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A Utah couple facing aggravated murder charges for beating their 3-year-old daughter to death are accused of trying to cover up wounds on her face, hands, legs, head and neck with makeup.Before calling 911, Miller Costello, 25, and Brenda Emile, 22, allegedly applied makeup to Angelina Costello’s body in an attempt to hide bruises, burns, contusions and open wounds.According to the affidavit, Emile allegedly admitted to police that he used makeup to hide the wounds on the dead child “so they didn’t look as bad.”Police were called to the couple’s home last Thursday after a report of a child who…
A California police officer is under investigation for allegedly “manipulating” the body of a man who was shot and killed by police, Bakersfield police said Monday. Newspapers reported the officer tickled the body’s feet and grabbed its head.Police officials did not provide details about how Senior Officer Aaron Stringer manipulated the body of Ramiro Villegas, who was killed by police in November.However, the Bakersfield Californian, citing a police report, said Stringer tickled the corpse’s feet, grabbed its head and said he “likes to play with corpses.”Police officials said in a press release Monday that Stringer was placed on paid administrative…
The pistol used in a terrifying YouTube stunt gone wrong that led to the death of a 22-year-old man on Monday is one of the most powerful handguns on the market.Police said 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz held a book to his chest and convinced his girlfriend, Monalisa Perez, to fire the gun from a foot away.Lewis thought the book would stop the bullet, but it went straight through and killed him.The gun in question was a .50 caliber Desert Eagle, the power of which was made famous in the film “Snatch” starring Brad Pitt.Police said 22-year-old Pedro Ruiz held a book…
Parents are shocked by an experiment that shows how easy it is for paedophiles to use social media to lure children.After hearing the story of a Los Angeles father who witnessed his 12-year-old daughter being kidnapped by a man he’d met on social media, online prankster Koby Persin decided to test how easily he could convince a group of strangers to meet in person.”That’s when the idea that people need to be educated came to me,” Persin told Yahoo Parenting. “I always get my ideas from real life, so I wanted to spread awareness and made this video.”In the video,…
Haley Way, 28, pleaded guilty this week to two felony counts of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, but is not required to register as a sex offender.Way worked at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, where as a math teacher she began having relationships with two male students.Both men were 17, the legal age of consent in Texas, which is primarily why Way does not have to register as a sex offender.One of the boys told police his relationship with Wei began after she traveled to Africa with her family.The boy told investigators the two slept together several…
“The worst thing I’ve heard is, ‘Don’t let anyone see your back because no one wants an ugly girlfriend.'”Alba Parejo is a stunning 16-year-old beauty from Barcelona, Spain. She recently won a modeling contest to become the face of the body positive campaign, and can now be seen in magazines, on billboards, and on buses across Spain.But the teenager admits she wasn’t always confident about her appearance. Parejo was born with a melanocytic nevus, a condition that causes brown birthmarks and dark spots on the skin.”I have birthmarks on my hips, buttocks and thighs, and over 500 moles all over…
Two teachers have been fired after being recorded making inappropriate comments and mocking a severely autistic boy in the US.The boy’s mother, Milissa Davis, said she sent her 12-year-old son Camden to Hope Academy in Louisiana with a recording device in his backpack after he became aggressive at home and started wetting his bed.The recordings can be heard at least two adults in the classroom, identified as a teacher and a teacher’s aide, saying nasty things to and talking about the boy.”It’s just writing words. What’s so hard about it?” the adult said. The boy responded with a grunt, after…
Watch as a big trailer flies over an F1 carThe Lotus F1 team arranged a stunt in which a large trailer truck jumped over the race car, breaking not only the axle but also the record.If you know the name Mike Ryan, you’ve probably seen him build and race diesel-powered tractor-trailers in unlikely places like Pikes Peak, or seen videos of Ken Block-esque five-ton, 2,400-horsepower trucks dancing around the harbor in Long Beach.Now Ryan has set a new world record for a semi-jump across the ocean for a British company, with a Lotus F1 car accompanying him to film the…
WARNING – DISRUPTIONARY CONTENT: Police have issued a stern warning about ‘Blue Whale’, a suicide game that began targeting teenagers in Russia and may now be spreading worldwide.Blue Whale reportedly targets players between the ages of 10 and 14, and forces them to complete a series of painful, mundane tasks, including waking up in the middle of the night, carving shapes into their skin, and thinking about death.As the game progresses over the course of several weeks, participants reach the final challenge: suicide.The game, which has become popular online among teenagers, has drawn warnings from police in Europe, Russia, Central…
This article originally appeared on ACLU’s Speak Freely. People across the country filed their tax returns last week, glitches and all. If past trends hold, this year’s taxpayers will include millions of illegal immigrants.While federal law protects the confidentiality of tax information, concerns have been expressed recently that tax-related information provided to the government by immigrants and their employers could be used by the Trump Administration as a new immigration enforcement tool, and evidence suggests that the number of individuals filing tax returns has dropped significantly.That’s why the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act request last week, requesting information…