After 24 years, deathbed confession leads to bodies of missing girl, mother in West Virginia When a West Virginia mother and her daughter were reported missing in 2000, no one noticed the shallow grave in their backyard. After 24 years, the victim's husband confessed to murder. A deathbed confession has closed a nearly quarter century-old double missing persons case involving the fatal shooting of a 10-year-old West Virginia girl and her mother, state authorities announced Tuesday. Natasha Alexander Carter was 10 when she disappeared from her home in Beckley, along...

All lanes on Interstate 5 southbound at mileposts 209 and 196 in Eugene were closed due to law enforcement activity Tuesday, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Oregon State Police said law enforcement officers received reports of a suspect speeding down southbound Interstate 5 at about 2:53 p.m., according to reporting from KEZI. The man reportedly crashed near Milepost 197. Police said shots were fired during the chase. KEZI reports that the driver, former Yakima, Washington police officer Elias Huizar, 40, shot himself in the head at the end...

Remains believed to be that of a woman and her daughter who have not been seen in nearly 24 years were found at a southern West Virginia home on the same day that the girl's alleged killer died while imprisoned, state police said. The suspect confessed on his deathbed to shooting and killing Susan and Natasha "Alex" Carter, who had been missing for over two decades years, over financial troubles, officials said at a press conference on Tuesday. Susan Carter and her daughter have not been seen since Aug. 8,...

Authorities in Washington state have issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old boy after police said a former police officer reportedly killed two women − his wife and ex-girlfriend − and allegedly kidnapped the baby. Washington State Patrol issued the alert Monday night on behalf of the West Richland Police Department, who reported the baby, identified as Roman Huizar, missing. The city of West Richland is in Benton County about 35 miles north of the Oregon state line. The child' father, 39-year-old Elias Huizar, is wanted on two homicide charges,...

Police are searching for a man they suspect killed his ex-wife and girlfriend, as well as abducting a 1-year-old child. A woman was shot and killed outside William Wiley Elementary School on Monday just as classes ended for the day. Police named the suspect as 39-year-old former police officer Elias Huizar. Upon searching his house, police found another dead woman. Washington State Patrol said the two victims were Huizar's ex-wife and girlfriend. It is unclear which woman was killed at the school and which woman was killed at home, though...

An Amber alert for a 6-year-old girl has been canceled after the young girl was found, according to Aurora police. Police have taken a suspect into custody with the help of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities did not provide any other information about the suspect or circumstances surrounding the search, citing an ongoing investigation. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued the alert Sunday night shortly before 10:30 p.m., asking people to be on the lookout for a Black girl with black braided hair and brown eyes who was last...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for a 6-year-old girl that was last seen inside a stolen vehicle late on Sunday night. A 2015 Jeep Compass was stolen from a gas station at E. Iliff Ave. and S. Havana St. with a child inside around 9 p.m., according to the Aurora Police Department. Police described the girl, Aaliyah, as a Black female with braids. She was wearing a rainbow jacket. Aaliyah has black hair, brown eyes, is 3 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 50 lbs, according...

SOUTH MILWAUKEE (AP) — More human remains, including a torso, that are believed to belong to a missing woman have washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan, authorities said Thursday. The torso and an arm believed to belong to 19-year-old Sade Robinson were found Thursday morning along a remote stretch of tree-lined beach in South Milwaukee about a quarter of a mile (402 meters) from an apartment complex, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office said. The remains were found by someone walking on the beach, the office said in a...

Lying by a riverbed, falling in and out of consciousness after losing a life-threatening amount of blood, a missing hiker in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park had what he called an “out of body experience.” Jacob Riggs, 35, of Knoxville, went for a hike to his usual camping spot on top of a mountain ridge in the Tremont, Tennessee, area of the national park on Monday, April 8. He wasn’t seen again until April 10. According to park rangers, after a search and rescue operation was initiated, a park...