Mar. 16, 2025
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A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with homicide after her 11-year-old son was found dead in his bed in September, according to theErie News Now.
On Monday, 62-year-old Mary Diehl, was arrested and booked in the Crawford County Correctional Facility,online recordsshowed.
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Sept. 6, police were called to the Diehl home in East Fairfield Township after Mary said she discovered her son Najir Diehl – whom she adopted and due to a disability was not ambulatory on his own – deceased in his bed, according to theMeadville Tribune.
Mar. 16, 2025
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Less than one week after a devastating injury to both legs, Auburn University gymnast Samantha Cerio has one goal in mind: walking down the aisle at her wedding in two months.
Last Friday, Cerio, 22,broke both knees and tore multiple ligamentsduring a routine in Louisiana, which attracted national attention to the Auburn senior. After her successful surgery, Samantha’s coach, Jeff Graba, toldNBC Newsthat her wedding is her current priority.
Mar. 16, 2025
Kristen McLaughlin was an active kid. She played three sports throughout high school, which helped her “balance out my eating.” But that all changed whenshe “became sedentary”in college — and found herself stuck in a complicated, 5-year relationship.
“I wasn’t mindful at all about what I was eating,” McLaughlin, 31, tells PEOPLE for the2019 “How I Lost 100 Lbs.!” feature. “If I wanted to eat something, I didn’t really think twice about it.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: Courtesy Heather SimmersIn the early morning hours of March 31, 2017, 16-year-old Devin Bond got out of bed and walked out of his Murfreesboro, Tennessee, home. He was never seen or heard from again.Devin had stuffed his bed with sheets and pillows to make it appear like he was still there. He then packed a bag with several pairs of pants and wore a heavy jacket.His family didn’t immediately call police because it wasn’t like Devin to run away, his mother, Heather Simmons-Bond tells PEOPLE.
Mar. 16, 2025
William Keith Speer.Photo:Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP
Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP
At 49, William Keith Speer has spent all but the first 16 years of his life behind bars — most of themon death row.
Speer’s execution — for strangling to death another inmate at the alleged direction of his former prison gang leader — is slated for later today. But Sammie Martin, the sister of the man Speer killed when he was 22, has asked the state of Texas to stay his execution.