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Mar. 16, 2025

16-Year-Old Dies in ATV Accident at Friend’s Home: 'Our Hearts Are Heavy'

Wyatt Vincent Murphy.Photo:Townsend Brothers Funeral Home Townsend Brothers Funeral Home A Georgia community is mourning the loss ofa teen who diedwhile spending time at a friend’s home last week. He was treated at Navicent Hospital in Macon before his death. Wyatt Vincent Murphy of Georgia.GoFundMe GoFundMe Murphy was a member of the East Laurens High School varsity football team, and his school district’sFacebook pageshared kind words in his memory. “Our hearts are heavy as we announce the untimely passing of ourEast Laurens High SchoolFalcon, Wyatt Murphy,” the post, which included photos of him smiling while dressed in full gear, began.

Mar. 16, 2025

16-Year-Old from Idaho Suffers Cardiac Arrest While Weightlifting, Has Short-Term Memory Loss

Photo: GettyA 16-year-old boy from Eagle, Idaho, has short-term memory loss after suffering from cardiac arrest whileweightlifting.Travis Johnston was working out with friends at a gym on Sunday when he went into cardiac arrest, according to aGoFundMe pageset up in his honor to help his family cover medical costs.After Johnston was brought to the hospital and resuscitated, he went into a coma for two days.Since coming out of the coma, the high school junior is suffering from “severe delirium” and is “extremely confused.

Mar. 16, 2025

16-Year-Old Girl Died in Juvenile Detention Center Last Year, and Now 3 Guards Face Charges

Alexis Sluder.Photo:Alexis Marie/Facebook Alexis Marie/Facebook Five former employees of a juvenile detention center in Georgia have been indicted on child cruelty charges related to the death of a 16-year-old girl who died while in custody last year, authorities said. In apress releaseon Sept. 1, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that a grand jury in Whitfield County indicted the former director of Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton, along with three guards and a nurse.

Mar. 16, 2025

16-Year-Old Girl Dies From Toxic Shock Syndrome Related to Tampon Use

A 16-year-old girl in British Columbia died oftoxic shock syndromerelated to her tampon use, a coroner found. Sara Manitoski was found dead on an overnight school trip in March 2017 near Vancouver Island, with an unknown cause of death. Her friends left the cabin that morning for breakfast thinking that she was still sleeping, but when they returned she was still in bed with her alarm going off. Staff and students, along with emergency responders, attempted CPR on Manitoski but she did not recover.

Mar. 16, 2025

16-Year-Old Girl Killed in Apparent Dispute Over Sweet-and-Sour Sauce Outside McDonald's

A 16-year-old-girl was fatally stabbed in an apparent dispute over sauce outside a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C.Photo:WUSA9news/YouTube WUSA9news/YouTube A 16-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of another 16-year-old female outside of a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C., in what authorities said was a dispute over sweet-and-sour sauce. In a press release,Metro Policesaid that authorities early Sunday morning responded to a report of a juvenile at a hospital who was being treated for stab wounds.