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The suspect went to the victim's apartment uninvited and waited for her to arrive. He then produced a knife when she refused to let him inside her house.

"It is quite remarkable that the lizard managed to travel all that way unharmed - but I do feel sorry for him, after enjoying such nice warm weather he ended up in Whitley Bay in winter," the vacationer said.

Deputies found the suspect waiting for them in his driveway.

A homeless man was arrested for stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in Florida in what police say was a "random act of violence."

The first accuser to testify at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial asserted that Jeffrey Epstein brought her to meet Donald Trump at his Florida club Mar-a-Lago when she was 14 years old.

Brian Laundrie was the sole person of interest in the death of his fiancée Gabby Petito.

Sara Morales, who was four months pregnant, was rushed to a hospital where she died.

The states sending out payments to their residents amid the lack of federal stimulus checks are Maine, California, Maryland and Florida.

Authorities found the three hostage inside the house covered in blood.

"The Defendant appeared to be heavily intoxicated to the point she was unable to take [care] of herself, let alone a one-year-old infant," the arrest report stated.

Thousands of pythons overrun parts of South Florida and the Everglades.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued a missing child alert on Nov. 14 after Natasha Hurtado, 10, and Lilianna Hurtado, 13, were reported missing.

The suspect allegedly set off the victim's home alarm devices when she did not reply to his text or receive his calls.

The victim, who was shot twice, was pronounced dead at the scene by responding law enforcement officers.

"The senseless death of this innocent child is the ultimate tragedy, and it should serve as a reminder of why we must continue our fight to keep opiates out of our communities," Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said.

The nurse was assisting another patient when the suspect, who was a patient in the behavioral health unit of the hospital, entered the room and attacked her.

A large number of the last 100,000 deaths have shared a few traits in common: being younger, white and living in the South.

Police helicopter spotted the two toddlers floating in the neighbor's backyard pool.

According to Palm Bay police, Jason Godleski reported on Oct. 22 the death of his son, Noah Godleski, but did not say how he died.

Florida Highway Patrol’s office called Trooper Mathieu a "hero" for his quick thinking. Later, the child was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

Gabby Petito, 22, died by manual strangulation or throttling at least three weeks before her body was found on Sept. 19.