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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/movies/debbie-reynolds-dead.html?_r=0

Debbie Reynolds dies one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher.

Debbie Reynolds, Wholesome Ingénue in 1950s Films, Dies at 84

Debbie Reynolds, the wholesome ingénue in 1950s films like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tammy and the Bachelor,” died Wednesday, a day after the death of her daughter, the actress Carrie Fisher. She was 84.
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[h=2]Coast Guard search for 6 people in plane missing over Lake Erie[/h] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windso...sing-1.3916407
Canadian C-130 aircraft assisting in search for Cessna Citation en route from Cleveland to Columbus

Last Updated: Dec 30, 2016 12:25



The U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian search and rescue crews remain hopeful as they scour Lake Erie for survivors after a plane carrying six people disappeared Thursday night.

According to the coast guard, three adults and three children were aboard a Cessna Citation 525 that took off from Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, and then disappeared from radar around 11:30 p.m.
The coast guard said the cause of the disappearance is unknown.http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...issing-over-Lake-Erie&p=13033733#post13033733
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http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?325583-Coast-Guard-search-for-6-people-in-plane-missing-over-Lake-Erie&p=13033733#post13033733
 
Little Shaniya Davis's killer wants his verdict and death sentence overturned.

RALEIGH, N.C. — One of North Carolina's most infamous killers of the past decade is asking the state's highest court to overturn his convictions because his attorneys shouldn't have told police where they could find his 5-year-old victim.

Posted 10:35 a.m. today
Updated 11:53 a.m. today

http://www.wral.com/nc-child-killer-...alty/16385665/
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http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...aniya-Nicole-Davis-5-Fayetteville-10-Nov-2009
 
New story by Tim Bolger in the Long Island Press.

How Websleuths & Filmmakers Sparked A Revelation In Gilgo Murders Case

By Timothy Bolger -
December 30, 2016

When the biggest story in years broke this month in the unsolved Long Island Serial Killer case, few noticed that an online community of crime buffs and two filmmakers sparked the revelation.

The news went national when local investigators reported to a federal database that a DNA match meant partial skeletal remains found on Ocean Parkway in 2011 belonged to an unidentified woman whose torso was discovered in Rockville Centre in 1997, which in turn confirmed the victim—dubbed “Peaches” because of her fruit tattoo—was the mother of the lone child recovered amid the carnage uncovered in the Gilgo Beach murders probe. It was widely reported to be the most significant update in the investigation since the last bodies were found. Although most reports omitted it, the story behind how this forensic clue was unearthed raises as many questions about the case as the news itself.

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“There just has to be at least an accurate accounting of these victims,” a man who uses the online pseudonym “Fieldnotes” on Websleuths, a popular online forum for true crime aficionados, was quoted as saying in episode three of The Killing Season, a docu-series about LISK and related cases that recently aired on A&E.

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“It had always been our…belief that identifying the unidentified along Ocean Parkway would lead to a break in the case and we really believed that the Websleuths community could help do this,” Zeman said.

Webslueths’ owner, Tricia Griffith, and longtime website moderator Deb Smith, who goes by the handle Bessie, confirmed that Fieldnotes was the first to bring attention to Jane Doe No. 3’s omission from NamUs. They pointed to it as an example of how the site can help advance investigations.

Read more at the link

https://www.longislandpress.com/201...revelation-in-long-island-serial-killer-case/

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=11872103
 
L.A. sheriff's deputies disciplined after horrific torture death of 8-year-old boy

Richard Winton and Cindy Chang - Contact Reporters

It was the worst case of child abuse that local officials had ever seen.

The death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez became a grim symbol of the failure of Los Angeles County’s child welfare system, prompting criminal charges against four social workers and far-reaching reforms of how authorities oversee abused and neglected children. Gabriel’s mother and her boyfriend were charged with his murder.

http://www.latimes.com/local/califor...b71c2-80137445
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http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...F-charged-22-May-2013&p=13039596#post13039596
 
Gardener1850 said:
This accountant's hobby? Identifying missing people through his drawings

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/koppelman-741398-tammy-people.html

(Wasn't sure where to put this--move or make additional threads as necessary-- It's CarlK90245 featured in the article. Congrats Carl! :yourock:)
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Spellbound said:
I have submitted it for a new thread .... not sure where or if it will be here. I will post an update if I find out. Amazing work, Carl!
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A new thread about Carl and the article has been started by Tricia. Stop over and give him some kudos

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...Great-Interview-in-the-Orange-County-Register
 
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