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Anthony Smith (30) and his 2 young children & Shane Basinger (34) along with his daughter were all killed in Arkansas campground flood
Rescue workers were continuing to search for people still missing after flash flooding killed at least 18 people at the Albert Pike Recreation Area. The park is along the Caddo and Little Missouri rivers in western Arkansas. Authorities released the names of 15 of the dead Saturday, with six children among the victims, including one girl as young as 2 years old. Several groups of people with the same last name were also listed. The victims identified were largely from Texas and Louisiana. One person was from Foreman, Arkansas. Ages of the adult victims ranged from 23 to 69. read more...

Sabina Rose O'Donnell (21) was raped, beaten and strangled to death after leaving a friend's house
Philadelphia Police identified the young woman found dead in a grassy Northern Liberties lot as a 21-year-old waitress who worked at the popular restaurant P.Y.T. in the Piazza at Schmidts. Sabina Rose O'Donnell, 21, was discovered lying naked behind a tree in an empty lot along the 1200 block of N. Orianna Street just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, police say. read more...

Hyman Taylor Jr. (23) was shot to death in an Ikea parking lot
A former University of San Francisco basketball player was killed and another man was critically wounded Tuesday during a shooting in a furniture store parking lot. Police identified the slain man as Hyman Taylor Jr., 23, of Oakland, who according to the USF website last played for the university during the 2008-09 season. read more...

Jasmine Brisson (30) was killed in a three-car collision
A Baltimore woman was killed Tuesday morning in a three-vehicle collision in Fulton, according to Howard County police. read more...

Starr Harris (38) was found beaten to death near her home
A former employee of the man whose wife was found beaten to death in Drummonds last week has been arrested in her slaying. read more...

Eleanor Dorman (28) died when she was swept over a waterfall
A North Carolina woman has died after she slipped while wading above a waterfall and was pulled over the 80-foot drop by the current. read more...

Bridgett Jones (46) was beaten to death while her 9-year-old son slept nearby
Police were looking for a killer after a Houston woman was found dead in her northwest Houston apartment Friday. read more...

Bethany Lott (25) was struck by lightning and killed only moments before her boyfriend planned to propose
Lightning struck three times as the Knoxville, Tenn., couple were on Max Patch Bald, near Asheville. The third hit Butler, 30, and his girlfriend, Bethany Lott, 25, killing her on Friday, he told the Asheville Citizen Times. He suffered third degree burns. read more...

John Straka (23) allegedly died from a drug overdose
John R. Straka of Newark Valley "When someone you love becomes a memory....the memory becomes a treasure." read more...

Kimberley Wilcox (16) died of a paracetamol overdose "not realizing the pills would kill her"
A teenager who took an overdose of painkillers when her boyfriend ended their relationship did not realize the pills would kill her. Kimberley Wilcox swallowed 24 paracetamol and 24 ibuprofen tablets in a "cry for help" - but died in agony 11 days later from organ failure and brain damage. read more...

Elizabeth Santaguida (24) was allegedly murdered by her 18 yo brother
A Jefferson County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit indicates that deputies were dispatched to the 30000 block of Hilltop Drive on April 8 in response to a report of a female who was not breathing. Upon arrival at the scene, deputies were greeted by 17-year-old Rebecca Santaguida who directed them to the bottom of a basement staircase, where her sister, Elizabeth Santaguida, 24, lay sprawled on the floor. read more...

Madison Holley (19) her unborn child and father were killed in a boating crash
Cyril Holley, 46, and his daughter, Madison Holley, 19, were riding in a boat around 4 p.m. when they were struck and killed by another vessel, which was carrying other family and friends, near Disappearing Island. read more...

Ramona Fuller (44) died of sudden adult death with evidence of hypertensive heart disease
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Tiffany Wright (15) died after being shot 3 times
They found Wright, 15, a high school student, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to Carolinas Medical Center and died soon afterward. Doctors delivered her baby, Aaliyah Faye Wright, by Cesarean section, but the baby died five days later. read more...

Jason Janek (24) was shot in the head and found wrapped in plastic in a pick up truck
Four men were charged today in connection with the 2004 homicides of two Northwest Indiana men who were shot in the head and found wrapped in plastic in the back of a pick-up truck in East Chicago, Lake County Sheriff's department said. read more...

Stuart Cable (40), former drummer for Stereophonics, was found dead at his home
Drummer Stuart Cable, a radio host and former member of the band Stereophonics, was found dead Monday at his home in south Wales, police said. He was 40. read more...

Ramone Daley (22) was shot to death while on his way to work
Ramone Daley left his Dorchester home before dawn Saturday to catch a bus, the first leg of the commute to his job at Logan International Airport. read more...

Pandora Zan (45) and her son are charged with murdering Pandora's husband, Charles Zan II (45),
Seven months after a Miamisburg man was found in his bed dead of multiple stab wounds, both his wife and stepson sit in the Montgomery County Jail accused of his murder. read more...

Kendyl Burch (21) was found dead of an apparent drug overdose
Huntsville police are investigating the death of a Sam Houston State University student whose body was found in her apartment earlier this week after an apparent drug overdose. read more...

Tonya Watkins (20) was killed when the driver of the car she was in reached down to pick up a cell phone and crashed into a bridge
A 20-year-old woman riding in a car was killed Tuesday afternoon when the driver reached to pick up a cell phone she had dropped, the N.C. Highway Patrol says. read more...

Amanda Stroud (22) died of acute methamphetamine intoxication
Amanda Stroud, 22, was last seen Jan. 9 in the Pineville area where she was living. On Jan. 26, a fisherman spotted her body floating in Kincaid Lake. There were no signs of trauma on the woman's clothed body. read more...

Bryan Stevenson (26) was beaten to death during a fight after a softball tournament
Kentucky men's softball team was mourning Monday after one of their teammates - a multi-sport athlete from Scott High School - was beaten to death in a fight following a softball tournament in Louisville. read more...

Kyle Comfort (27) was killed by an IED in Afghanistan
Kyle A. Comfort, 27, of Jacksonville died May 8 in Helmand province of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit, the military said. An Army news release said the combat operation in which he was taking part uncovered a large IED factory. read more...

Jessica Koen (28) was killed in a single car accident
An early morning accident killed a 28 year old Waterloo woman Wednesday. It happened on Route 158 and Centerville Road near Columbia. This is not the first time her family or co-workers have dealt with this type of tragedy. read more...

Lauren Parris (19) was thrown from her fiances motorcycle while speeding away from a patrol car
A 19-year-old passenger from Mastic Beach was killed Monday night when she was thrown from a motorcycle on the Napeague stretch in Amagansett. Police said her fiancé, Matthew J. Byank of Manorville, had been speeding away from a patrol car. read more...

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