Arizona Woman Kept Dead Body As A 'Shrine': Cops
"Anitra Braxton is accused of shooting and killing an unidentified woman on Christmas Eve and keeping her body on a sofa in her apartment as a "a shrine from God."
Braxton, 39, who faces charges of first-degree premeditated murder, told police she killed the woman for "not believing in her God," according to a copy of the police report obtained by Phoenix's KNXV-TV..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...9d685?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime§ion=crime
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Mom Allegedly High As Infant Son Died Naked, Amid Garbage On Christmas Eve (with clip)
"Stephanie Amber Tillman described her profession on Facebook as "being a great mother," but on Christmas Eve, cops say her 6-month-old son died naked on a living room sofa surrounded by garbage and animal feces while she was getting high.
The investigation into the case was launched Thursday, after Jerry Allen of North Carolina returned home from work to discover his infant son sprawled out naked and unresponsive..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...96fc4?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime§ion=crime
WS thread:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...infant-found-dead-on-Christmas-Eve&p=12260757
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Woman in Reno Hospital End-of-Life Case Dies on Life Support
"A 20-year-old woman at the center of an end-of-life court battle over her treatment at a Reno hospital has died while still on life support, her family's lawyer said Tuesday.
Aden Hailu died about 4:30 p.m. Monday at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, where she never awoke from anesthesia after surgery April 1, said David O'Mara, the attorney representing Hailu's father and family.
O'Mara said the family was told the cause was respiratory failure.
The hospital didn't immediately comment.
Hailu's father, Fanuel Gebreyes, lost a bid in court last week to delay brain electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that the hospital said would show she was brain dead and wouldn't recover.
Washoe County Family Court Judge Frances Doherty had given Saint Mary's the go-ahead to conduct brain wave tests, but indicated she wouldn't rule until at least Jan. 22 on the question of life or death...
O'Mara earlier accused the hospital of wanting to pull the plug to cut costs. He said Gebreyes felt that that as long as there was a chance Hailu was alive, the hospital should treat her or find a place that would.
The father appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court after the doctors at Saint Mary's pronounced Hailu dead last May 28..."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/woman-reno-hospital-end-life-case-dies-life-36101479
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