abcnews.go.com reported aA machete-wielding man attacked a U.S. tourist couple as they walked along an isolated beach on Grenada, killing the woman, police on the Caribbean island said Tuesday.
Jessica Lewis Colker, 39, of Atlanta, was found dead after her husband ran to get help following the attack, which occurred around noon Sunday on a remote stretch of coast along the island’s southeast, said Sylvan McIntyre, an assistant superintendent with the Royal Grenada Police Force.
A suspect was in custody but has not been identified. Colker and her husband, Brian Van Melito, had arrived on Grenada a day before the assault and were staying at a hotel near where the attack occurred in an area of beach and mangrove in St. David Parish, McIntrye said. Read Article
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Jamaicaobserver.com reported the police have released the name of an American woman who was killed in a four-vehicle collision on the Carey Park main road in Trelawny on Thursday. Thirty-two-year-old Crystal Glewwe died as a result of injuries she sustained in the collision and was among a group of cruise ship passengers who were also […]
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theguardian.com reported the Body of Dominic Bernard, 18, who has been missing since October, found in shallow grave in farming village. Five people have been charged in connection with the murder of an aspiring British film-maker in Guyana. Dominic Bernard, 18, from Epsom in Surrey, went missing shortly after arriving in the South American country […]
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CHICAGO (WLS) — Chuck Goudie and others reported: One of our ABC7 Chicago colleagues was found murdered Friday while traveling in Belize, according to police in the Central American nation and the U.S. State Department. Anne Swaney was executive producer of online operations at abc7chicago.com. She was 39. Autopsy results determined that she was strangled. […]
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Canadian who killed Briton at Peru retreat says it was ‘kill or die’ Theguardian.com reported that Joshua Stevens claims he had to stab Unais Gomes when Briton turned violent on double dose of hallucinogen ayahuasca. A Canadian man has told reporters he stabbed and killed a British friend in self-defense at a spiritual retreat in […]
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breitbart.com reported…The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Naryn-Kala fortress in Dagestan, in which shots were fired at a tour group, killing one and wounding 11 others. “A statement posted to IS’s main channel on the Telegram messaging app said the attack had targeted Russian intelligence agency officers,” the BBC reports. […]
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foxnews.com/ap (Sept 2015) reported an American tourist has been shot to death in Colombia during an apparent robbery attempt after leaving his hotel in a wealthy enclave of Medellin. Police say a 65-year-old New Yorker identified as John Mariani was assaulted Friday night when the taxi he was traveling was intercepted by gunmen in a […]
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AZcentral.com/Amy B Wang reported, the Arizona woman disappeared in April. An arrest was made in her case earlier this month, but her fate was unclear until now. DNA tests have confirmed a body found in Spain is that of Denise Thiem, a Litchfield Park woman missing since April. A State Department spokesman confirmed Thiem’s death […]
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dauktnauk,ci,yj reported…At least five British tourists have died while 18 have been taken to hospital The victims are said to be four men and a woman aged between 18 and 76 Images have emerged showing the capsized boat floating near rocks It put out a mayday call around 5pm yesterday near small town of Tofino […]
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costaricagoldcountry.com reported a French tourist identified by Costa Rican officials as Aubers Nicolle, 49, died Sunday when the fishing boat he was on crashed into rocks near the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica’s southern Pacific. The man was traveling with four other people, including his wife, Lidie Nicolle, 48 and son, Antane Nicolle, 15. The […]
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