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A set of human remains discovered in Utah canyon on Sunday may be those of a woman who was last seen going for a run over a year ago, according to officials.
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release a man contacted authorities around 8:30 p.m. to report he discovered the remains while climbing in American Fork Canyon near the Swinging Bridge picnic site, located about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City.
“The man said he hikes regularly in that area but had never before hiked in this particular ravine,” police said.
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Sgt. Spencer Cannon told FOX13 the area was “very difficult to get up” on the north side of the canyon, about 850 feet from the floor, and was not a place where people commonly go hiking.
“For whatever reason, this gentleman decided he wanted to go up this ravine,” Cannon said
A set of human remains discovered in a Utah canyon on Sunday may be of Jerika Binks, 24, who was last seen in February 2018. (Utah County Sheriff’s Office)
Investigators discovered several personal items located with the remains that are consistent with descriptions of property known to be owned by 24-year-old Jerika Binks, according to police.
Binks was last seen on Feb. 18, 2018 when she told her roommate that she was going for a run. Trail cameras picked her up as Binks ran down the Timpanogos Cave Trail, but that was the only sign of her, according to FOX13.
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An extensive search of the canyon afterward by Utah County Search and Rescue turned up nothing until the discovery Sunday.
Cannon told FOX13 that Binks was a fit runner and hiker, and loved being outdoors.
“Based on what we know of her likes and her interests, it’s not a surprise,” Cannon said.
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Police said while there was evidence of injury, there is “no evidence at this stage of the investigation” to suggest foul play was involved.
The remains were recovered by the sheriff’s office on Monday, and have been taken to the medical examiner’s office to identify them and determine a cause of death.
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A Wisconsin teen who admitted he fatally shot his grandparents also had plans to “cause harm” at his high school, officials said.
Alexander M. Kraus, 17, was arrested Sunday at his grandparent’s home in Grand Chute after police responded to a welfare check and found the bodies of 74-year-old Dennis Kraus and 73-year-old Letha Kraus.
The Grand Chute Police Department said in a news release a 911 call had been placed from the home, but did not release details.
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Kraus, who lives in nearby Neenah, admitted to investigators he shot the couple, Officer Travis Waas told the Associated Press.
Alexander M. Kraus, 17, was arrested Sunday after the bodies of his grandparents, 74-year-old Dennis Kraus and 73-year-old Letha Kraus, were found in their home in Wisconsin. (Outagamie County Jail/Grand Chute Police Dept.)
After killing the couple, officials said the 17-year-old had additional plans for violence at Neenah High School, where he was a junior.
In a statement released to FOX11, the school district said that police informed school officials Kraus “had a plan to cause harm at Neenah High School.”
“Police have indicated that there is no danger to students and staff at the high school and the school day on Monday will proceed as normal,” the statement read. “Additional counselors are available to students and there is an extra police presence as an additional precaution.”
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Grand Chute, a city of 22,000, lies about 110 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Neenah, home to 26,000, is about 15 miles south of Grand Chute.
Kraus also had a “plan to cause harm at Neenah High School,” according to officials. (Google Street View)
Wisconsin is one of six states that treat 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system.
Kraus was being held in the Outagamie County Jail and has not yet been charged. Police said in a news release that he could be charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, with each charge carrying the possibility of life in prison.
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An initial court appearance was set for Tuesday afternoon, according to FOX11.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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A utility worker in New Jersey had a shockingly-close encounter Monday after a powerline caught fire as it struck the wet ground after a storm.
The Manchester Police Department said in a Facebook post the incident happened at the intersection of State Highway 70 and Colonial Drive in Manchester Township, located about 60 miles south of New York City.
“Last night was quite SHOCKING for some of our midnight officers!” the department said.
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In video posted to Facebook, a utility worker is shown trying to handle a wire that was believed to be de-energized.
Flames can be seen after a powerline fell to the wet ground and exploded into a fireball as a utility worker was nearby in New Jersey on Monday. (Manchester Police Department)
As the wire falls to the wet ground, it suddenly explodes into a fireball.
“Luckily, he was wearing proper safety equipment,” police said.
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Manchester Township Police Sgt. Christopher Hemhauser told WCAU-TV he and another officer had to flee earlier that night from the same intersection when an arcing transformer sent sparks flying.
He also witnessed the second explosion, and said the utility worker was “definitely startled.”
“It’s just a reminder of how dangerous electricity really is,” he told the television station.
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Manchester Police said no one was injured in either incident. A spokesperson with Jersey Central Power and Light told WCAU the incident is under investigation.
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A Marine was killed and two others were injured in a tactical vehicle accident at Camp Pendleton in California during the weekend, officials said.
The Marine Corps announced Monday the serviceman was one of three members of the elite Marine Raiders unit involved in the accident during a unit training exercise.
The Marine Raider suffered critical injuries and was medically evacuated to a hospital, but died Sunday night.
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“Our thoughts are with his family and teammates,” Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command said on Twitter.
A Marine was killed and two others were injured in a tactical vehicle accident over the weekend at Camp Pendleton in California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel Q. Hamilton)
The Marine’s identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, according to base officials. The two other Marine Raiders received minor injuries.
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An investigation into the deadly incident is underway.
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The death was the second tragedy at Camp Pendleton in less than a week.
Last week, the Marine Corps announced a missing Marine from Camp Pendleton, who failed to return from a ski trip through California’s rugged Sierra Nevada, likely died of exposure from severe winter weather.
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Four people were shot dead in 3 separate locations across a city in western Canada in a series of “targeted” attacks on Monday that may have all been sparked by a neighborhood dispute, according to a wife of one of the victims.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Ted De Jager said at a news conference the killing spree began around 10:30 a.m. outside a home in downtown Penticton, British Columbia.
As authorities were responding to the initial shooting, a second call of another incident came in from the south end of the city. When authorities went to the home involved in the second shooting, they discovered the bodies of 3 people in two locations.
By 11:30 a.m., a 60-year-old man turned himself in at the front desk of an RCMP station in the city, CBC News reported.
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“We’re still trying to find the motive for this whole incident, so that’s part of the ongoing investigation,” De Jager said. “Indications right now are that all four were targeted.”
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers work outside a scene in Penticton, British Columbia, Monday, April 15, 2019. ((Jeff Bassett/The Canadian Press via AP)
The four victims — two men and two women — were all killed within a 3-mile radius.
Renate Winter, the wife of the first victim – 71-year-old Rudi Winter – told the Vancouver Sun she believed the shootings were likely linked to a neighborhood dispute.
Winter said that she and her husband lived next to the estranged wife of the alleged gunman and had a contentious relationship.
“We cut a tree down in our yard and she had a fit, so anytime we did anything she had a fit, so we don’t talk to her,” she told the Vancouver Sun. “She called the cops because my husband was putting rocks in between our properties, and maybe his big toe went on her property.”
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De Jager, who called the shootings a “deeply troubling incident,” offered no additional details on how the victims knew each other or a possible motive. Charges are still pending against the man who turned himself in.
Canadian police said a 60-year-old man is in custody after shootings that left several dead in Penticton, British Columbia on Monday. (Jeff Bassett/The Canadian Press via AP)
He did confirm that neither of the female victims was the alleged gunman’s ex-wife, the Penticton Western News reported.
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Such gun violence is rare in Canada. The shootings on Monday were the deadliest killings in city history, and the sixth deadliest in modern province history, according to the Penticton Western News.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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“Boonrod” was rescued by workers on an oil rig after she was spotted paddling some 130 miles from shore on Friday. (Viral Press)
A dog that ended up stranded in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand, paddling some 130 miles away from shore may soon have a home after being rescued by oil rig workers on Friday.
Workers spotted the animal’s head poking up above water as the dog paddled through the ocean towards the platform.
“If the waves had been strong, we wouldn’t have seen him,” Vitisak Payalaw, of Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production’s oil drilling team, wrote on Facebook. He shared images and video of the rescue.
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The shivering animal then managed to cling to a pole on the platform and could be seen looking up as workers on the oil rig devised a rescue plan.
A stranded dog was spotted by oil rig workers clinging to a pole on the platform some 130 miles from shore in the Gulf of Thailand on Friday. (Viral Press)
“Finally, we decided to tie a rope around his neck and pull him to our site,” Vitisak wrote. “We had to race against time as wind waves might sweep him away.”
The brown Aspin dog was eventually pulled from the sea safely, but “looked exhausted,” according to Vitisak.
The pooch was believed to have fallen into the sea from a fishing trawler, the Bangkok Post reported. She has now been named “Boonrod” which in Thai means “making a spiritual donation for good luck in the future.”
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Boonrod spent the weekend onboard the drilling platform, receiving food and water from the crew before she was brought back to land on Monday, the Bangkok Post reported.
People could be seen greeting the dog on video as she was taken off a boat and delivered into the care of the animal charity Watchdog Thailand.
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The oil rig worker who saved the pooch said she is between 3 and 5 years old and now has “a lot of energy.”
“I hope to adopt her as a pet,” Vitisak told ViralPress. “I am looking forward to spending many happy years together with her.”
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An Idaho man pleaded guilty on Friday to a cold case killing from 1992 in Washington state after he was arrested based on evidence recovered from a cigarette butt that connected him to another unsolved slaying.
Lee Miller, 54, admitted to killing 57-year-old Marilyn Hickey, a former friend of his in Bremerton, Wash., KOMO-TV reported.
Miller was arrested in January after detectives used DNA evidence that was first discovered during an investigation of the 1994 murder of 49-year-old Cheryle Barratt in Idaho.
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Hickey’s body was discovered in her studio apartment in 1992. The 57-year-old was found to have been strangled and was stabbed in her chest with a pair of scissors.
Lee Robert Miller, 54, pleaded guilty Friday to the killing of 57-year-old Marilyn Hickey in 1992. He will soon go to Idaho to plead guilt to another killing from 1994. (Ada County Sheriff’s Office)
Documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman said Hickey was believed to have been stabbed post-mortem.
Semen was found at the scene, but officials were unable to match it at the time. The case eventually went cold until 2006 when DNA found at the Barratt murder ended up matching unknown DNA from the Hickey slaying, according to the Statesman.
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After the Boise Police Violent Crimes Unit and detectives from the Bremerton Police Department compared notes, investigators worked to identify Miller as a suspect.
When Miller tossed out a cigarette, officials were able to take a DNA sample that ended up matching.
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Miller, who has not revealed a motive for the killings, will next head to Idaho to plead guilty for the Barratt murder. He is expected to serve time in the Idaho prison system, as part of a plea agreement, so he is near his family, KOMO reported.
Fox News’ Elizabeth Llorente contributed to this report.
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California cops arrested a man Saturday after he allegedly exposed himself before trying to kidnap a teenage girl on her way to school last week.
The Sacramento Police Department said in a news release that 20-year-old Joseph Dumarce was arrested after an “extensive follow-up investigation and diligent work” by patrol officers and detectives.
The 13-year-old girl was walking to school around 7:30 a.m. on Friday when a man driving a silver 4-door sedan pulled up next to the girl and began to ask for directions.
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“As the victim started to answer the suspect’s questions, she noticed the suspect was masturbating,” police said.
Joseph Dumarce, 20, was arrested Saturday after he allegedly exposed himself to a girl in his car when asking for directions before trying to kidnap her. (Sacramento Police Department)
After the girl tried to walk away, Dumarce allegedly drove past the girl, pulling his car in front of her. He then got out of the vehicle and tried to pull the girl into the back seat of the vehicle, according to police.
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Dumarce’s vehicle was reportedly captured on surveillance footage and prompted a plea from authorities to the public for information.
Police were later able to arrest Dumarce due in part to the surveillance video and the description given by the victim.
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Neighbor Sofia Nyothson told FOX40 she used to feel safe letting her kids play alone outside of her home until she learned the incident happened just across the street.
“It’s a wake-up call. It’s unbelievable,” she told the television station. “Kids should feel safe. We should be safe for our kids to walk to school, walk home from school, walk with their friends. I’m at a loss for words. It’s scary.”
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A commuter train could be seen slamming into an SUV last week in Florida after the driver was captured on video driving directly into its path.
The incident happened during the evening rush hour in downtown Orlando, after the SUV moved towards the tracks as railroad crossing gates lower and lights signaled the train was approaching.
In the video released by police, the SUV is stopped for about 15 seconds just before the tracks before slowly moving forward. The vehicle is then struck by the SunRail train.
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“Please obey all traffic laws, especially when approaching railroad crossings,” Orlando Police said Thursday on Twitter. “Trying to cross when a train approaches is extremely dangerous. Exercise patience and dive safe.”
An SUV can be seen being driven in the path of a commuter train on downtown Orlando, Florida on April 10, 2019. (Orlando Police Department)
Florida Department of Transportation spokesman Steve Olson told FOX35 there were two crew members and 82 passengers on board the train. No one on board the train was injured, but the driver of the SUV was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center in serious condition.
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The crash shut the roadway hour for over an hour and trains were delayed throughout the night as officials investigated the crash.
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In December, two crashes between trains and cars happened at the same intersection within hours. The department has said it would like to make safety improvements there.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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ISIS has tasked one of its terror bosses with moving militants out of Syria and into Europe, newly procured documents show.
Newly obtained documents by The Sunday Times show ISIS has a member tasked with “bringing in migrants and taking out brothers who have been given jobs” as a way to move fighters and money from Syria through Turkey into Europe.
The documents were obtained by the paper after being found on a hard drive dropped by members of an ISIS cell during a battle near the group’s tiny remaining stronghold in Syria earlier this year.
In a bid to stay relevant, the terror group — which recently lost nearly all of its self-proclaimed “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria — is planning to launch a fresh wave of attacks in Europe and the Middle East inspired by past atrocities: the 2015 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and 2017 truck attack in New York City that left eight dead.
Among the documents on the hard drive is a letter signed by six ISIS leaders and addressed to 47-year-old leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which lays out the group’s new strategy of operations involving bank robberies, vehicle rammings, assassinations and computer hacking.
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Operations around the world are to be directed by an ISIS member named Abu Khabab al-Muhajir, who controls two terror cells in Germany and one in Russia. Initial goals of the terror cells are to steal money to fund the group, the papers say.
In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 file photo of Investigating police officers inspect the lifeless body of a victim of a shooting attack outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France. AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)
“Killing infidel venture capitalists, hacking banks through bank accounts, bank robberies or robberies of places that are pre-studied. After any operation of this kind, we will send the money as we procure it,” according to a letter obtained by The Sunday Times.
The terror cells are also tasked with committing attacks, including vehicle-ramming operations that listed the 2015 Paris attacks and “Manhattan attack” as inspiration. Letters obtained by
In another letter to Baghdadi in December, an ISIS commander named Abu Taher al-Tajiki lists possible targets.
“We will tell you here in our letter the targets that we will hit, Allah willing, and they are targets that will destroy the economic world in Europe and spread horror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah,” he wrote.
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Two operations that were to take place 10 to 20 days after the initial letter was sent included targeting a high-speed train in Germany and an oil pipeline in a petroleum refinery near the Swiss city of Base to cause “economic disaster.”
ISIS is planning on having terror cells conduct attacks similar to the 2017 truck attack in New York City that left 8 dead, according to newly obtained letters. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid)
Days after the December letter to ISIS leaders was written, an ISIS flag was discovered near train tracks in Berlin where overhead wires had been damaged, according to the Sunday Times.
A man was arrested in Vienna last month in connection with the Berlin incident and another in Bavaria in October, where a high-speed train hit a steel cable pulled across the tracks when traveling between Nuremberg and Munich.
A conductor had mistaken the sound for a shortened circuit until authorities found the wire that was stretched across the train’s path and wooden wedges were placed on the tracks, DW reported at the time. No refinery attack was ever reported in Switzerland.
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Officials believe that the incidents show ISIS supporters across Europe are still linked with the terror group’s remaining leadership in Syria and Iraq, and not just “lone wolf” suspects that may be inspired to commit attacks.
The letters also show that ISIS is still committed to attacks across Europe, with a new pledge of allegiance for prospective members.
“We are your soldiers in Europe, we see what the enemies of Allah do to our Muslim brothers in the home of Islam by killing and bombardment and destruction of houses,” one of the documents read. “And we, oh Emir of Believers, are under your command and subject to your orders and your sword that which you strike with the enemies of Allah in Europe.”
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