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A man reportedly in the U.S. illegally was charged with killing a 19-year-old Maryland woman whose body was discovered off a highway earlier this week.Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, of Bowie, Maryland, was arrested Thursday in the killing of Dacara Thompson, the Prince George's County Police Department said.Hernandez-Mendez is an illegal immigrant and had a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer issued on Thursday, according to WJLA-TV.Prince George's County Police Department […]

The father of a Russian man found dead at the Burning Man festival is demanding justice after authorities confirmed his son was the victim of a homicide that rocked the famous art and music gathering.Vadim Kruglov, a 37-year-old Russian national who had been living in Washington state, was named as the victim found "lying in a pool of blood," according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. His death cast a grim shadow over […]

The University of Kentucky student-athlete accused of hiding her dead newborn inside a closet was described as a "serial bully," according to a former classmate.Laken Snelling, 21, was taken into custody on Sunday after officers with the Lexington Police Department responded to an unresponsive infant, according to officials. The infant was "pronounced deceased at the scene," officials said in a statement. Police said Snelling was the infant's mother.The Fayette County […]