diagnosis of a very serious condition:  brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a condition she was born with. The trauma of being hit by the soccer ball and AVM triggered internal bleeding in her brain stem.

brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a condition she was born with

Authorities said Hengst and Brenda were divorced last year, but all three remained in the house together.

Natalie was reportedly upstairs when Hengst and Brenda got into an argument Friday night. The 17-year-old had time to call police before Hengst came upstairs and shot her. He then went back down and killed himself next to Brenda’s body.

Friends and classmates of Natalie gathered outside Chetek-Weyerhaeuser High School, where Natalie was a senior, on Sunday night for a vigil. Her friend, Kacelyn Keller, said the girl was well-liked and would be terribly missed.

   “She was one of the most sweetest, caring girls I’ve ever met in my life. She was hard-working. She never had anything negative to say.”
http://www.crimeonline.com/2017/10/30/teen-girl-dies-in-murder0suicide-that-also-kills-her-parents-police/

Mary Ann Holder wanted to see her married former flame one last time as their bitter love triangle threatened to open a new and potentially costly chapter in court.
The meeting ended with Randall Lamb, 40, being shot and Mary Ann Holder, 36, taking her own life Sunday. Later, police found that Holder gunned down four children living in her home, including her two sons, and the older boy's girlfriend. Two are dead. Three of the children survived and were in critical condition Monday.
Mary Ann left notes taking responsibility for the shootings and apologizing for the pain she was causing, Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes said.
Authorities said Randall Lamb agreed to meet Holder at a community college parking lot around 9 a.m. Sunday. His wife was about to file an alienation of affection lawsuit against Holder. North Carolina law allows a married person to sue the person with whom his or her spouse had an affair.
After the meeting with Randall Mary Ann went to pick up her 14-year-old son. Phone records indicate that about 45 minutes later, Zachary Smith was sending a text message thanking his hosts for letting him stay over the previous night.
Nearly half an hour later a sheriff's deputy found Holder dead inside with a gunshot to the head, and Zachary critically wounded was in the SUV's back seat. Deputies recovered two handguns inside the vehicle, one in Mary Ann's lap, the sheriff said.
The officers then went into Mary Ann's home in the Pleasant Garden community south of Greensboro and found her son, 17-year-old Robert Dylan Smith, dead. Smith's girlfriend, Makayla Woods, 15, and Mary Ann's nephew, Richard Suttles, 17, were also shot inside the home and were in critical condition Monday. Holder's niece, Hannaleigh Suttles. 8, died Monday.
The victims appeared to have been shot while they slept.
Mary Ann's decision to take in her dead sister's children appeared to add to the pressures of what appeared to be a life in turmoil, neighbor Teresa Scott said.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80828713

Carlos Edwards testified that he was raking leaves on the day of the abduction and saw a pickup truck drive past his home several times. Edwards said Hailey was standing in his driveway when the driver pulled up next to the fourth-grader and asked her how to get to a street. The girl said she didn't know and started walking away, Edwards recalled, and then the driver said: "Hey, come here for a minute."
Edwards said that as soon as she got close enough, the driver opened his door, grabbed Hailey and drove off. Edwards said he took off running but a drainage ditch at the edge of his yard stopped him from getting to the truck.

His wife, Michelle Edwards, testified with tears running down her face that her husband was feet away from reaching the truck before it sped away. She made a frantic 911 call, and the couple provided police with Wood's license plate number. Police ultimately went to Wood's home, where they waited for him to return.
Patterson said during his opening statements that when Wood parked his truck and got out, officers approached, and Wood tossed a roll of duct tape in the back of his truck. Officers found Hailey's body wrapped in plastic in a plastic bin in the basement. Patterson said she was shot in the back of her head from close range.

Patterson said police found girl's clothing in a strip mall trash bin near Wood's home. Surveillance footage showed Wood buying bleach and drain cleaner at a Walmart. Patterson said Wood's clothes and bedding were found at a laundromat near Missouri State University.

Berrigan said police found handwritten stories in Wood's bedroom dresser about sexual fantasies, two of them involving 13-year-old girls. Police also found four pictures of young girls who attended the school where Wood worked as an in-school suspension supervisor.

listverse wrote:On Halloween night 2012, John D. White entered Rebekah Gay’s mobile home and murdered her. White struck her in the head with a mallet several times before tightening a large zip-tie around her neck. He had planned on having sex with the corpse after watching several necrophilia pornography videos online. But he was unable to do so because he was too drunk.

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In February 2010 Emily started to lose her hearing. She suffered night terrors, vomiting and malaise and eventually total hearing loss. On April 29, she was diagnosed with an inoperable, incurable brain tumor called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

"Nothing got her down. Even when she was diagnosed and she knew she was sick, she just curled up in my arms and said, 'Mummy, I don't feel very well. I want lots of cuddles'. And that's exactly what she got."

Despite her hard fight and treatment as radiotherapy, the cancer spread.

Emily was unconscious her last two weeks and she passed away peacefully surrounded by her family early on Sunday 15 August, 2010. She was only five years old.

It took an Ontario prosecutor 10 minutes to read through a lifetime of pain for Laura Babcock.

Jill Cameron walked the jury in the murder trial through the young woman's mental health records, which detailed more than a dozen visits to specialists in the year leading up to her disappearance in the summer of 2012.

"She feels no one loves or cares about her," reads a note from a psychiatrist at Toronto's St. Joseph's Health Centre on April 29, 2012.

She banged her head against the wall to relieve her "extreme anxiety," and she lived with an overwhelming fear of death since childhood, read another.

Babcock's mother, Linda, closed her eyes and bowed her head as she sat in the packed courtroom on Wednesday. Her father, Clayton, rubbed his temples and clenched his jaw.

The Crown contends Dellen Millard, 32, of Toronto, and Mark Smich, 30 of Oakville, Ont., killed Babcock and burned her body in a large incinerator because she was the odd woman out in a love triangle with Millard and his girlfriend.

They believe she was killed on July 3 or 4, 2012. Her body has not been found. Both Millard and Smich have pleaded not guilty.

Millard, who is representing himself, has said he didn't care much about his girlfriend at the time or about her feud with Babcock. Court has heard there was bad blood between the two women.

Babcock's mental health records came as an admission in court agreed upon by the prosecution and both accused.

"We had a stack of documents from Ms. Babcock's various mental health treatments at three different hospitals that she had attended as an outpatient and on one occasion as an inpatient," Justice Michael Code told the jury.

They boiled her records down to eight pages that only detail the time from August 2011 to April 2012.

Babcock lived through extreme anxiety, depression and borderline personality disorder, the records state. She purged herself. She cried all the time, and she obsessed over death.

"Her major concern is death and what would happen after she dies," reads a note from a nurse at William Osler Health Centre in Etobicoke, Ont., on Aug. 18, 2011.

The next day, Babcock told a social worker at the same hospital she has had negative thoughts since she was five years old.

"Does not want to die, but likes to see blood. Some days she believes anything is doable," reads one note from a doctor at William Osler on Sept. 15, 2011.

She would blame her parents for not understanding her. Then she'd take it back.

On Jan. 20 2012, a note from her file at a Toronto mental health hospital reads: "Long-standing history of worthlessness and emptiness."

She told a nurse on March 14, 2012 that she sometimes wished to die, but on several other occasions she told hospital staff she did not contemplate suicide.

Babcock told one psychiatrist she felt misunderstood. She accused her parents of not believing her most recent diagnosis of borderline personality disorder.

"She would sometimes state that it's not until she's dead that people would realize she had an illness," said a note from a psychiatrist on April 29, 2012.

At that, Babcock's mother breathed deeply, shaking her head.
http://www.timescolonist.com/laura-babcock-had-intense-fear-of-death-since-childhood-court-hears-1.23081239

Laura Babcock had intense fear of death since childhood

She banged her head against the wall to relieve her "extreme anxiety," and she lived with an overwhelming fear of death since childhood, read another.

"Her major concern is death and what would happen after she dies," reads a note from a nurse at William Osler Health Centre in Etobicoke, Ont., on Aug. 18, 2011.