Barbara Gagne

APPLE VALLEY, California — A little boy went out for a scooter ride on a Tuesday evening. He never made it home. On August 6, around 8:22 p.m., a 7-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while riding his scooter on Outer Highway 18 in Apple Valley. He was rushed to the hospital, where he … Read more

ESPARTO, California — One moment, it was a quiet Friday night in Yolo County. The next, a single vehicle left the road — and the consequences reached far beyond the crash site. The California Highway Patrol responded to a collision along County Road 85, just outside Esparto near the Capay area. A vehicle had struck … Read more

MARIETTA, Georgia — A desperate search for a missing toddler ended in the worst way imaginable Friday evening, leaving a community heartbroken and investigators with more questions than answers. Messiah Harris, just 2 years old, was reported missing from the Briggs at Powers Park apartment complex on Ridge Run, just off Franklin Parkway, at around … Read more

ELWOOD, Indiana — What officers found inside a South H Street home last June was hard to describe — and even harder to breathe through. The smell hit them before they even stepped inside. Urine. Ammonia. One officer had to borrow a medical mask from EMS just to keep talking to residents. Firefighters said the … Read more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — He was 70 years old. He lived in the neighborhood. And on Friday evening, someone shot him in the chest — and he still managed to keep driving. That is the haunting detail at the center of a homicide investigation now unfolding in North Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood. What police found at … Read more

INTERLACHEN, Florida — A newborn baby was weeks into life. The home around her was rotting. Black mold on the walls. Animal feces on the floors. A mattress swarming with flies where one of the children slept. Dishes of uneaten food crawling with cockroaches. This is the home three children — including a 6-week-old infant … Read more