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Kendra Yinger

Pa. girl, 9, found dead; neighbor faces charges  | ajc.com - 0 views

  • just "snapped,
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Did she do something to make him snap?
  • behind the Souderton Gardens apartments
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      Do they live in these apartments?
  • A 24-year-old neighbor, James Lee Troutman, was charged Tuesday with murder, kidnapping, rape and other offenses
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      Did he admit to doing those things or was there a witness or somebody that saw what happened?
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  • Troutman became a suspect after a detective canvassing the building spotted what appeared to be blood on his sneakers,
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Was it a lot of blood. Because if it was just a drop then how could they have seen it with out asking for his shoe.
  • found bloody clothes in a closet
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      Why didnt he throw the clothes in the trash can along with the body?
  • Detectives also found a pool of blood in the basement of the complex
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      Was this just his basement, or was it a basement that anybody in the apartment could go down there?
  • They later found Skyler's body wrapped in a comforter in a parking lot trash bin
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      How would it take them 5 hours to find a body that was in the parking lot trash can? Wouldnt they have checked the surrounding areas and wouldnt they have looked in there to begin with?
  • Troutman eventually admitted to authorities that he strangled the girl with his hands and that her head hit the basement floor "a couple of times at least
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      Why would he have done something like that?
  • it was like whiteout
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      What does he mean that it was like a "white out"?
  • He is being held without bail.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Thats good. He shouldnt have bail. He admited to commiting the crime so he should just go straight to jail.
  • This is a safe little community
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      A lot of people think that they live in a safe community but there is always one person that will ruin that.
  • Police responded and began searching the area.
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      If its a younger kid do they start looking immediatly because i thought that the person that was being reported missing had to be missing for at least 24 hours.
  • when she heard screams and cries of protest coming from somewhere in the building.
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      Why didnt she go and see who was crying and what the screams were from?
Kendra Yinger

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Kendra Yinger

Three children drowned with mother buried apart from her | Reuters - 0 views

  • After a tense funeral marked by shouting between the two sides of the family
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      Why were the families arguing?
  • It was six miles from where their mother, Lashondra Armstrong, 25, was buried in New Hempstead, New York.
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      Why didnt they burie the family together?
  • after an argument with their father,
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      What was the argument about? And is arguing with your husband a good reason to kill yourself and your kids? I dont think so. The kids were so young and could have lived a great life, and she still had a very good life a head of her. They were all young.
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  • saved himself by climbing through a window as the vehicle disappeared beneath the waters.
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      Did he realize what his mother was doing? And could he have possibly saved any of the other kids if he know what she was going to do?
  • The Armstrong family had arranged for the mother to be interred with her children, but Pierre intervened and arranged for a separate plot in another town.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Why wouldnt they want the family to be buired together? Most families like to be buired with their loved ones.
  • Tensions mounted on Monday as family members filed past police officers standing guard outside the funeral home where the ceremony took place.
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      Why was there so muhc tension at th funneral? I think that people would have been able to put their difference aside because it was a funneral.
  • An Armstrong family member, Gwendolen Green, said the mother's relatives were largely banned from the ceremony and guests were checked against a list before being allowed entry
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      I think that its a shame that the two families couldnt get along for the funneral. I also think that the mothers family should have been aloud to be there. I feel that even though the families have differenes they should have allowed the mothers family there.
  • Green said the surviving son had not attended the funeral because it was "too much.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Does he know what they fight was about that caused the mother to do this?
Kendra Yinger

6 arrested after Florida teen shot, his body burned in fire pit - CNN.com - 0 views

  • accused of luring a 15-year-old boy to a Florida home
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      Did they have a reason as to why the choose this boy or was it random?
  • His body was allegedly placed in a sleeping bag and burned in a fire pit outside the home
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      Why did they choose this teen? And what was the motive behind doing this?
  • His ashes were placed into several paint containers
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      How do they know that it was his ashes?
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  • Authorities said they learned of the alleged plot from a member of the group who confessed to witnessing the killing
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      Will this person get a lesser charge because they confessed?
  • and the group beat him with a wooden object
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      Did they only plan on beating him with a wooden object until he started to run or did they know all along that they were going to kill him?
  • about a dispute and a growing hatred.
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      If this hatred was so bad, did they boy who was killed know something like this might happen or did it just happen out of the blue?
  • James Haven, 37, faces charges of accessory to the crime for allegedly helping to dispose Jackson's remains and driving one of the suspects out of the area to avoid arrest
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      So was this person there when the boy was murdered or did he jsut help dispose of the remains and drive someone out of the area?
Kendra Yinger

Long Island Bodies May Be From More Than One Killer - ABC News - 0 views

  • 10 bodies have been found is now being examined as the disposal site for a serial killer and a possible dumping ground for other killers.
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      How long have the bodies been there?
  • More bones were found today
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      If they are bones that means that they have been there for a while, wouldnt somebody have noticed these bodies a long time ago since its a beach?
  • serial killer was responsible for the murders
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  • they cannot rule out the likelihood that more than one killer will be linked to the bodies
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      Why cant they rule out like likehood that more than one killer could be linked to the bodies?
  • first bodies discovered, now badly decomposed, were wrapped in burlap and were prostitutes who advertised on Craigslist.
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      When were theses bodies found? And did finding those bodies lead to finding the other bodies/bones?
  • Shannan Gilbert, a 24 year old sex worker who also advertised on Craigslist
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      So are all these bodies that are being found going to be craigslist prostitutes because that seems to be the trend right now in this case?
  • The corpses were strewn along a several-mile stretch that includes state run and county beaches
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      I understand how these bodies have been there for a while on a public beach and nobody has ever found them until now.
  • Barthelemy's teenage sister told "Good Morning America" today that she has received taunting phone calls from a man who is believed to have killed her sister.
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      Has she called the cops when she starting getting these phone calls because they might be able to trace that call and be able to find out who is calling her.
  • All found women were prostitutes who advertised on Craigslist
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      So could this mean that there is possibly more than one serial killer because they said that there was also a toddler found and some mens bodies?
  • The calls eerily came from her sister's cell phone
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      If she didnt report it to the police right away that wasnt very smart of her becuase they police couls trace the calls and get the location if it is a cell phone.
  • I have to be worried about is that going to happen to me one day
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      I think that she should be placed in a witness program for her safety.
  • "If he's doing that many murders he's not going to stop, he obviously enjoys it and he's sick in the head,
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      If she contacted the police, have they tried to trace down the phone and find out where/when it is/was being used?
Kendra Yinger

Boy killed when train ride overturns in S.C. - The Boston Globe - 0 views

  • when it crashed at Cleveland Park.
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      how did it crash?
  • went on several test runs before Saturday,
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      How many is several times becuase 2 or 3 times could be several times and that is not enough times to test a train before kids and adults get on it.
  • The derailment is under investigation.
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      Could someone have planned this? Or was it really an accident?
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  • four of 19 patients treated there remained hospitalized.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      How badly hurt are/were the people that are still in the hospital?
  • A train ride at a park overturned,
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      how did the train overturn?
  • Benjamin Samuel Easler
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      Is this the 6 year old boy? If so ow did he die? From impact or what? And was he pronounced dead on the seen or did he die at the hospital?
  • more than a dozen children and adults were taken to hospitals.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      How badly injured were they?
Kendra Yinger

Mom of missing West Texas teen to appear in court  | ajc.com - 0 views

  • being accused of obstructing justice
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      Why is she being accused of obstructing justice?
  • Dunn was booked on misdemeanor charges of hindering apprehension and prosecution, possession of dangerous drugs and obstructing justice.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      If this woman has possession of dangerous drugs, if her daughter is found wouldnt they take her daughter away from her?
  • did not yet have an attorney,
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      Why does she need an attorney?
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  • person of interest in Hailey's disappearance
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      Why is he a person of interrest?
  • than 100 billboards featuring her picture,
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      Are the billboards on the high for more than just the towns people to see?
  • Candlelight vigils have been held and fliers with Hailey's photo have been taped across the city.
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      Its really nice that the town is doing all of these things to help find her
Kendra Yinger

2 charged in slaying, robbery of Texas pastor | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Ch... - 0 views

  • slaying and robbery of a young Texas pastor in his church.
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      Do they have any idea why these men did this?
  • robbery and beating of a NorthPointe Baptist Church employee Thursday.
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      Why are they going after people from a church? do they have something against the church or something?
  • too early to say if they will seek the death penalty.
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      they should get the dealth penalty. they killed somebody and knew that they were doing it.
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  • showing both men using the stolen credit cards
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      Did they just want money? Is that why they did this?
  • "began laughing and making inappropriate comments" during news reports about the pastor's death
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      Why did they choose a pastor? I dont understand why they choose a church either? Was it just random or did they know that they were going to go to the church?
  • robberies together and had been trying to rob people in recent d
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      If they have been trying to commit robberies together then why hasnt anybody called the police when they were doing that? that could have stop the church from being robbed and having the pastor killed.
  • Nelson, who was arrested Saturday, has previous convictions that include aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft and burglary,
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      this guy is very dangerous and should deffenitly get the dealth pentalty. He has had his fair share of warnings and now he just went over the line by doing what he did.
  • The Rev. Clint Dobson's cause of death was suffocation by a plastic bag
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      Did they use a plastic bag because they had nothing else to use? Were they not excepting the pastor to be there?
  • Tips from the public were invaluable and led to the break in the case,
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      What were the tips?
  • Nelson gave him an item that belonged to the pastor and also said he robbed the church and suffocated Dobson, according to the documents.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      So he conffesed to the police about what happened?
Kendra Yinger

Expert: One charge could derail Nigeria extradition | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com ... - 0 views

  • fire that burned through the west Houston home where she operated a day care.
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      Do they know how the fire started?
  • Houston day care operator Jessica Rene Tata's flight to Nigeria seriously complicates her prosecution
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      Did she have a trip planned to go there? Are did she cause the fire and she was running away?
  • erts predicted that even if Tata is captured quickly, her return to the U.S. could drag on for months if not more than a year.
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      Why would it take so long? Cant they jusr bring her back into the country?
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  • the U.S. Department of Justice did not return a phone call or e-mail seeking comment on Nigerian extradition efforts.
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      Does this mean that they havent got an answer back from Nigeria and thats why they havent called or email?
  • nine additional charges against Tata on Tuesday, including six more charges of reckless injury to a child and three of child endangerment
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      Why would she do something like this? I thought that she would have loved children if she had a day care.
  • said it includes a long list of offenses for which a suspect is subject to extradition, including manslaughter.
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      Does that mean that Nigeria will give her back to the US?
  • "This would be a very serious mistake not to charge for manslaughter
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      If she is the one who caused the fire then she should be charged for manslaughter because she killed three children.
  • aid if Tata is detained in Nigeria and opts to voluntarily return to the U.S., she could be back on U.S. soil within a month or so.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      But is she willing to come back to the US knowing that she is in a lot of trouble?
Kendra Yinger

Ex-wife recalls violence of suspect in Bellefontaine slaying | The Columbus Dispatch - 0 views

  • "He tried to stab me a couple of times, and when he didn't succeed, he'd lock me in the basement for a couple of hours,"
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      Why didnt she leave him or try to get help? Nobody should have to deal with that.
  • Littleton, 37, is charged with murder in the death of 26-year-old Tiffany Brown
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      Why did he kill her? Or did he do it just because he wanted to?
  • "Instead of calling the law, I just got out of the relationship
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      I think that she should have callled the law becaause that he could have been arrested then and this may have not happened.
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  • Brian, 47, recalled Littleton as "a good guy" who turned mean when he drank.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Maybe that was a sign that when he drank he turned mean.
  • "I knew he was always smacking her around and beating on her," he recalled of Tammy. "She'd come to our house, and she'd be hiding from him."
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      someone should have called the police and that may have stopped this whole thing.
  • What started as a hobby became a violent means of control for Sammy Littleton throughout his marriage to Tammy Queen, she says.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      What started as a hobby? Was he do something or collect something?
  • area landfill today
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      Why a landfill? Is that where they think that they he might be or might have taken them?
Kendra Yinger

Mom, tot found dead in dumpster - BostonHerald.com - 0 views

  • the mother and child may have been there for days.
Kendra Yinger

Ohio train fire contained after explosion - 0 views

  • after a freight train derailed and caused an explosion in northwest Ohio,
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      What caused the train to derail?
  • Breyman said three or four cars were still burning, but those were expected to be out as soon as early Monday morning.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Why cant they jsut put it out now? Why do they have to wait until monday morning?
  • to get the burned cars off the track so they can work to get trains moving through there again.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Wouldnt they want to figure out why the first train derailed before they send another train on the same track because the same thing could just happen again.
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  • but was being contained
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      How are they containing it?
  • "When they went thousands of feet in the air, they could be seen from 20-plus miles away.
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      Is it the ehtanol that caused the fire to go that high in the air? If so how would the be able to control something like that?
  • Authorities initially were concerned that the derailment and explosions happened next to a fertilizer plant.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      What could have happened if the ethanol had reached the fertilizer plant? Would it have casued more of an explosion?
Kendra Yinger

Mom killed mouthy teens: police - Chicago Sun-Times - 0 views

  • will not appear in court Saturday because she’s being treated at a hospital for an unknown condition.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Does this mean that she will use this condition to get out of the charges for killing her kids?
  • The report said Schenecker then drove to their upscale home and shot her daughter in the face inside the home.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      It seems like the daughter didnt evern do anything. She was just at home.
  • Schenecker’s husband, Parker Schenecker, is a career Army officer attached to U.S. Central Command in Tampa. He was working in the Middle East when the shootings happened.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      With him being away may have caused more stress and that is why she ay have done this.
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  • As police led Julie Schenecker to a patrol car Friday, she shook uncontrollably, her eyes wide and wild.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      Is this part of her medical condition?
  • the four posed, smiling and relaxed.
    • Kendra Yinger
       
      The four means that the husband was there and maybe thats why the family was relaxed.
Kendra Yinger

Suspect in 1987 kidnapping surrenders to police, faces federal charges - CNN.com - 0 views

  • A law enforcement source previously told CNN that Pettway contacted a Bridgeport police officer via Facebook from Stratford, Connecticut.
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