HOUSTON—Police in Houston are investigating the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found inside a large pipe for a lazy river at a Houston hotel where she’d been swimming with her family. Aliyah Jaico’s death on Saturday was ruled an accidental drowning by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences. It said she […]
A recent report indicated that Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who was killed in a car accident earlier this month, may have died as a result of drowning. Ms. Chao’s vehicle crashed into a body of water on a private Texas property on Feb. 11. The local Sheriff’s Office reported that […]
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich.—A western Michigan woman whose three young sons drowned last year after her SUV crashed into an ice-covered pond pleaded no contest to several charges in connection with the crash. An Ottawa County judge accepted Leticia Gonzales’s no contest plea Monday to operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and three misdemeanor charges of […]
JUNEAU, Alaska—An Alaska man inadvertently filmed his own drowning on a glacial lake with a GoPro camera mounted on his helmet, but authorities who recovered the camera have not yet found his body, officials said Tuesday. Alaska State Troopers said teams would continue to search Mendenhall Lake for the body of Paul Rodriguez Jr., 43, […]
HOUSTON—Three people including two children have drowned in separate weekend incidents while swimming at night near rural Houston-area parks along the San Jacinto River, according to authorities. A 6-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were swimming in the river around 9 p.m. Saturday next to the Xtreme Offroad Park and Marina when they went under […]
Law enforcement in Bay County, Florida, are warning of possible child neglect charges for parents who fail to supervise their children near the shore, after a recent series of children drowning in the area. Bay County Sheriff’s officials are considering harsher repercussions against parents after the drowning of five children in the Gulf of Mexico […]
Former NFL quarterback Ryan Mallett died Tuesday in an apparent drowning off a Florida Panhandle beach, the local sheriff’s office said. Mallett, who played for the New England Patriots, Houston Texans, and Baltimore Ravens, was on holiday with his girlfriend in Florida. Local first responders were called to Destin beach at around 2:12 p.m. to […]
The U.S. Coast Guard called off its search on Thursday for an Australian man who fell overboard from a cruise ship near Hawaii on Tuesday night. The man, a passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, was identified as 35-year-old Warwick Tollemache. The cruise ship left Brisbane on April 12 and was […]
NEW YORK—A mother charged with drowning her three children at New York’s Coney Island beach was arraigned on murder charges Friday, authorities said. Erin Merdy, 30, was charged with first and second-degree murder in the deaths of her children Zachary Merdy, 7, Liliana Stephens-Merdy, 4, and Oliver Bondarev, 3 months, a spokesperson for the Brooklyn […]
A New York City mother of three, whose children were found drowned near a Coney Island boardwalk earlier this week, has been arrested on murder charges, officials have said. Erin Merdy, 30, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder with the victims […]
The drowning deaths of three children who were found unconscious early on Monday along the shoreline of New York’s Coney Island have been ruled homicides, the city’s medical examiner’s office announced on Tuesday. The bodies of three children, identified by police as Zachary Merdy, 7, Lilana Merdy, 4, and 3-month-old Oliver Bondarev, were found after […]
WAUKEGAN, Ill.—A suburban Chicago man accused in the drowning deaths of his three young children pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder. A grand jury indicted 35-year-old Jason E. Karels this month in the June 13 deaths of 5-year-old Bryant Karels, 3-year-old Cassidy Karels, and 2-year-old Gideon Karels. Officers responding to a […]
American actress Mary Mara has died after apparently drowning in the St. Lawrence River over the weekend, according to reports. Mara drowned while she was swimming in the river, according to a statement from New York State Police on June 27, citing its preliminary investigation. The television star, 61, had been visiting her sister, according to […]
Three siblings, including two toddlers, died in a drowning accident on Thursday at a popular park in Georgia, according to authorities. Lincoln County Coroner Tim Quarles identified the victims as 22-year-old Raven Powell of McDuffie County, 4-year-old Mason Powell, and 3-year-old Sawyer Powell, WRDW reported. The coroner said the triple drowning likely happened sometime after 5 […]
SWAN LAKE, Mont.—Search teams have recovered the bodies of two teenagers who went missing after their kayak capsized in a lake in northwestern Montana last week, officials said Monday. The girl’s body was recovered Sunday afternoon in 86 feet of water in Swan Lake, Lake County Sheriff Don Bell said. The boy’s body was located […]
Jelani Day’s cause of death was drowning, LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch wrote Monday, adding “the manner in which Mr. Day went into the Illinois River is currently unknown.” Day, 25, was last seen at the Illinois State University campus in Normal on August 24 and his car was found two days later about 60 […]
The Whiting family was enjoying their last day of vacation on a sunny beach in Monterey, California, when 10-year-old Haylee Whiting got caught in a rip current. Haylee’s mom, Samantha Whiting was sitting on the shore when she heard her daughter crying for help. Samantha Whiting sprinted into the water to try and grab her […]
