Mar. 16, 2025
Richard Martin.Photo:Dowagiac Police Department/Facebook
Dowagiac Police Department/Facebook
The body of an 82-year-old Michigan pilot was found after he was last seen taking off Sunday in his home-built plane.
Richard Martin’s body was discovered Thursday afternoon after first responders involved with the search and rescue were alerted to anairplane that had crashedin a wooded area off of M-51 North near Elm St., about two miles north of Dowagiac, the Dowagiac Police Departmentsaid in a news release.
Mar. 16, 2025
A Connecticut family whose father recently died is sending him off in the best way they know how: through laughter.
Joe Heller spent the duration of his life pranking others, so when he died at the age of 82 on Sunday, his family couldn’t resist getting in one last prank before laying their patriarch to rest — and they did it through ahilarious obituary.
“My dad has an unorthodox view of life, and I wanted to honor him and make people smile,” Monique told the outlet.
Mar. 16, 2025
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The United Kingdom has become the first nation in the world to vaccinate individuals with the Oxford-AstraZenecacoronavirusvaccine.
“I’m so pleased to be getting the COVID vaccine today and really proud it is one that was invented in Oxford,” said Pinker, who has kidney disease and is a dialysis patient at Oxford University Hospital. “The nurses, doctors, and staff today have all been brilliant, and I can now really look forward to celebrating my 48th wedding anniversary with my wife, Shirley, later this year.
Mar. 16, 2025
Cecille Short.Photo: FacebookAn Oklahoma man has been charged with manslaughter after his dogs mauled his 82-year-old neighbor to death.On Monday, opening statements began in the trial of Antwon Burks, 36, who has been charged with second-degree manslaughter after his two pit bulls fatally attacked Cecille Short in 2017, an Oklahoma County court official tells PEOPLE.Short was on her daily walk with her small dog when she was attacked in Oklahoma City,KFORreports.
Mar. 16, 2025
Photo: NYPDAn 83-year-old transgender woman is now in custody for allegedly killing a woman whose dismembered body was found in Brooklyn.Harvey Marcelin, who was previously convicted for killing two other women, was arrested in connection with the death of a 68-year-old woman,NBC New Yorkreports. The victim had been staying at a Clinton Hill LGBTQ shelter, according to the outlet.Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez tells PEOPLE in a statement, “Last week my Office charged Harvey Marcelin with allegedly concealing the severed head of a woman in her home and discarding the victim’s torso in a bag on the street.