Posts Tagged ‘Dead’

French findings in mysterious S.F. death

 (02-26) 17:38 PST SAN FRANCISCO — An unusual French investigation into the death of a French national in San Francisco concluded that the man was stabbed in a surprise attack outside his apartment and could not have committed suicide, as local authorities once suggested, the man’s father said Thursday.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/27/BAUP165QSD.DTL

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Dentist fear led girl to starve

 A girl who starved to death after having eight teeth removed had a deep fear of dentists which went unnoticed by authorities, a coroner has said.
Sophie Waller, of St Dennis, Cornwall, died in December 2005 of renal failure caused by starvation and dehydration.

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Wreckage, remains being gathered at NY crash site

By CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer
Saturday, February 14, 2009

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(02-14) 09:20 PST Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) –
Investigators began gathering pieces of the incinerated wreckage of a commuter airliner early Saturday in search of clues to the cause of the fiery crash that killed 50 people.
Workers also had begun the somber task of removing [...]

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Husband Left Wife on Floor for 10 Weeks Before She Died, Police Say

Wednesday, February 11, 2009
 
MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. — 
Sheriff’s officers have arrested an 82-year-old man after his wife died on the floor of their home, apparently about 10 weeks after she fell out of bed and was unable to get up.
 
John Klein was arrested for investigation of second-degree manslaughter after he called 911 on Monday to report that [...]

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Boy, 5, Dragged Away by Crocodile as Brother Watches

 Sunday, February 08, 2009An Australian tour guide plunged into a croc-infested swamp in a desperate bid to save his five-year-old son snatched by a 10-foot-long crocodile.
Steve Doble of Queensland, who owns Daintree Rainforest Rivertrain, flung himself into the waist-deep floodwaters Saturday only to find that his youngest boy had vanished.
He was alerted by the screams [...]

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Family of boy taken by crocodile in Daintree doesn’t want it killed

NEWS.com.au
February 09, 2009 02:00pm

THE parents of a five-year-old boy feared taken by a 3-metre crocodile on a north Queensland river say they don’t want any of the reptiles put down.
A search for the boy in the Daintree River, north of Cairns, resumed today, but has been hampered by the high tide.
Police say the boy, whose [...]

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Australian wildfire death toll at 108: officials

by William West William West – Sun Feb 8, 5:25 pm ET

AFP – A tree burns close to a burnt out house at Kinglake, north of Melbourne.(AFP/William West)

KINGLAKE, Australia (AFP) – The death toll from the worst wildfires in Australia’s history — described by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as “hell in all its fury” — has risen to 108, [...]

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Uncovering Lost Path of the Most Wanted Nazi

By SOUAD MEKHENNET and NICHOLAS KULISH
 
Published: February 4, 2009
CAIRO — Even in old age the imposingly tall, athletic German known to locals as Tarek Hussein Farid maintained the discipline to walk some 15 miles each day through the busy streets of Egypt’s capital. He walked to the world-renowned Al Azhar mosque here, where he converted [...]

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Prosecutors: Russian girl’s killers ate body parts

By IRINA TITOVA
February 04, 2009
Two young men _ one of them a butcher _ have been arrested on suspicion of killing a 16-year-old girl and eating parts of her body, Russian prosecutors said Wednesday.
The girl disappeared after leaving her home in St. Petersburg for school on Jan. 19, city prosecutor’s spokesman Sergei Kapitonov said. He [...]

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Traffic Stop Leads to Man Believed Dead Since ‘89

CNN ^ 1/29/09 Kim SegalPosted on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:46:55 PM by nickcarrawayA man who faked his drowning death nearly 20 years ago off a Florida beach was found out by North Carolina police who stopped him for a traffic violation, authorities said Thursday.Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiancee and a daughter from [...]

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