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The mother said her daughter died on Sept. 10, while her boyfriend said she died just before Halloween.

"Perhaps today's sentence will be a small amount of comfort in what I know is an enormity of hurt," a judge told the victim's family.

The heroic older child removed the lighter from his mother and "prevented a heinous incident," officials said.

Authorities dispatched a rescue helicopter, which was able to hoist the victims out of the canyon and transport them to a local area hospital.

The 36-year-old man held the victim captive after threatening to bite her with his filed teeth and rip off her throat, police said.

The student said she will not be returning to the university to continue her education.

Day of Reconciliation is observed annually on Dec. 16 in South Africa to foster harmony between different races.

The department arranged for the man to meet one of the two teens at a local motel "for the purpose of engaging in sexual activities."

The high schoolers knew each other before the stabbing. "We're still investigating the nature of the relationship between these two students," officials said.

A mother in China made friends with a stranger who looked like her dead son.

A man was arrested for allegedly killing his pregnant sister and setting her body on fire.

The teenager was conscious when officers arrived at the scene and managed to give her statement to them.

The Bill Of Rights Day is observed every year on Dec. 15 to celebrate the passage of the Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments made to the U.S. Constitution.

The 36-year-old son was a former student of the University of California, Irvine. Police are investigating the case as an apparent murder-suicide.

The child's babysitter called 911 after noticing the man shooting at the mother and daughter.

A doctor in India confessed to killing his wife and later cremated her body with the help of his father.

A 6-round magazine was found in the teen's bedroom dresser drawer.

The attempted kidnapping occurred in the parking lot as the woman returned to her car after grocery shopping.

The officers interacted with the woman, who was with a minor in the parked vehicle, for at least 30 minutes before the incident occurred.

Bystanders helped the victim after she managed to escape from the suspect, who is a registered sexual predator.

The incident was caught on security cameras, police said.

A woman accused of murder asked the judge in Texas on Friday to lower her bond from $100,000 to $50,000 and offered to pay with her OnlyFans earnings.

Police are on the lookout for Eddie Massie.

The deal was the best outcome for the victim's family and North Carolina under the circumstances, according to state prosecutors.

The boy and one of his siblings found the unsecured gun inside the house and discharged it, striking the 4-year-old.

The assailants beat the girl with a metal basketball bat for 12 hours and doused her with household bleach during her captivity.

Police said she was a Black woman in her 20s.

The video reportedly shows a group of bystanders laughing while the boy with down syndrome gets attacked by a group of high school students.

The shark bit the man on the lower left hand and torso. It got a "good chunk out of" his lower side, witnesses said.