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Jacksonville woman arrested after girlfriend’s dead body was found on her porch

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A Jacksonville woman has been taken into custody following the discovery of her girlfriend’s lifeless body. This shocking turn of events unfolded after a missing person’s report was filed, leading investigators to uncover human remains on the front porch of a residence in Westside. The victim, Heather Sheppard, had been reported missing on June 29, while her girlfriend, Shannon McCarthy, was already facing charges for assaulting Sheppard earlier this year. McCarthy’s bond in the domestic …

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Dismembered Human Hand Found at Park That Belonged to Deceased Woman Buried Miles Away

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The discovery of a human hand by a man walking his dog on Staten Island last week has been identified by the city’s medical examiner as belonging to a 63-year-old woman who died in 2011. The deceased woman was buried inside of a wooden coffin at Resurrection Cemetery. This cemetary is a Catholic burial ground located on Staten Island’s south shore. The man found the hand at Amboy Road and Cunningham Road on Thursday afternoon. …

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Nurse Accused Of Cutting Off Dying Man’s Foot Without Consent For Taxidermy Display

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Mary K. Brown, 38, from Durand, is charged with two felonies for allegedly cutting off a dying patient’s right foot. The victim never asked to have his foot cut off, and Brown did not have a doctor’s order or permission to do so. A medical examiner flagged an autopsy to authorities because a foot had been removed from a body he was supposed to examine. Investigators were contacted by the county medical examiner in June …

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Boyfriend Murderer Faces New Charges After Baby Found With Cocaine In His System

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Woman charged with murdering husband now facing child endangerment charges -Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Vivian Jones, 39, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, but is now also facing one count of child endangerment. At about 7:50 p.m. on July 31, 2020, police found a man in his 40s dead from a gunshot wound. The victim’s girlfriend told police the victim shot himself in the head and she …

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