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Maryland hunter's alleged mistake leaves Delaware mother dead A Maryland hunter is accused of fatally shooting a woman after mistaking her for a deer while she walked through a Delaware field with her children, according to state police.Walter Moorhead, 74, was arrested for manslaughter and other charges after he shot Santos Maria Chilel Soto, 39, on Friday evening in Ellendale, Delaware, State Police said in a press release.Soto was walking through an open field with a man and two children at around 7:40 p.m. as Moorhead was hunting deer from a ground blind, which is a camouflaged structure used by hunters to hide from the sight of game animals. MANHUNT UNDERWAY IN CALIFORNIA AFTER ARMED SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY POINTS GUN AT PEOPLE, SHOOTS AT OFFICERS According to police, Moorhead believed he saw a deer and fired his rifle, striking Soto.State troopers responded to the scene and provided life-saving medical care before Soto was rushed to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.Moorhead was was slapped with multiple felony charges - manslaughter recklessly causing the death of another person, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment. SUSPECT IN DEATHS OF 5 FOUND DEAD AFTER COPS UNCOVER GRIM SCENE AT RURAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE PORTLAND He was released from custody after posting a $43,000 cash bond.The incident remains under investigation .Soto was described as a mother of five children and a "beloved" aunt, according to a GoFundMe page."Maria's family is now facing the overwhelming pain of this sudden loss while also trying to make sure she is laid to rest with dignity," the fundraiser reads. "This heartbreaking situation has placed a heavy financial burden on the family at a time when they are grieving deeply."The fundraiser was launched to help the family cover funeral services and the cost of sending her body to Guatemala. Roughly $12,000 has been raised as of Monday evening. Austin ICE shooting sparks fight over Venezuelan illegal immigrant's deportation One of the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights groups called Monday for the Venezuelan illegal immigrant who was shot during an ICE pursuit in Austin to not be deported, arguing he is a key witness in the investigation into officers' use of force.The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) made the statements Monday afternoon after an agent shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez during a traffic stop. Garces Perez was hospitalized in serious but stable condition. The shooting sparked protests in Austin and calls from local officials for an independent investigation."Wilber is a victim of the shooting and the most important witness to it. You do not deport the key witness to your own officers' use of force," LULAC CEO Juan Peruano said.According to Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, the attorney for Garces Perez and his wife, Garces Perez was delivering DoorDash when an "unmarked black truck sideswiped him." ICE SHOOTING ROCKS AUSTIN AS DEMOCRAT DEMANDS BODYCAM VIDEO, INDEPENDENT PROBE She said he did not know the vehicle was operated by ICE and subsequently made a U-turn under the highway before the agents continued to pursue him."The truck chased him and sideswiped him again. And the agents came out and shot him in the back of the neck and pulled him out of the car," Lincoln-Goldfinch said.Lincoln-Goldfinch also claimed Garces Perez did not receive sufficient medical care, and the bullet remained lodged hours after the shooting. ICE OFFICER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO LYING ABOUT MINNEAPOLIS SHOOTING INVOLVING VENEZUELAN MAN "We learned that at 4:00 he still had a bullet lodged in his back. He was shot here in his back, and they didn't take the bullet out, and they didn't give him pain medication. And they transferred him to ICE, to a processing center, where he spent the night without a bed," Lincoln-Goldfinch said. "There is absolutely zero justification for having shot him in the back of the neck. And this is why we're calling for a stop to ICE traffic stops. ICE officers are over armed, overpaid, under trained and violent. They don't know how to safely conduct traffic stops."According to his attorney, Garces Perez had a work permit and was seeking asylum after entering the U.S. in 2024 through the CBP One app, which the Biden administration expanded to allow migrants to request asylum at ports of entry.His attorney claimed he received a removal order after a notice for his immigration hearing was sent to his old address, despite him having updated his address with the court."He changed his address with the immigration court, and a notice of hearing was sent to his old address. He didn't know he had a hearing. He didn't go. And so he got a deportation order in absentia, which is a very common thing," she said. "The court is notorious for sending notices of hearings to the wrong address. So it appears that that is what happened with him. That's why he has a removal order. We are working on that." According to the Austin Police Department, hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday evening following the ICE operation, throwing rocks, bottles and pieces of concrete. Three police vehicles were damaged, and multiple officers sustained minor injuries, officials said.At least three people were arrested for rioting, resisting arrest, assaulting a peace officer, or a combination of the charges. The individuals were identified as Robert Padgett, 48; Armando Menagarcia, 29; and Matthew Hemby, 44.Lincoln-Goldfinch further to condemned the accounts provided by federal agents, claiming ICE officials do not tell the truth."We are fed up with ICE and DHS telling us lies about what has happened in these incidents where people are being murdered and shot," she said.  Rep. Lloyd Doggett echoed Lincoln-Goldfinch's assertions, claiming that federal immigration officials often lie. "ICE has no credibility anymore. It lies. We know it lies. We've seen it demonstrated again and again, and we need the kind of independent structure to demand some accountability," he said.DHS sources confirmed to Fox News on Sunday that Garces Perez is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a final order of removal.DHS said Garces Perez illegally entered the United States under the Biden administration. The agency said he was shot during a law enforcement operation."The illegal alien's condition is stable, and he is in federal custody pending removal," DHS added on X.  Murdaugh defense says detectives found male DNA under victim's nails but skipped key testing Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have filed a motion asking a judge to force South Carolina prosecutors to hand over pieces of key forensic evidence, like the unidentified male DNA found under Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails that they say the state crime lab never fully tested.The 93-page filing by Alex Murdaugh's attorneys on Friday seeks the additional DNA and ballistics evidence, along with raw data from a laser scan of the crime scene in Colleton County, South Carolina.Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh accused the state of stalling in a way that could jeopardize the defense's trial preparation. MURDAUGH WANTS IDAHO MURDERS DNA DREAM TEAM BEHIND KOHBERGER CASE TO HELP REWRITE SECOND MURDER TRIAL "Every week the State withholds this material is a week taken from the preparation of the defense, and if the delay continues the defense may be forced to seek a continuance that Mr. Murdaugh does not want and that the Court has said it will not grant. The State should not be permitted to create, through inaction, the very delay it would then oppose," the motion states.Alex Murdaugh's defense team previously requested that DNA evidence from underneath Maggie Murdaugh's fingernails be released to Othram, Inc. After Othram tested the DNA, the defense argued that additional testing is needed to recover a male DNA profile that the defense says the state crime lab found but never fully pursued. SEND US A TIP READ IT: Alex Murdaugh defense team's motion to compel evidence His defense argued that the partial DNA profile from swabs on Maggie Murdaugh's phone should be further tested as well. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Defense attorneys are also asking for a list of every shooting in the counties surrounding the crime scene where .300 Blackout cases or projectiles were recovered, along with details about each crime . They also asked for raw data from a 3D laser scan SLED took of the crime scene. Prosecutors handed over a read-only viewer file in 2022, but the defense says it needs the raw data to reconstruct the scene.Alex Murdaugh's defense also accused prosecutors of flip-flopping on the murder weapon. The state argued at his 2023 trial that the .300 Blackout rifle was uncommon, pointing toward the family's guns, but now calls it one of the most popular AR cartridges in the country, according to the motion. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "The State has had continuous and exclusive custody of every item of physical evidence in this case, including the biological material that is the subject of Part III of this motion, for more than five years. It has tested what it wished to test, in the sequence it wished to test it, without notice to the defense and without the defense's consent. It now proposes that the defense may not do the same," defense attorneys argued.Joshua Ritter, a former prosecutor and Fox News contributor, said Murdaugh's request for additional DNA may backfire, calling it a "big gamble.""I think it's probably better left alone by the defense so that they can make that argument about this unknown male. 'Who is that? Why didn't the prosecution test it? Why didn't they do anything about it?' Maybe they're concerned that the prosecution could point the finger right back at them and say, well, you guys didn't test it either, you had it for as much time as we did," he said.Alex Murdaugh was convicted in 2023 of murdering his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, at the family's Moselle property in Colleton County. The South Carolina Supreme Court later overturned the convictions after finding that former Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill improperly influenced the jury . His retrial is scheduled to begin April 5, 2027.Fox News Digital reached out to SLED and Attorney General Alan Wilson for comment. Lindsay Clancy defense files motion to dismiss under double jeopardy grounds, with focus on holdout juror Lindsay Clancy's defense has filed a double jeopardy motion seeking to have the three first-degree murder charges she faces for the strangling deaths of her young children dismissed. Attorney Martin Weinberg, who also represented Karen Read in her double jeopardy claim, filed a motion for Clancy Monday raising claims under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.  Read's claim failed, but she was later acquitted of all homicide-related charges in her second trial.Weinberg argued that there was no "manifest necessity" to declare a mistrial on Sept. 4 "given the absence of judicial inquiry regarding repeated reports that one juror was refusing to apply the Court's instructions regarding reasonable doubt."The jury split 11-1, with only the holdout wanting to find her guilty. The others were in favor of finding her not criminally responsible for the children's deaths after Clancy's defense claimed she suffered from postpartum psychosis. LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR MAKES NEW PROMISE AS LAWYER WARNS OF PUBLIC ATTACKS Judge William Sullivan previously overruled a defense motion to have the holdout juror dismissed and replaced with an alternate, saying he felt it was not appropriate for him to get involved in the deliberations."The jury twice informed the Court that one of its members was refusing to apply the Court's instructions regarding the fundamental concept of reasonable doubt," Weinberg wrote. "After the first such report, the Court asked each juror individually whether he or she was able to apply the law. Upon receiving the second report, the Court tempered its response even further, simply reminding all jurors as a group of their obligation to follow its instructions generally. The Court denied Ms. Clancy's explicit requests to go further."Weinberg's motion argued that Sullivan's decision to declare a mistrial before investigating the holdout is improper, alleging that the jury foreperson accused the holdout of making "statements acknowledging doubt but refus[ing] to apply it to the verdict as the law states.""Ms. Clancy, like all criminal defendants, had a Constitutional right to have her fate decided by an impartial jury of her peers, faithfully applying the law as instructed rather than superimposing the juror's own view of legal right and wrong, including the foundational principle that, absent proof beyond a reasonable doubt of her guilt, she must be acquitted," he wrote. "The multiple reports of a juror violating this bedrock principle, therefore, required a judicial inquiry sufficient to ascertain whether her right to an impartial jury was being violated." Read the double jeopardy motion : Weinberg also argued that there was a legal basis for conducting a probe into the holdout before the mistrial was declared. However, Sullivan did not hold one. LINDSAY CLANCY MISTRIAL DECLARED AFTER JURY DEADLOCKS IN KILLINGS OF HER THREE CHILDREN On Friday, Clancy's trial attorney Kevin Reddington called for an investigation into the holdout juror who wanted to find her guilty of murder charges in connection with the strangling deaths of her three young children."[The other jurors] know that they were robbed - by one man - for whatever his agenda was, who stole seven weeks of the life of these other jurors that were so attentive, so beautiful, so wonderful and listened to this evidence," he told reporters after leaving the courthouse following her mistrial. Reddington is asking a Massachusetts judge to preserve juror records from all 12 panelists and six alternates, including their questionnaires, courthouse hallway surveillance video taken outside the deliberation room and sign-in sheets for the jurors' cellphones.Reddington is asking the court to conduct a "limited inquiry" into the holdout and for information on any potential background checks stemming from a February motion for access to prospective juror information filed by Plymouth County prosecutors. Read the motion for an inquiry into 'Juror Doe': He's also seeking the holdout's juror questionnaire and any supplemental filings, probation records and "Juror Doe's record from the statewide domestic violence registry." He is asking the judge to require prosecutors to divulge whether it has had any contact with the holdout as a defendant, complainant or subject going back to January 2021.Additionally, Reddington is looking for the holdout's phone records between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on each deliberation day and asking for the court to order an independent examination into his phone use during the deliberation period.Lastly, he wants the holdout to be grilled regarding the truthfulness of his juror questionnaire and voir dire answers, his statements to the court on Sept. 3, and the use of a phone or outside information during deliberations. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "The court may also hear from Juror No. 10 limited to what he observed of Juror Doe's phone use," Reddington advised in the filing. LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR ADMITTED 'REASONABLE DOUBT' BUT STILL REFUSED INSANITY VERDICT, FOREPERSON SAYS GOT A TIP? Clancy's trial was declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after jurors deadlocked 11-1 in favor of finding her not criminally responsible for the slayings due to mental illness or defect. Her defense had claimed she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and repeatedly sought help to no avail. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Prosecutors argued that she acted deliberately and understood that strangling her children one by one with exercise bands was wrong. LINDSAY CLANCY DA RARELY DOES PLEA DEALS, BUT HER CASE COULD BE THE 'EXCEPTION,' VETERAN ATTORNEY SAYS GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The lone holdout juror is referred to only as "Juror Doe" in the motion due to the court's impoundment order protecting the jurors' identities.Prosecutors have not yet officially announced whether they'll seek a new trial for Clancy, who faces three counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months.Clancy's attorney has separately asked the court to overrule the holdout and declare her not guilty , a routine motion that experts nonetheless have said rarely succeeds. Suspects in Haitian president's assassination transferred to Miami, accused of funding plot with COVID fraud Eighteen allegedly involved in the brazen 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have touched down on U.S. soil to face federal charges, with Fox News cameras on the tarmac for their arrival Sunday.In exclusive footage, the defendants can be seen stepping off a U.S. military aircraft in Miami, shackled and tightly guarded by FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents in military-like fatigues. The dramatic transfer marks a major turning point in the international investigation into the plot that left the Haitian leader dead in his bedroom."Today, the FBI and our interagency partners executed the largest foreign transfer of custody in FBI history," FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital in a statement. "It is the latest in an all-out 18-month blitz by this FBI man-hunting high-value targets across the world and bringing them back to the United States to face justice."The ​53-year-old president was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence in ​the hills above Port-au-Prince, a killing that left a gaping political vacuum ⁠in the Caribbean nation and emboldened powerful armed groups in the country. FBI EXTRADITES FORMER TEN MOST WANTED FUGITIVE ARRESTED FOR 2000 MURDER OF 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN PHILADELPHIA According to FBI Miami, the accused - comprising operatives from Haiti and Colombia - were transferred from Haitian custody to face the U.S. justice system. Federal prosecutors established jurisdiction because the conspiracy was largely organized and financed in South Florida.Prosecutors allege the defendants utilized fraudulent COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to bankroll the deadly mission. A complex five-year federal investigation into 30 suspects charged with crimes revealed the assassination was financed by American taxpayer dollars to businesses based in Florida to gather the weapons, tactical gear, and Colombian mercenaries that killed Moise inside his own home .The charges include conspiracy to kill or kidnap a person abroad, as well as wire fraud. Some of the assassins even allegedly posed as federal agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in order to get inside the presidential residence in Haiti. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING OVER $1M IN PPP LOANS FOR SUPPOSED AMATEUR BASKETBALL LEAGUE As the 18 suspects arrived in Miami, Department of Justice prosecutors unsealed an indictment detailing the sprawling conspiracy. Court documents outline a plot initially aimed at violently overthrowing the Haitian President, which ultimately escalated into an assassination.This was "really about greed," Miami Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles told Fox News. "These were people that owned business interests in the United States that were looking to get lucrative contracts from the government of Haiti and believed that if they could initiate a regime change to the assassination, that those contracts could then come their way, and they would profit off of it."The defendants were making their first appearance in federal court in Miami Monday morning. Because cameras are strictly prohibited inside federal courtrooms, the exclusive tarmac video serves as the only visual of the suspects entering U.S. custody."This assassination plot was planned, financed, conspired, here in Miami," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones told Fox News. "It's not only just holding people accountable for committing murder, but it's holding people accountable if they use government funds in a fraud to facilitate that murder." KASH PATEL REVEALS FBI'S CAPTURE OF ALL 10 MEMBERS OF MOST WANTED FUGITIVE'S LIST DURING HEARING The four ringleaders of this 2021 assassination plot were convicted in Miami in May and they face life in prison.Prosecutors ⁠argued during the nine-week trial in a Miami federal court that the men assembled two dozen former Colombian soldiers and supplied them ​with money, guns, ammunition and tactical vests."When you pick up the phone and engage with foreign partners at a historic level, as we've done - a 400% increase these last 18 months - this is what happens," Patel's statement concluded."Thank you to FBI Miami for their leadership in this investigation as well as our law enforcement partners who executed."Haitian Justice Minister Patrick ​Pelissier confirmed in a statement that suspects had been transferred from Haiti to the US, adding that Haitian judicial proceedings had been delayed."While the American procedure has recorded significant progress, notably arrests, prosecutions, and ​convictions, the Haitian procedure remains confronted with major difficulties and has not, to date, resulted ​in a trial being held, after five years of proceedings," Pelissier said.In ⁠Haiti, prominent human rights activist Pierre Espérance said that the slow pace of the Haitian case and the transfer of the 18 suspects to the U.S. was a "disgrace for the Haitian ⁠justice system."He ​argued for strengthening the country's justice system to allow ​for such complex cases to be tried inside Haiti, rather than sending them to the U.S. for prosecution. Reuters contributed to this report. 'American Idol' contestant's 100K texts with mistress show motive in wife's murder, prosecutors say Former " American Idol " contestant Caleb Flynn allegedly told his mistress he was "literally trying to think of ways to kill" his wife without going to jail before prosecutors say he shot her and staged the scene to look like a break-in.The chilling message was among more than 100,000 texts prosecutors say Flynn exchanged with his mistress in the year before his wife, Ashley Flynn, was killed Feb. 16, WHIO in Dayton reported."I was up until 4 a.m. last night crying, literally trying to think of ways to kill her and not go to jail," Flynn allegedly wrote in one of the messages. NEW JERSEY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE WITH BARBELL ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED IN MESSAGES TO RELATIVES: REPORT Prosecutors revealed during opening statements Friday that Flynn had been carrying on a year-long affair and argued the messages showed his motive and intent, WHIO reported.Miami County Prosecutor Paul Watkins told jurors the messages, some sent months apart and others just hours before Ashley was killed, showed Flynn repeatedly expressing hatred toward his wife and a desire to be free of her so he could pursue a future with his mistress. MICROSOFT EXEC'S GRIEVING WIDOW FACES MAN ACCUSED OF PLOTTING HIS MURDER AS SHE REVEALS EERIE FINAL CALL Flynn has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in his wife's death.Fox News legal analyst Josh Ritter said Sunday that one message sent the day before Ashley's killing could be particularly damaging. LUIGI MANGIONE'S LIVESTREAM STUNT AIMS TO GET INFLUENCERS TO 'PRESSURE' JURORS: FORMER PROSECUTOR Flynn allegedly indicated that the following day would be one he would never forget and that he would make his choice for his mistress, Ritter said on "Fox & Friends Sunday.""If we were curious at all about how the prosecution would attempt to prove motive in this case, it became abundantly clear during opening statements," Ritter said. CHARLIE KIRK MURDER CASE AS 'STRAIGHT-FORWARD' AS IT GETS, PROSECUTORS ARGUE AS CASE NEARS TRIAL DECISION Flynn's defense acknowledged the affair during opening statements but argued his conduct as a husband does not establish that he murdered Ashley, WHIO reported.Defense attorney Emily Smith told jurors prosecutors were offering a theory built around circumstantial evidence rather than proof that Flynn killed his wife, arguing Ashley deserved justice based on more than speculation.Testimony Monday shifted to the physical evidence inside the Flynn home, where a veteran crime scene investigator challenged Flynn's claim that an intruder broke in and killed his wife.The investigator testified that damage to the garage door did not look consistent with burglaries he had investigated and appeared to have occurred while the door was open. After spending about 12 hours examining the home, he said he believed Ashley's killing had been staged to look like a burglary.Flynn became emotional as jurors were walked through evidence collected from the home, at one point sitting with tears streaming down his face as the investigator testified.The investigator also testified that authorities were told Flynn kept a loaded handgun in the center console of his Ford F-150. The console was found open, but investigators did not find the gun or ammunition inside. TEACHER FOUND DEAD WITH THROAT SLIT; DETECTIVES SCRUTINIZE HUSBAND'S SHIFTING STORY Prosecutors allege Flynn used a 9mm handgun to kill Ashley inside the couple's Tipp City, Ohio, home and then staged the scene to make it appear an intruder was responsible.Flynn called 911 and claimed someone had broken into the home and shot his wife, audio previously obtained by Fox News Digital shows. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X "Oh my god, somebody broke into my home, somebody broke into my home and shot my wife," Flynn told the dispatcher. "My wife, she's got two shots to her head, there's blood everywhere. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my God."Jurors on Friday were shown police bodycam footage from inside the Flynn home on the night of the killing as the first officers to arrive testified about their initial investigation, WHIO reported. SUSPECT IN MICROSOFT EXECUTIVE JARED BRIDEGAN'S MURDER CONVICTED IN ROADSIDE AMBUSH The footage showed Flynn telling officers someone had broken into the home and killed his wife. An officer testified that Flynn said he had fallen asleep before waking to sounds of a break-in and gunfire. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS An FBI agent also testified that investigators canvassed more than 80 homes looking for cameras or other evidence that could support Flynn's claim that an intruder had been in the neighborhood. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Flynn was a contestant on "American Idol" and spoke publicly about his love for his wife during a 2013 hometown interview for the show. SEND US A TIP "I absolutely love the Lord. I love my wife more than anything. She is very, very pretty.... I love her," Flynn said at the time. GOT A TIP? Ritter called the alleged messages between Flynn and his mistress "really, really damning evidence." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST He noted Flynn remains presumed innocent and said the defense appears to be pursuing a theory that investigators rushed to judgment. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "But given that abundance of digital evidence, I think they're going to have a really tough time proving, or trying to create any kind of reasonable doubt in this case," Ritter said.Jurors are expected back in court Monday morning as testimony continues. Tourists seeking 'dramatic' photo on isolated beach trapped by incoming tide Tourists went to snap an iconic photo on Oregon's Lost Boy Beach and wound up getting one taken of themselves in a storybook SOS rescue by the local fire department last week.Three unnamed sea gawkers were stranded for five hours Wednesday, Sept. 16, after a rising tide cut them off from the mainland at the secluded Tillamook County cove. Having reportedly lost cell phone service at the bottom of the steep cliff, the group managed to contact 911 using an emergence satellite feature, The Oregonian reported .Netarts-Oceanside Fire District received the call and found them stranded on the shrinking patch of beach with the tide rolling in on them, using a drone to capture footage of them spelling out a large "SOS" with sticks. 11 VISITORS TRAPPED AS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING TEARS THROUGH ICONIC NATIONAL PARK Lost Boy Beach is accessible only by scrambling over rocky terrain and passing through a sea cave that is open at both ends. While the small beach is inviting during low tide, the rising water blocks the only exit."When people are stranded there, we may not be able to get to them," NOFD Chief Jeff McBrayer told the paper. HELICOPTER RESCUE CREW CAUGHT ON CAMERA SAVING 2 CLIMBERS TRAPPED ALONG POPULAR CALIFORNIA BEACH CLIFF Crews initially considered waiting for the tide to recede, but opted for an active rescue due to rough surf , the presence of sneaker waves, and the fact that the tourists were already wet and cold, he added.Navigating the dangerous conditions, rescuers hugged the remaining shoreline while secured to ropes instead of wading directly through the unpredictable water. Once they reached the tourists, responders provided life vests, clipped the group to the safety ropes, and guided them through the surf to a secure area where they could walk out on their own. CALIFORNIA DAD PARALYZED FROM NECK DOWN AFTER DIVING INTO OCEAN TO RESCUE CHILD The visitors emerged from the ordeal with only minor bumps and bruises.Following the rescue, Chief McBrayer used the incident to remind coastal visitors of the area's deceptive dangers of exploring isolated coves ."You have to ask a local or check a tide app on a phone for tide information," he said. HIKERS STRANDED ON MOUNT SHASTA AFTER RELYING ON AI TO PLAN TRIP, SHERIFF SAYS Lost Boy Beach, situated on the northern Oregon coast just south of a towering basalt cliff , derives its ominous name from a century-old local legend. According to regional lore, the highly secluded spot was named after a young boy who was believed to have drowned after being trapped by the incoming tide. While it remains unverified if the tragic tale is historically accurate, the name has persisted for roughly 100 years, functioning as a built-in, enduring warning to visitors about the cove's unpredictable and deadly conditions.Historically, reaching this hidden stretch of sand has remained notoriously treacherous, wedged between Short Beach to the north and Tunnel Beach - sometimes known as Star Trek Beach - to the south. Unlike its neighboring Short Beach, which finally received a community-built "stairway of 100 steps" around 2000 to stop visitors from cracking their heads on a slippery cliff face, Lost Boy Beach has never featured safe overland access.Navigating to the beach from either side is exceptionally dangerous, with access only vaguely possible during rare, extreme low-tide events that occur just a couple of times a year. GOP takes aim at Congress' next 'get filthy rich' loophole and more top headlines 1. GOP takes aim at Congress' next 'get filthy rich' loophole 2. 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Attorney busts 'biggest misconception' in Karmelo Anthony filing that could be key in track meet murder case A 75-page court filing detailing alleged threats, gun photos and violent text messages tied to convicted Texas killer Karmelo Anthony appears at first glance to be a roadmap of evidence prosecutors planned to present at trial.But a veteran Texas criminal defense attorney says one of the biggest misconceptions surrounding the document is that jurors were never guaranteed to see any of it.Fox News Digital recently obtained the filing, which prosecutors submitted before Anthony's murder trial under Texas Rule of Evidence 404(b). UNTAPPED KARMELO ANTHONY EVIDENCE CACHE SHOWED HE STALKED EX-GIRLFRIEND, HAD 'KNIVES' OBSESSION: PROSECUTORS The filing has taken on renewed importance because Anthony's bid for a new trial focuses on an alleged pretrial agreement governing character evidence. Anthony argues confusion over that agreement affected his decision not to testify , while prosecutors dispute that claim.The notice catalogs dozens of alleged prior acts prosecutors said they may seek to introduce, including allegations that Anthony stalked his girlfriend hours before fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco high school track meet on April 2, 2025.Prosecutors also cited text messages in which Anthony allegedly said he was "on the verge," posed with firearms, made violent threats and repeatedly discussed fighting. KARMELO ANTHONY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH GUNS AS DOCS REVEAL ALLEGED HISTORY OF RAGE, THREATS AND VIOLENCE The filing also includes allegations that Anthony talked about committing robberies, buying firearms and extended magazines , selling narcotics and threatening multiple people, including his then-girlfriend, in text messages spanning several years. Prosecutors also cited screenshots they said represent only portions of larger conversations and noted the alleged prior acts were separate from the charged offense.To some readers, the filing might appear to be a blueprint of the prosecution's case. KARMELO ANTHONY DEFENSE RESTS, ATTORNEYS PREP FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEFORE JURY DELIBERATES IN MURDER TRIAL But appearances can be misleading.Tiffany Burks, a partner at Texas law firm Varghese Summersett and a former prosecutor, said that's not how Rule 404(b) works. TEXAS JUDGE WHO PRESIDED OVER KARMELO ANTHONY MURDER TRIAL REMOVED FROM CASE OVER 'GOT IT RIGHT' COMMENT Burks explained that filing a Rule 404(b) notice does not mean jurors will ultimately hear the evidence. Instead, it gives the defense advance notice of evidence prosecutors may seek to introduce, so attorneys have time to investigate the allegations and prepare a response before trial. KARMELO ANTHONY BLASTS JUDGE IN NEW FILING OVER HANDLING OF MURDER TRIAL If prosecutors believe they may want to introduce evidence of prior alleged bad acts, they must notify the defense before trial, so attorneys have an opportunity to investigate the allegations, prepare a response and avoid being surprised before a jury."The law requires that you file a 404(b) notice so that you can give the other side notice of what it is you may want to put in trial because the parties have to be prepared," Burks said. "Specifically, the defense has to be prepared to respond or rebut that information." KARMELO ANTHONY ISOLATED IN JAIL AS TRACK MEET KILLER APPEALS CONVICTION, PREPS FOR PRISON STINT In effect, the filing functioned as a placeholder, preserving prosecutors' ability to ask the judge to admit the evidence later if they believed it became relevant during trial. Filing the notice did not mean the judge would allow jurors to hear it, nor did it mean prosecutors would ultimately decide to offer every allegation listed in the document.That also helps explain why Anthony's filing stretched to 75 pages. CONVICTED KILLER KARMELO ANTHONY SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS AFTER YEARLONG LEGAL BATTLE: TIMELINE Rule 404(b) generally prohibits prosecutors from introducing prior acts simply to argue a defendant has a bad character. But judges may admit that evidence for other purposes if it satisfies the rules of evidence."When I was a prosecutor, I would put everything but the kitchen sink in the notice," Burks said. "If you don't give the other side notice of it, then you're not going to be able to utilize it later." AUSTIN METCALF'S FATHER HAUNTED BY KARMELO ANTHONY TRIAL VISUALS RELEASED: 'I HAD NEVER SEEN THOSE PICTURES' The filing reaches back to Anthony's school years in Louisiana and includes allegations of repeated fights, school suspensions, threats, assaults and misconduct. It also cites text messages in which Anthony allegedly wrote, "When I get mad i see red," "When I get mad i blackout" and "When I get mad i cant control myself."After reviewing the filing following the trial, Metcalf's father, Jeff Metcalf, said he had "no idea" many of the allegations existed until he read the 75-page notice. Speaking with Fox News contributor Donna Rotunno, Metcalf said he was surprised by the scope of the filing.Prosecutors also included photographs and videos they said showed Anthony with what appeared to be firearms, along with messages discussing shootings, robberies and narcotics.The notice itself, however, is not evidence that those alleged acts occurred. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Instead, prosecutors identified them as evidence they said they might ask the court to admit at trial. The filing also cautions that some of the screenshots reflect only portions of larger text conversations.Burks said prior alleged conduct can become especially important when a defendant argues self-defense because prosecutors often try to show the defendant - not the alleged victim - was actually the first aggressor. Rather than trying to prove someone has a violent character, prosecutors may argue prior conduct helps explain who started the confrontation, intent or another issue permitted under Rule 404(b)."The prosecution can file a 404(b) notice to provide some information that can show that the defendant was, in fact, the first aggressor in the situation by showing information of previous aggressive acts," Burks said. "They can also use it to rebut a defensive theory." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Anthony argued he acted in self-defense when he fatally stabbed Metcalf during an altercation at a Frisco track meet . Prosecutors filed the 404(b) notice roughly a month before trial, preserving the ability to ask the judge to admit dozens of alleged prior acts if they later became relevant during trial. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE The Collin County jury ultimately rejected Anthony's self-defense claim . Instead, the jury convicted him of murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison after hearing testimony from more than 20 witnesses and reviewing surveillance video from the track meet. SEND US A TIP Whether jurors ultimately hear that evidence, Burks said, is a separate question. GOT A TIP? A judge must first decide whether each item is admissible under the rules of evidence before it can be presented in court. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Burks said many people mistakenly assume a lengthy Rule 404(b) filing means every allegation inside it will eventually be placed before a jury. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "I think probably the biggest misconception people have about 404(b) is they think that because you've given the other side notice of it, that it's automatically going to come in," Burks said. "That is not what it means."Whether jurors ever hear prior-act evidence depends on what prosecutors ultimately seek to introduce and what the judge decides to admit.Fox News Digital reached out to Anthony's attorney and the prosecutors' office for comment. Manhunt underway in California after armed suspect allegedly points gun at people, shoots at officers Deputies in California are searching for a man believed to be armed and dangerous after allegedly murdering a woman and shooting at others, according to authorities.Derek Spencer, 44, is wanted for several felonies, including pointing a firearm at people in Placer County on Sunday, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said Spencer was initially wanted after allegedly pointing a firearm at people earlier Sunday.During the search for Spencer earlier on Sunday, deputies found him in the Iowa Hill area. Spencer rammed a patrol vehicle before fleeing the area, triggering the manhunt. DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS SWAT VEHICLE RAMMING TRACTOR DURING TENSE OREGON STANDOFF Spencer also fired shots at law enforcement officers and helicopters assisting law enforcement. No law enforcement officers were injured during the search for Spencer.Everyone in the Iowa Hill area is urged to lock their doors and remain inside.In an update on Sunday night, the sheriff's office said the search remained ongoing, noting the search is very challenging due to the area being very large, with dense forest and steep, rugged terrain. SUSPECT IN DEATHS OF 5 FOUND DEAD AFTER COPS UNCOVER GRIM SCENE AT RURAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE PORTLAND But during the search, deputies located a murder victim they believe was killed by Spencer."As tactical teams worked to clear a home where Spencer had been earlier in the search, they located an adult female who had been shot and killed inside the home. At this point in the investigation, it's believed Spencer murdered the woman before fleeing into the surrounding forest," deputies said.The sheriff's office is being assisted by multiple other law enforcement agencies."Teams will continue searching throughout the night and will not slow down as we work to locate this armed and very dangerous individual," the sheriff's office said.The sheriff's office described Spencer as a bald man with a goatee. Patrick Clancy in his own words: Top takeaways from grieving father's first interview Patrick Clancy begged for just one of his children to survive, held baby Callan as he died in his arms and revealed why he forgave Lindsay after she killed their three children.Speaking with correspondent Ross Douthat on CBS News' "60 Minutes," the grieving father shared new details about his children's final moments, what Lindsay told him about the killings and the online attacks he says are hurting their legacy.The interview aired after Lindsay's triple-murder trial ended in a mistrial. Her attorneys argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and was not criminally responsible, while prosecutors maintained she knew what she was doing.From his desperate plea at the hospital to the online claims that followed the mistrial, Patrick described how the tragedy has shaped every part of his life. PATRICK CLANCY SPEAKS OUT AFTER HUNG JURY IN LINDSAY CLANCY CASE, ADDRESSES PROSPECT OF ANOTHER TRIAL ck said he clung to hope that Callan might survive after his siblings, 5-year-old Cora and 3-year-old Dawson, were found dead inside the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home.Doctors had restored the baby's heartbeat, and Patrick told Douthat he began imagining the life he could still give his youngest child."I remember that night, I really thought there was a chance that Callan would live," Patrick said."And I remember just thinking, 'Just give me one. Just give me one kid,'" he continued. "And I would raise him as best I could, and I would give him the best life I possibly could. And I'd tell him about his brother and sister."Patrick said that hope faded when he reached Boston Children's Hospital and saw the look on a doctor's face.Callan's heart continued beating for four days. Patrick became emotional as he recalled apologizing to his son and spending his final moments beside him."I said, 'I'm so sorry,'" he told Douthat, his voice breaking. "And I got to hold him. I got to lay down next to him. And he died in my arms."While Callan remained in the hospital, Patrick said he held his son's hand and used his free hand to write about all three children. He told Douthat he feared their memories might fade if he did not put them into words.The tributes Patrick wrote also included words of forgiveness for Lindsay. He said she has never asked him to forgive her, but he chose to give that forgiveness anyway. LINDSAY CLANCY DESCRIBED A MALE VOICE ORDERING HER TO 'KILL HER CHILDREN AND KILL HERSELF': TESTIMONY "I saw headlines that said, you know, 'killer mom' and 'baby murderer,' 'monster,' and none of them were accurate," Patrick said during the interview. "I believe that it was her mental illness that caused that."Patrick said he also feared anger would consume him if he could not forgive her."I felt that if I didn't get there, I would be eaten up inside," he said.When Patrick asked Lindsay whether she remembered killing their children, he said she described the memory as dreamlike. LINDSAY CLANCY'S FAMILY WAS 'VERY CONCERNED' ABOUT HER MENTAL HEALTH IN THE MONTHS BEFORE SHE KILLED HER KIDS "She said it was like a dream, and she remembered it much in the way you would remember a dream after waking up," he told Douthat.Patrick said he did the best he could as Lindsay's condition worsened but must live with what happened."I think I did the best I could with what I had at the time, and I live with the outcome," he said. "I live with it every day."Patrick told Douthat his grief became so overwhelming that he questioned whether he would live to see another birthday."There was a time where I didn't think I would live to see my 35th birthday, and I was completely fine with it," he said.Patrick later left Duxbury for New York City, where he could grieve without being recognized. Five weeks after the move, on what would have been Callan's first birthday, he went to St. Patrick's Cathedral, lit a candle and told his son, "I love you, buddy.""And I walk out on Fifth Avenue and I start crying my eyes out, and nobody cared," Patrick recalled.For Patrick, being able to cry without drawing attention was exactly what he needed."I thought, this is where I need to be," he said. "I can grieve."His Manhattan apartment remains filled with reminders of the children, including a baby sloth Cora carried everywhere and a photograph of Callan wearing an oversized bow tie, "60 Minutes" showed.Patrick said they also return to him in vivid dreams. In one, Cora walked into the kitchen of the family's former home and hugged him."I just looked at her and it was like I basically just said, 'Where have you been?'" he recalled. "Those dreams are so real."The mistrial unleashed what Douthat described as a "trial by TikTok," with online sleuths and influencers spreading baseless theories portraying Patrick as uncaring, unfaithful and even responsible for the children's deaths."It's deeply harmful to the legacy of my children," Patrick said. "It is a huge distraction from what really matters here, which is perinatal mental health , and it's done real harm to real people." LINDSAY CLANCY'S EX-HUSBAND DETAILS 'BIG SPIRAL' AS EXPERT SAYS ONE PART 'SCARED ME' IN MOM'S MURDER TRIAL He said the repeated accusations have made it painful to be in public and warned that people may start believing false claims if they see them often enough."After seeing lie after lie after lie, they start to believe it," Patrick said. "And that's what we're left with."Patrick said he sought answers from Postpartum Support International , psychiatrists and other experts. Those conversations helped him begin processing what happened.Patrick's wife, Dr. Rachel Danis , joined him for the "60 Minutes" interview and recalled first learning about his children after noticing their photograph on his phone during a coffee outing."I just asked, 'Who are those cuties?'" Danis told Douthat. "And Pat had said, 'Those are my kids.'"When she asked whether they lived in Massachusetts, Patrick told her they had died.Patrick and Danis met through a New York running club in January 2024. Their relationship deepened as they continued running together, and they married in New York City this April.The couple also discussed starting a family.Asked what he would tell a future child about Cora, Dawson and Callan, Patrick said all of his children would remain part of the same family."You have different relationships with your kids, but they're all your kids," he said. "And I can't wait to tell them about their brothers and sister."Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4 after jurors split 11-1, with 11 favoring a finding that Lindsay was not criminally responsible and one holding out for a conviction. Prosecutors have not announced whether they will try her again. Lindsay Clancy holdout juror makes new promise as lawyer warns of public attacks The lone juror who blocked a verdict in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial has promised to tell his story in his own words as his attorney warns that jurors must be allowed to follow the evidence without fear of retaliation.Attorney Edward Paltzik said Michael P. Desronvil, whose refusal to join the other 11 jurors led to a mistrial, will issue a personal statement in the "near future.""Michael will be making a personal statement in the near future, in his own words," Paltzik wrote in a Facebook post.Paltzik thanked those who sent emails, texts and voice messages in support of Desronvil, while acknowledging that others may disagree with the position he took inside the jury room. CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR TAPS FORMER TRUMP LAWYER TO FIGHT BACK AS HE'S 'DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD': ATTORNEY "This country was built on intelligent debate in the public square," Paltzik wrote. "That's the same reason we support the good faith right of an individual juror to follow the evidence and the law to wherever they take him or her, free from fear of reprisal." LINDSAY CLANCY JUDGE INDEFINITELY IMPOUNDS JUROR NAMES, CITING SAFETY AND 'DIVISIVE' ATTENTION The attorney's latest comments come as the deeply divisive case returns to the national spotlight. Patrick Clancy , the father of the three slain children and Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband, gave his first television interview on CBS News' "60 Minutes" Sunday night.Patrick Clancy discussed his grief, memories of his children and baseless conspiracy theories that have spread online since the January 2023 killings. His wife, Dr. Rachel Danis, also appeared in the segment with correspondent Ross Douthat. JUDGE JUDY WARNS OF 'DANGER' IF PROSECUTORS DON'T RETRY LINDSAY CLANCY AFTER MURDER TRIAL ENDS IN MISTRIAL Lindsay Clancy, 36, was tried on three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of the couple's children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. The children were found strangled inside the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.Clancy admitted killing the children, but her attorneys argued she was not criminally responsible because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors argued that the former labor and delivery nurse understood what she was doing and carried out the killings deliberately. LINDSAY CLANCY JUDGE CALLS MISTRIAL, THEN GRANTS DEFENSE ONE HOUR STAY FOR APPEAL Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial Sept. 4 after seven days of deliberations. The jury was split 11-1, with 11 jurors prepared to find Clancy not criminally responsible and Desronvil holding out for a conviction.Desronvil later said he had no doubt prosecutors proved their case. LINDSAY CLANCY JUROR ADMITTED 'REASONABLE DOUBT' BUT STILL REFUSED INSANITY VERDICT, FOREPERSON SAYS "Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she knew exactly what she was doing and planned," Desronvil said in a statement first reported by NewsNation and confirmed to Fox News Digital by Paltzik.Desronvil said he tried to raise different theories during deliberations but was repeatedly cut off by fellow jurors who treated his questions as uncertainty. LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT PRAISED AS 'AMERICAN HERO' BY LAWYER WHO SAYS HE REPRESENTS HIM The fallout from the mistrial quickly spilled beyond the courthouse, with Desronvil facing intense public scrutiny over his refusal to move off his position.Paltzik, who previously represented President Donald Trump in lawsuits against The New York Times, CBS and ABC News, told Fox News Digital that he is focused on Desronvil's "health, safety and well-being." He has called the juror an "American Hero" and "Champion of Justice." LINDSAY CLANCY LAWYER SAYS HE PLANS NEW MOTION TO DISMISS AFTER JURORS SPEAK OUT ON MISTRIAL: REPORT Former prosecutor and behavioral health law expert Mark Astor previously told Fox News Digital that Desronvil appeared to have hired counsel to defend his name after being "dragged through the mud.""The whole idea of the jury is sort of this sacred arena where jurors get to decide a verdict in a case," Astor said. "And now we're taking what is really a sacred arena, and we're exposing it to the public."Plymouth County prosecutors have not announced whether they will retry Clancy . Her defense team has raised the possibility of resolving the case without another trial and brought in veteran Boston attorney Martin Weinberg to pursue a motion seeking dismissal on double-jeopardy grounds .Clancy is due back in Plymouth Superior Court for a status hearing Sept. 29, when the path forward could become clearer. Fox News Digital's Adam Sabes contributed to this report. ICE shooting rocks Austin as Democrat demands bodycam video, independent probe An ICE officer shot a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, prompting a crowd of angry demonstrators to gather near the scene, hurl obscenities and clash with authorities.Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sources confirmed to Fox News that the man shot by the ICE officer is an illegal immigrant from Venezuela with a final order of removal.The agency said the man "illegally entered the country under the Biden administration and had a final order of removal during a law enforcement operation" in Austin, Texas Sunday. "The illegal alien's condition is stable, and he is in federal custody pending removal," DHS wrote on X.  'SQUAD' MEMBER CALLS DHS 'GREATEST THREAT TO OUR SAFETY' AFTER ICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING The man was later identified by his lawyer as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. His lawyer, Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, said her client entered the U.S. lawfully."We are actively working to obtain additional information and clarify the circumstances surrounding the matter. We do not want to speculate or provide information that has not yet been confirmed. What we do understand is that he previously held a valid work permit and that, based on the information available to us, he entered the United States lawfully," Lincoln-Goldfinch said in a statement to Fox News.Video from the scene showed people holding up their phones and carrying flags as the commotion unfolded. Police said preliminary information indicated the man was shot once in the torso during a brief foot pursuit involving ICE. He was hospitalized in serious but stable condition.Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis and Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Robert Luckritz confirmed ICE was involved in the shooting and provided what they repeatedly stressed were preliminary details during a Sunday afternoon news conference.Austin-Travis County EMS was notified of the shooting at approximately 12:56 p.m. and arrived in less than five minutes, Luckritz said. The adult man was taken from the scene within nine minutes and transported to a local trauma center in serious but stable condition.Davis said preliminary information indicated there was a brief foot pursuit before the shooting but cautioned that she had not yet been briefed by federal authorities."From what I'm hearing, there was a small foot pursuit," Davis said. "But again, this is all very preliminary."Watson stressed that the information available was "extremely preliminary." He said city officials wanted to make themselves available as quickly as possible when they had information but warned against rushing to conclusions based on early claims circulating on TikTok, X and other social media platforms.Watson added that the Austin Police Department was not involved in the shooting and only assisted with traffic control. APD's Special Investigations Unit and the Texas Rangers will work together to investigate the incident, Davis said."The city of Austin deserves answers," Davis said. "We're going to get all those questions answered, and we'll be as transparent as we can be."DHS announced later Sunday that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), with assistance from the FBI, is taking the lead on the investigation. Watson said he was "very angry" and "extremely unhappy" about the shooting, while accusing ICE of creating fear and chaos in Austin and other cities. He also questioned the agency's ability to investigate itself without local involvement.Lincoln-Goldfinch said her client was released from the hospital and is believed to now be in ICE custody."Hospital attorneys at Dell Seton Medical Center have confirmed that Wilber Rafael Garces Perez has been released from the hospital into what we believe is ICE custody. After he was held for approximately six hours, officers declined to provide his wife with meaningful information about his status or circumstances," she said in her statement. "We are deeply concerned that his wife and family have not been permitted to see him and have not received a meaningful update regarding his current condition or whereabouts.""Our immediate concern is ensuring that his family receives accurate and timely information and that appropriate access and communication are provided while the matter is being addressed," she continued. ICE AGENTS IN FATAL HOUSTON SHOOTING WERE NOT WEARING BODY CAMERAS, SOURCES SAY Lincoln-Goldfinch is scheduled to host a press conference in collaboration with the League of United Latin American Citizens at 1 p.m. Monday to address the incident. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, claimed in a post on X that "ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning" and called for a full, independent investigation and the immediate release of body-camera footage."Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened," Casar wrote. "We will demand truth, transparency and accountability."During the news conference, Casar called the incident part of a "disturbing pattern" and said ICE's conduct "has got to stop.""They've arrested 5-year-olds ... and now someone has been shot," Casar said. "This has got to stop."Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, offered a sharply different reaction, saying he had been told the "shooter" was a Venezuelan national in the country illegally with a final order of removal. Authorities had not publicly disclosed information indicating the man fired a weapon."The war is the one being waged against Americans through mass legal & illegal immigration," Roy wrote.The Austin investigation comes amid heightened tensions over federal immigration enforcement operations across the country. ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH AGENTS OUTSIDE NEW JERSEY DETENTION CENTER AS GOV SHERRILL DENIED ENTRY Clashes erupted outside New Jersey's Delaney Hall immigration detention center in May after protesters defied a state police order to move to a designated demonstration area. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka later criticized the tactics used by state troopers sent to secure the facility, which had become the focus of frequent demonstrations.Federal immigration operations also drew national scrutiny in Minnesota following the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Good was killed by an ICE agent in early January after authorities said she tried to use her vehicle to run over federal officers, while Pretti was fatally shot by agents on Jan. 24 as he recorded federal officers.Fox News Digital reached out to ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety for additional information and comment. Fox News Digital's Bradford Betz contributed to this report.  Cops flush homecoming prank plans after seizing 650 toilet paper rolls in 'Operation Clean Sweep' After warning students not to let homecoming pranks cross the line, an Illinois police department found itself staring down one very unusual haul.Plainfield police intercepted a massive toilet paper stash allegedly headed for neighborhood homes after reports of masked groups targeting the area near Plainfield North High School."And yes... 650 rolls. We counted," police said.Police displayed the haul under an "Operation Clean Sweep" banner and jokingly gave it an estimated "street value" of $1,708.66 after two nights of escalating complaints from the surrounding community. TRENDING 'SENIOR ASSASSIN' GAME DRAWS STARK WARNINGS FROM POLICE NATIONWIDE: 'DANGEROUS MISUNDERSTANDINGS' "Homecoming is not a free pass to damage someone else's property or disrupt their quality of life," the department wrote on Facebook. FLORIDA POLICE DEPARTMENT GOES VIRAL WITH GENIUS STRATEGY TO CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY Officers received double-digit calls for service involving teens on both Monday and Tuesday during a two-hour period beginning shortly after 7 p.m. in the area surrounding the high school, according to police.Residents reported that homes and vehicles had been targeted with toilet paper, eggs, ketchup, detergent pods and other items. Police said groups of 20 to 25 people wearing hoodies and ski masks would "pull up" in several vehicles at the same time and "cause chaos." STUDENT CHARGED, WEAPON RECOVERED AFTER 3 TEENS TARGETED IN INCIDENT LINKED TO HIGH SCHOOL TRADITION: POLICE The targets were not limited to friends or classmates. Some of the homes belonged to families with small children or residents with no children at all, police said."At this point, we are seeing property damage and significant cleanup, and residents are understandably frustrated," the department wrote. COPS HALT PLANNED 'TEEN TAKEOVER' AS OFFICIALS BRACE FOR A SUMMER SURGE IN CHAOS AND ARRESTS: POLICE CHIEF The department also made clear that the homecoming calls were pulling police attention from more serious incidents.Officers assisted firefighters at a structure fire, helped Illinois State Police, made a DUI arrest and responded to crashes, intoxicated people, violations of protection orders and a family experiencing a mental health crisis, according to the post."In short, we DO have better things to do," police wrote. "So PLEASE, be respectful of your community and let us!"The department did not say where officers found the toilet paper, whether any arrests were made or whether charges had been filed in connection with the reported damage. CITIES BRACE FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND TEEN TAKEOVERS PUTTING BYSTANDERS AT DEADLY RISK, FORMER PROSECUTOR WARNS Police had laid out a "zero-tolerance approach" ahead of homecoming week, warning that pranks involving trespassing, property damage or dangerous behavior could bring criminal charges."'It was just a prank' doesn't erase the consequences," police warned in the earlier post. THREE SCHOOL SAFETY STEPS EVERY PARENT SHOULD KNOW BEFORE CLASSES BEGIN The department said it was not trying to stamp out school spirit and urged parents to speak with their children before the festivities began."Have fun. Make memories. BUT DO IT WITH RESPECT." California animal rescue operator charged with felonies for alleged 'inhumane and unsanitary conditions' A California animal rescue operator is facing up to 24 1/2 years in state prison after being charged with 35 felonies and misdemeanors for alleged cruelty to animals, as she is accused of leaving roughly 300 animals living in severe squalor.Christine De Anda, 57, operator of the "Rock 'N' Pawz" rescue, faces 12 felony counts of animal cruelty, two felony counts of grand theft of labor, and 21 misdemeanor charges ranging from failure to provide care to operating an unlicensed kennel, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.Prosecutors requested that her bail be set at $914,500 ahead of her arraignment at the Antelope Valley Courthouse. FLORIDA MAIL CARRIER ACCUSED OF SNATCHING PETS ON ROUTE, TRAPPING 100-PLUS CATS AND DOGS IN 'HOARDING' HOUSE "For someone who calls herself an animal rescuer, there's a fundamental responsibility to protect and care for the animals entrusted to her," Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "Instead, purported rescuer Christine De Anda allegedly left these animals to suffer or die from starvation, dehydration, untreated injuries and painful urine and fecal burns in filthy conditions.""After repeated citations and warnings, Ms. De Anda continued taking in animals she could not care for, leaving hundreds to endure prolonged suffering," Hochman added. "These animal victims cannot speak for themselves and look to us to protect them. My office will hold their victimizer fully accountable for her inhumane actions."The charges stem from a March 20, 2026, search warrant executed by Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control (DACC). Investigators removed more than 300 animals - primarily dogs, but also cats, a pig, a rabbit, a goose and two goats - in what DACC Director Marcia Mayeda called the "largest companion animal search warrant and rescue operation ever conducted" in the department's history. 117 DEAD DOGS FOUND AT ANIMAL RESCUE, MANY WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS AS INVESTIGATORS PROBE FOR ANSWERS "More than 300 animals were removed from severely inhumane conditions," Mayeda said. "Animals were living in and saturated with their own excrement, had serious untreated illnesses and injuries, were emaciated, and were forced to live in small crates without adequate room to properly lie comfortably. Our teams have worked tirelessly to stabilize them, provide the medical care they needed, and help them recover."At least one cat was found dead from starvation and dehydration at the start of the investigation, authorities said. FLORIDA MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLS FAMILY'S KITTENS IN FRONT OF TEENAGE DAUGHTER AS FORM OF PUNISHMENT: OFFICIALS "Sadly, despite all efforts, we were unable to save every animal due to the extent of their illnesses and injuries," Mayeda added. "DACC is deeply grateful for the support of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, Pasadena Humane and Kern County Animal Services for assisting us with this rescue and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for its commitment to pursuing justice for these animals."The L.A. County DA's Office shared a video on YouTube of the animals at the shelter, showing the conditions that led to the charges.Prosecutors say De Anda continued to take in an increasing number of animals despite years of citations and warnings regarding her inability to care for them. She is accused of violating multiple county codes, including operating an animal kennel without required land-use approval, maintaining unsanitary conditions and having structures with unpermitted construction, plumbing, electrical and grading work. Police officer, woman shot near Notre Dame after football tailgates A single gunshot during a post-tailgate fight near Notre Dame's South Bend, Indiana , campus struck a woman and a police officer Saturday night, authorities said.The violence erupted around 7:30 p.m. ET just as crowds were leaving the university's tailgating areas and heading toward Eddy Street Commons . According to South Bend authorities, Notre Dame Police told them a male suspect was seen armed and reportedly pointing a gun at people, but when South Bend Police found a suspect matching their description, the person was unarmed."As approximately 20 South Bend Police Officers were working in Eddy Street Commons and responding to that call, a single gunshot was heard near Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard," South Bend Police said in a Facebook post.The post said officers soon found a woman with a non-life-threatening leg wound, and a South Bend Police officer with an injury from either a ricochet or shrapnel. POLICE MAKE ARREST AFTER GUNFIRE DURING CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME LEAVES 1 DEAD Both victims were transported to a local hospital and are expected to make full recoveries. Police said the officer was "doing fine," and that the woman was "okay."Notre Dame officials said the suspected shooter fled west from the scene, NBC 5 Chicago reported . The suspect reportedly remains at large. and was described as a heavyset Black male with dreadlocks, wearing blue shorts, a black shirt with a red and blue design on the front, and missing one shoe, according to the local report. MULTIPLE PEOPLE KILLED IN SHOOTING AT IDAHO IN-N-OUT RESTAURANT, SUSPECT DEAD Following the incident, police swiftly evacuated nearby businesses and parking garages. The South Bend Police Department locked down the busy commercial district for an active investigation, urging the public to avoid the area while a heavy police presence secured the scene.Fox News Digital reached out to the South Bend Police Department for comment, but a spokeswoman did not have anything to add other than referencing what the department posted on Facebook.Another shooting later in the night, roughly one mile away, left at least two dead and another critically injured. There was no indication from police that the incidents were related. ICE-led Florida operation nets 500 - including illegal aliens accused of murder, child abuse, cartel ties U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement partnered with more than five other federal, state and local agencies in a weeklong immigration-enforcement operation in Southwest Florida that yielded 500 arrests.Caught in the sweep, according to a statement from ICE, were: a Haitian charged with murder; a Honduran accused of molesting children; a suspected Mexican cartel member; a Guatemalan who allegedly tried to use a Taser on an officer during his arrest; and others with accusations or convictions of crimes such as battery, DUI, hit-and-run, domestic violence, possession of illegal drugs, driving without a license, resisting arrest and returning multiple times to the United States after deportation.From Aug. 24 through Aug. 27, ICE agents teamed up with officers from local, state and federal agencies, including the Florida Highway Patrol, the Lee County Sheriff's Office, the Florida National Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. GEORGIA ICE SWEEP NABS OVER 700 CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS, INCLUDING SEX OFFENDERS, CHILD ABUSERS During the operation, the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested on a murder charge an illegal alien from Haiti who has been seeking asylum in the United States. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT'S 'OVER-THE-TOP' SEXUAL ASSAULT ON ELDERLY WOMAN SENDS SHERIFF INTO RAGE: 'OUT OF CONTROL' Whycliff Longin, 28, allegedly broke into a home in Lehigh Acres, Florida on Aug. 27.Just before 3 a.m., deputies responded to a 911 call from a woman who had "escaped an attack in which she was strangled and fought to survive before barricading herself in a bedroom," according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.Deputies said they found Longin fleeing from a neighboring residence and took him into custody.Then they found a second woman "deceased inside a bedroom, suffering from obvious signs of blunt force trauma," the sheriff's office said. ICE LODGES DETAINER FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WITH LENGTHY RAP SHEET AFTER ALLEGED JEALOUSY-FUELED KILLING The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide. Longin has been charged with second-degree murder, attempted murder, sexual battery and burglary with battery. He is being held without bond in the Lee County Jail and has an ICE detainer."My prayers are with the family of the woman who tragically lost her life, and with the survivor who showed incredible strength in fighting to live," Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in a news conference. FIRST ON FOX: ICE QUIETLY ARRESTS JAW DROPPING NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN MASSIVE DC AREA OPERATION Elsewhere during the operation, ICE agents and troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol worked together to arrest a Mexican cartel member and a Honduran accused of molesting two children, a statement from ICE said.In another location, after a tussle, officers arrested Noe Lux Castro, 24, a "criminal illegal alien from Guatemala who illegally entered the United States," according to ICE. ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER, RAPE AND CHILD SEX CRIMES IN TARGETED CRACKDOWN During the incident, Castro took a trooper's Taser and attempted to use it against the patrolman, according to ICE. Castro had illegally entered the United States at an unknown time and location without inspection, the agency said.He was charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence and resisting an officer without violence. ICE ARRESTS RECORD 238 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN ONE DAY DURING SOUTH TEXAS ENFORCEMENT OPERATION The sting also brought into custody Olmen Noel Vargas-Mendoza, 40, "a criminal illegal alien from Honduras," ICE said. He allegedly "illegally reentered the United States without inspection three times and has a criminal history of domestic violence."Officers also arrested Marlon Rolando Calderon-Castellon, 43, "a criminal illegal alien from Honduras," according to ICE. He "illegally reentered the United States without inspection and has a criminal history that includes battery and illegal drug possession."Carlos Humberto Monzon-Cabrera, 53, is "a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who was arrested during the operation, according to ICE. He "has a criminal history that includes battery and multiple convictions for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. He illegally entered the United States at an unknown time and location without inspection."Hermenegildo Andres-Juan, 52, is a "criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who was brought in during the surge, according to ICE. He "illegally reentered the United States after a previous deportation and has a criminal history that includes driving under the influence, resisting arrest, hit-and-run and public order crimes."He illegally entered the United States on Jan. 10, 2025."Also arrested was Armando Coc-Yat, 39, a "criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who entered the United States illegally without inspection on Dec. 4, 2018, according to ICE. He "has a criminal history that includes arrests for driving under the influence and hit-and-run."An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on Nov. 16, 2021."Rigoberto Vargas-Resendiz, a 52-year-old "criminal illegal alien from Mexico," also was among those arrested, ICE said. He "illegally reentered the United States without inspection three times," including on Dec. 9, 2018. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on May 26, 2011.Also arrested was Daren Ruiz-Mejia, 37, a "criminal illegal alien from Venezuela," according to ICE. He "illegally reentered the United States without inspection" on April 5, 2016, and "has a criminal history that includes driving under the influence of liquor."Melchor Perez-Garcia, 31, "is a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who was arrested in the operation, according to ICE. He "illegally reentered the United States without inspection and has a criminal history that includes driving under the influence, resisting an officer and obstruction without violence."Officers also caught Samuel Mateo-Francisco, 33, "a criminal illegal alien from Guatemala" who "illegally reentered the United States without inspection on three separate occasions," including on Oct. 31, 2023, according to ICE."The continued success of these weeklong operations is a testament to the power of unity and our shared commitment to community safety," said Matthew Elliston, of Enforcement and Removals Operations (ERO) for ICE."Working hand-in-hand with our state and local partners, we have successfully removed more than 500 illegal aliens from our streets, ensuring a safer environment for all," said Elliston, the ERO Miami interim field office director. SEND US A TIP "Those who choose to knowingly flaunt this nation's immigration laws will face the consequences, and they will be provided a one-way ticket home." GOT A TIP? Florida has more deputizations to assist in federal immigration enforcement than any other state, according to ICE. All 67 county sheriffs and their agencies partner with ICE, along with multiple state law enforcement agencies."Florida continues to demonstrate how to turn important policy into meaningful action," Gov. Ron DeSantis said after the operation results were announced. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL Florida is the "most proactive and effective state in identifying, apprehending and deporting illegal immigrants who have intentionally avoided lawful immigration processes and committed horrific crimes within the United States," DeSantis said."We will not sit idly by and allow Floridians to be victimized. Rather, we are executing on a whole-of-government approach that engages federal, state, and local law enforcement to get the job done and keep Florida safe and free." Florida plastic surgeon accused of killing attorney in his office defends himself in murder trial An unusual trial is underway for a Florida plastic surgeon, accused of murdering an attorney he'd opposed in court and disposing of his body in a dumpster before prosecutors say it ended up at the landfill.Clad in an orange jail jumpsuit, Dr. Tomasz Kosowski, 47, is representing himself in court as he faces a first-degree murder charge with the possibility of the death penalty. He's waived his right to a jury - the judge presiding over the Pinellas County trial is set to decide the doctor's fate.Kosowski was arrested in March 2023 in connection with the disappearance of attorney Steven Cozzi . He has remained in jail and insists he is innocent.The two men met through a legal dispute. FLORIDA PLASTIC SURGEON MAY HAVE MURDERED MISSING LAWYER IN LAW FIRM BATHROOM: POLICE Cozzi had worked on a civil lawsuit beginning in 2019 involving money allegedly owed to Kosowski for work he'd done tied to personal injury cases. Cozzi helped represent the corporate clients Kosowski was suing.During years of litigation, Kosowski developed a hostile attitude toward Cozzi, according to court records. He blamed Cozzi for his problems in the case and demanded that the attorney be removed as defense counsel, records show."He made a bunch of completely unwarranted, inappropriate accusations about Steve throughout the litigation," said Jake Pillsbury, an attorney who worked with Cozzi on the case.Cozzi had told others that, during a deposition, Kosowski approached him in a restroom and "called him a scumbag" and "that he [Kosowski] was going to win," Pillsbury said in court.Those close to Cozzi began to worry about his safety.Cozzi's husband, Michael Montgomery, had suggested arranging for "some kind of on-site security," if Cozzi had to meet with Kosowski again.On March 21, 2023, Cozzi and Kosowski both were scheduled to attend a teleconference hearing at 10 a.m.Before that, it was a normal Tuesday morning, Montgomery said. Cozzi brought him his morning coffee and they had a short conversation before he left for work. That was the last time he'd see him.About 10 minutes before the meeting, Cozzi left his phone, keys, wallet, and other items on his desk and went to the office restroom.He never showed up for the scheduled teleconference. NEW CALIFORNIA LAW EXPANDS DNA TOOLS FOR MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATIONS Later, Cozzi's boss entered the restroom and found spattered blood, court records show.Security footage from the day Cozzi disappeared shows a subject arriving in a silver Toyota Tundra around 8:30 a.m. The prosecution alleges it was Kosowski.A man wearing dark gloves entered the building where Cozzi worked carrying a box "large enough to conceal a human body," according to investigators.At 10:22 a.m., the same man exited the building pulling a wagon covered with a reddish orange blanket.The man could be seen struggling with the weight of the cart while pulling it to the truck, records show. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS That day, the Tundra was driven to Kosowski's home in Tarpon Springs, Florida, videos pieced together from multiple surveillance cameras showed, according to court records.On the way, the truck passed a Flock camera that captured an image of "a red bag or blanket in a cart that appeared to contain what resembles a human body located in the bed of the truck," according to arrest records.Two days later, investigators arrived at Kosowski's home with a search warrant and found the Tundra in the garage with blood in the truck bed, on the driver's side headrest, on the driver's side floorboard and on the garage floor.Cozzi's DNA was found in the Tundra and Kosowski's garage floor, court records show. SEND US A TIP In the search of Kosowski's vehicles, investigators found a ballistic vest with a "substantial amount" of blood on it. They also found one iPhone and a "burner phone"--the term for an inexpensive, prepaid device meant to be discarded.Law enforcement officials also found a vest meant to be worn by a medical first responder, sheriff's office patches, a foldable bike, a gas can, $282,000 in cash, two passports and black, industrial-sized garbage bags.Investigators also found a black duffel that the prosecution has called "a murder bag." Inside, there were lighters, a Taser, scissors, brass knuckles, a crowbar, ski masks and a Guy Fawkes mask. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The bag also contained a syringe, a needle and a vial of succinylcholine, a paralytic drug. It was labeled in a way that connected it to Kosowski's plastic-surgery office in Miami.After Kosowski was arrested, police informed him they'd be searching his body to collect possible DNA and fingernail clippings, and would be taking photographs of him, the prosecution said.After that, camera footage from inside the patrol car shows Kosowski struggling to bring his hands from behind his back, underneath his feet and up to his face.He then began to "meticulously suck on each of his fingers," a member of the prosecution team told the judge. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "He's using his tongue and getting up underneath it and slurping. He's using his teeth almost as a nail file, trying to destroy any trace of evidence that might bring him back to Steven Cozzi."The prosecution argues that Kosowski began planning the killing long before he allegedly murdered Cozzi.More than a month before the attorney's disappearance, Kosowski allegedly visited Cozzi's home without his knowledge and photographed a car in the carport, according to the prosecution team.Kosowski also visited Blanchard Law Firm where Cozzi worked. He drove around the building and took photos multiple times before Cozzi's disappearance, the prosecution has alleged. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X In early March 2023, Kosowski began searching Cozzi and Montgomery online, seeking information about their wedding and records about previous and current addresses, prosecutors said.An employee of the building that housed the Blanchard Law Firm told investigators that a week before Cozzi's disappearance, she found a man in a mask hiding in the office utility closet.Suspicious, she asked him why he was there, court records show. He told her it was because of a power outage and walked away.She watched him leave in a grey Toyota Tundra, investigators said.Fingerprints matching Kosowski's were later found in that closet.Investigators never found Cozzi's body.On the day Cozzi disappeared, Kosowski's cellphone was allegedly tracked traveling toward his second home in Miami. He pulled off on a dirt road in South Florida near the Everglades where there's a dumpster, court records show.Records of his cellphone's location show he returned to the dumpster two days later, the prosecution alleges. The team argues that Kosowski returned to the garbage collection container to see if it had been emptied.Law enforcement later investigated the dumpster and a K-9 trained in human detection alerted on it, indicating the presence of human remains. But a body was not found.Investigators tracked down the garbage truck driver who collected that dumpster on his route. He remembers that day."It was a smell that he had never experienced," a member of the prosecution team told the court."He described that smell as vile. He had to crush the trash back in his garbage truck so many times, because the stench was so overwhelming--and this is someone who is a garbage truck driver."The day he drove that load, the garbage truck driver stopped at a store to buy air freshener because he "could not stand the scent that was in his nose while he was driving around," the prosecution said.That smell was "Steven's body decaying in the Florida heat for two days."Video captured by a camera mounted on the garbage truck captured the load from the dumpster tumbling into the truck. That footage shows "a lot of black industrial-sized garbage bags, similar to the ones that Dr. Kozowski had in the trunk of his car," a prosecution team member told the judge.Video shown in court shows bags falling into the truck that are "consistent with a human body," the prosecution team said.Law enforcement officers visited the landfill where the garbage truck dumped that load, but it was more than a week after it was deposited.By that time, more than 6,000 tons of compacted garbage had been piled atop the load. GOT A TIP? Still, in an attempt to recover the body of Cozzi, they sifted through the landfill for days, officers testified in court."His hearse was a dump truck, and his burial site... is at the Collier County Landfill," a prosecutor told the court.The prosecution team has called dozens of witnesses to testify before Judge Joseph Bulone.In July 2025, a written plea of not guilty was submitted by an attorney representing Kosowski at the time. In that plea, he requested a trial by jury.More than a year later, on Aug. 31, Kosowski told the court he'd changed his mind and wanted a judge to decide his fate.His trial began on Sept. 14. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE For the first three days of the trial, Kosowski sat mostly quiet, blandly staring at witnesses, taking notes and giving short answers to questions from the judge. On the fourth day, he began cross-examining some of the prosecution's witnesses who had presented evidence.He has objected to evidence obtained from his body, from his Toyota Corolla and from his residence, according to court records. His motions to suppress the evidence were denied.On Sept. 18, the fifth day of his trial, he asked the judge to strike a key witness's testimony about DNA evidence. He argued that the witness, a DNA expert, didn't provide enough of his own interpretation of the numbers.Bulone denied the motion, but said Kosowski could challenge the DNA findings in closing arguments.Fox News Digital was not able to reach Kosowski for comment.The trial is set to resume on Sept. 22. Alleged killer mom Corie Walsh ruled too dangerous to return home - but psychiatrist warns risk can change An Illinois judge found Corie Walsh too dangerous to release after prosecutors alleged the Frankfort mother posed a threat to her husband and three surviving children after she was charged with murdering her 2-year-old son, Barrett.But forensic psychiatrists say "dangerousness" is not a permanent label. Instead, it is a forward-looking assessment that can change as a person's mental condition improves through treatment.Walsh, 40, remains held without pretrial release after a Will County judge denied her request to leave custody during a detention hearing earlier this month. LINDSAY CLANCY FIXATION AND ALLEGED PLOT TO POISON HUSBAND EMERGE AS ACCUSED MOM CLAIMS PSYCHOSIS The judge also ordered that Walsh immediately receive psychiatric medication after her attorneys said she had gone days without treatment despite a hospital recommendation that she receive around-the-clock psychiatric care.Prosecutors argued Walsh should remain behind bars because, beyond the allegations surrounding Barrett's death , she allegedly threatened to kill her husband after her arrest. The judge agreed, finding Walsh posed too great a danger to release before trial. LINDSAY CLANCY'S FUTURE COULD REST WITH 'PROSECUTION DOCTORS' AS CASE ECHOES INFAMOUS MAINE KILLINGS: EXPERT The ruling raised a broader question that extends beyond Walsh's case: What does it actually mean when a judge determines someone is too dangerous to release?Under Illinois law, judges deciding whether a defendant should remain jailed before trial evaluate the person's current risk to others rather than punish past conduct.Dr. Stephen Dinwiddie, a professor of psychiatry at Northwestern University with four decades of forensic psychiatry experience, said psychiatrists approach dangerousness the same way - as a forward-looking assessment rather than a permanent label. VIRGINIA MAN ACQUITTED BY INSANITY IN KILLING FLEES US DURING 48-HOUR MENTAL HOSPITAL PASS "Obviously we're talking more about what we're afraid they're going to do tomorrow," he said. "Part of that prediction is based on what they did yesterday... what they did in the past... and what they have said they intend to do."Unlike a criminal verdict, which looks backward at what allegedly happened, dangerousness is designed to evaluate the risk a person may pose going forward, Dinwiddie said."It's pretty squishy," he said. "Dangerous to whom? Imminently or long-term? Dangerous in a physical way or something else?"In civil commitment proceedings, judges often decide whether someone should receive treatment over their objections because they present a short-term danger to themselves or others.Dinwiddie said the rationale is simple: "If we don't act, something bad is going to happen within a matter of days, if not sooner."Dinwiddie said treatment can dramatically change how psychiatrists evaluate a person's future risk. SCOTT WOLF'S WIFE SAYS 'MY BRAIN TURNED ON ME' AS SHE APOLOGIZES TO FAMILY FOR 'PROFOUND HARM' AFTER PSYCHOSIS "If they've behaved in a violent fashion while ill in the past and now they're ill, obviously that's important information and obviously that's something to worry about," he said. "The intervention, obviously, is to try to get at that particular symptom of illness and get it under control."That can have legal significance because Illinois judges may reconsider detention if circumstances materially change, although any decision to release a defendant before trial remains up to the court. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X That does not mean Walsh will be released before trial . It means a judge's dangerousness finding is not necessarily permanent."I think most of us believe that our interventions can prevent tragedies," Dinwiddie said. PSYCHOSIS EVIDENCE CHANGES EVERYTHING IN CLANCY JUDGE'S OTHER KILLER MOM CASE: RETIRED JUDGE He cautioned that psychosis alone does not make someone dangerous. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS "I think one misconception is they're just different. They're not like us," Dinwiddie said. "The tragic fact is they are like us and severe mental illness can affect family members. It can affect anybody." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Another common misconception, he said, is that people experiencing psychosis cannot think logically. SEND US A TIP "Within that delusional system, people can act in a very organized, very logical, very purposeful way," he said. GOT A TIP? He described that concept as "rationality within irrationality," explaining that someone can carry out a series of organized actions while acting on profoundly delusional beliefs. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Dinwiddie also emphasized that psychosis is not a matter of choice. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL "The fact that somebody has evidence of a psychotic process ... that is not a matter of choice," he said. "Nobody would wish that upon themselves."Walsh is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in Barrett's death. Prosecutors allege she believed the toddler was the devil and also threatened to kill her husband and the couple's three surviving children after her arrest.Walsh has not entered a plea, and the case remains pending. US military strikes alleged narco-trafficking vessel in Caribbean, killing 4 'narco-terrorists' The U.S. military on Saturday carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the Caribbean that it said was involved in drug trafficking, killing four alleged "narco-terrorists," according to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)."On September 19, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean," SOUTHCOM said in a statement."Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking," the statement continued.SOUTHCOM said four alleged "narco-terrorists" were killed during the operation. NEWLY UNCLASSIFIED PENTAGON IMAGES SHOW SUSPECTED DRUG BOATS AS OFFICIAL ISSUES DEADLY WARNING Saturday's strike comes amid a monthslong campaign launched by the Trump administration aimed at dismantling cartel-linked trafficking networks .SOUTHCOM has conducted dozens of strikes in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean targeting vessels it says are connected to "narco-terrorists."On Sept. 9, the military said it carried out a strike on a vessel involved in narco-trafficking that resulted in three deaths. US FORCES OBLITERATE SUSPECTED 'NARCO-TERRORIST' VESSEL IN LETHAL EASTERN PACIFIC STRIKE, KILLING 3 Following Saturday's strike, the Trump administration's campaign targeting suspected cartel vessels has resulted in at least 231 deaths tied to at least 69 reported strikes over roughly one year.Video of Saturday's operation released by SOUTHCOM shows a vessel moving through the water before erupting into a massive fireball.In recent weeks, SOUTHCOM has also released several videos showing military personnel intercepting and boarding vessels allegedly involved in narco-trafficking before removing their crews and sinking the boats.Many of the operations recently highlighted by SOUTHCOM have targeted vessels allegedly tied to Los Choneros , which the military has described as a violent "narco-terrorist" organization. New Jersey mom charged with obstruction after 'missing' son found hiding in her crawl space A New Jersey woman was charged with obstruction this week after her missing son was found hiding in a crawl space in her home, authorities confirmed.After the 17-year-old boy's father reported that his son wasn't at his scheduled drop-off on Tuesday evening, his mother, Jennifer Buckley, reportedly told police the boy wasn't at her house, and she couldn't find him .She also reportedly said the boy didn't want to go to his father's home and expressed concern he might be a danger to himself. MISSING TEEN FOUND HIDING IN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER'S CLOSET IN FLORIDA, SHERIFF SAYS "The East Brunswick Police Department initiated an extensive effort to locate the juvenile," the department said. "Patrol officers and other department personnel devoted significant resources to the search, while detectives conducted a follow-up investigation in the days that followed."The investigation, which included entering the teen's information into the National Crime Information Center, uncovered a number of discrepancies in Buckley's story. FLORIDA-LED OPERATION RESCUES 163 CHILDREN AROUND GLOBE IN HISTORIC STATE SWEEP, HUNTS SUSPECTED PREDATORS When police finally did search her home, the boy was found hiding in a crawl space in the basement, and officers determined he had been there the whole time and she helped conceal him.There is no evidence he was harmed in any way. BABYSITTER ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING TWO YOUNG SISTERS WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING NEWBORN She was arrested and charged with obstructing the administration of law."Whenever a juvenile is reported missing, particularly when there are concerns for that child's safety, our officers take the report seriously and commit the resources necessary to locate them," East Brunswick Police Chief Frank LoSacco said in a statement. "I commend the patrol officers, detectives and other personnel who worked diligently to locate this juvenile and ensure his safety. Providing false or misleading information to law enforcement undermines those efforts and unnecessarily diverts officers and resources away from members of our community who may need immediate police assistance."Fox News Digital has reached out to the East Brunswick Police Department for more information. Philly serial killer probe could expose larger network behind apparent 'snuff' films, expert says The potential serial killer investigation involving gruesome images discovered at the home of a dead pornographer could take a much darker turn if it turns out the sadistic images were being distributed to a wider network, according to a prominent police and forensic psychologist.Raymond "R.C." Horsch, an 82-year-old who produced brutally themed pornography and books, died last year. But after his son Eugene Horsch, 44, was arrested in June on charges involving unlawful firearms and forgery, police made a series of unsettling discoveries at the family home on Chew Avenue in Philly's Olney neighborhood. WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PAYING FOR SEXUAL TORTURE VIDEOS INVOLVING MONKEYS FOR ONLINE GROUP: 'SICK PERSON' The findings include alleged "snuff" videos believed to show multiple missing women and a drum of chemicals hooked up to the water system. FOX HOLLOW CORONER REVEALS WHY HE DOUBTS SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER ACTED ALONE IN HUNT FOR ANSWERS "The fact that the father was involved in the pornographic industry indicates that there may have been, in addition to the sadistic motives that we usually see in serial murders, that there may have been profit in distribution of so-called snuff films," said Dr. Kris Mohandie, a board-certified forensic psychologist.So far, police say the Horsch home has been linked to the cases of seven missing women, at least five of whom are believed to be dead. No homicide charges had been filed as of Friday. SEN LANKFORD ACCUSES PORNHUB OF 'PREYING ON CHILDREN' IN BLISTERING LETTER R.C. Horsch was a convicted producer of methamphetamines and an author of sexually explicit and violent books. In one, 2014's "Empathy," there is a chapter about dissolving a murdered woman's body with boiling chemicals.Amazon and Goodreads delisted the volume Friday. 9/11 VICTIM'S IDENTITY EMERGES NEARLY 25 YEARS LATER AFTER DNA BREAKTHROUGH CRACKS MYSTERY Philadelphia police have said they found more than a million pieces of digital evidence, including photos and videos, inside the home. As of Friday, they'd only reviewed less than a third of it, and they've reportedly identified four of the missing women in those images. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X FLORIDA 'SADIST' CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BEING HIRED BY UK WOMAN TO TORTURE AND KILL HER Two have been publicly identified: Gabrielle Amarando and Maribel Fresses. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS The video evidence was particularly alarming to Mohandie. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE "This may very well be in addition to all the heinous alleged crimes that seem to be part of this - you know, abduction, rape, torture and so forth, things that sadistic offenders will do to victims - there may very well also have been a participation in distributing so-called snuff films to underground networks of people that are into this stuff," Mohandie said. "It's scary, and I'm hoping that the investigators are able to resolve some of those questions." INVESTIGATORS REVISIT FLORIDA SERIAL KILLER CASE AS SEARCH RESUMES FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL VICTIMS At the time of Eugene Horsch's arrest in the spring, authorities had alleged a woman with him was carrying the ID of one of the missing women . GOT A TIP? Excavation crews have been seen searching outside and under the home, including the sewers. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST The younger Horsch has not been charged over the missing women. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL The investigation remains ongoing. Fox News' Alexis McAdams and Kimberly Ruiz contributed to this report. Missouri woman federally indicted over chilling death threats allegedly sent to Austin Metcalf's family A Missouri woman was federally indicted in Texas after allegedly threatening the family of Austin Metcalf after Karmelo Anthony's conviction in the teenager's killing.Sharifa Nicole Henderson, 34, was arrested in Kansas City Sept. 11, two days after a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas indicted her on three counts of interstate threatening communications.Anthony's trial concluded June 9, and prosecutors allege Henderson made three separate death threats against the Metcalf family in the days that followed.On June 10, Henderson sent a message through Facebook Messenger to one of the Metcalf family members saying she would kill them and put them in a body bag before stating, "now this is a threat take me to court [expletive]," according to the indictment. KARMELO ANTHONY SUPPORTER REPORTEDLY FIRED AS OTHER BACKERS FACE BACKLASH OVER VERDICT REMARKS Again on June 10, Henderson called the Collin County government, which prosecuted the case against Anthony, and said she would "demolish" the Metcalf family and "strangle" one of them, according to the indictment.And on June 11, prosecutors say, Henderson sent another threatening message on Facebook Messenger to a family member."Don't worry I'll kill you next," she allegedly wrote, according to the indictment. "I will hunt you forever until I kill you...I will be there. You will always have to look over your [expletive] shoulder."If convicted, Henderson faces up to five years in prison for each charge. AUSTIN METCALF'S FATHER ACCUSES MEDIA PUNDITS OF TRYING TO MONETIZE HIS SON'S DEATH 'FOR CLICKS' Jeff Metcalf, Metcalf's father, recently told FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth that his family has received more than 100 threats since the end of the murder trial.The case drew national attention and became racially charged , with supporters of Anthony criticizing the lack of Black jurors and calling for his acquittal, while supporters of the Metcalf family gathered outside the courthouse seeking justice.Anthony, 19, was convicted more than a year after fatally stabbing Metcalf, 17, during a regional high school track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, April 2, 2025.Anthony, then a Centennial High School student, made his way over to the Memorial High School team's tent and sat under it, according to investigators.Metcalf, a student at Memorial High, then allegedly told Anthony to leave. Prosecutors said Anthony provoked the confrontation that ended with Metcalf being fatally stabbed in the chest.Surveillance footage later released showed Anthony running from the tent . In police reports obtained by Fox News Digital, Anthony was heard telling arresting officers, "I'm not alleged, I did it."Authorities would later say they found no evidence suggesting the two knew each other prior to the incident.A Collin County jury sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison . Last month, a judge denied Anthony's motion for a new trial, though the family is readying another appeal. Law professor's killer stalked him 'like a shark circling' before ex-mother-in-law's murder-for-hire ambush After leaving the gym, Dan Markel drove home expecting an ordinary day. Instead, his killer was waiting for him.As he arrived home, the prominent Florida State University law professor was talking on the phone with music teacher Stewart Schlazer about school options for his children. Then the conversation took a terrifying turn."Can you please hold on a second? There's an unfamiliar person in my driveway," Markel said. SLAIN DAD'S DAUGHTER KNEW 'BLACK SWAN' EX-BALLERINA SHOT HIM AFTER ONE CALL: 'SHE KILLED HIM, DIDN'T SHE?' Seconds later, Schlazer heard what he described as "a loud boom.""There are really eerie parts of those final hours," producer Lily Fletcher told Fox News Digital. "You look at the CCTV footage, and it's a normal day. Dan dropped off the kids at school, he's gone to work out at the gym and then there's a Prius driving around the gym car park. It never stops. It's clearly waiting for him."It's always reminded me of a shark circling," Fletcher said. "There was something just so sinister and eerie during such a mundane part of his day, just going to the gym. That really stayed with me. That's a really chilling part, just watching that footage." Markel was shot in the head while sitting in his car in the garage of his Tallahassee, Florida, home July 18, 2014. The 41-year-old died the following day.The case is the subject of a new true-crime docuseries from ABC News Studios, "Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel," now streaming on Hulu.It features exclusive interviews, including with FBI Agent Pat Sanford and a recorded conversation with Rob Adelson, the oldest Adelson son, who testified against his mother, Donna Adelson, at her trial. It largely follows the prosecution's investigation and trial evidence, while also including testimony and recordings introduced during court proceedings. FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Markel married Wendi Adelson in 2006 after the two met online. The docuseries depicts prosecutors' theory that Wendi's mother, Donna, was a dominating, controlling figure in their lives with strong opinions about her daughter's choices.Wendi later said the couple's marriage fell apart after they had two sons, Benjamin and Lincoln. Their contentious divorce in 2013 centered on the question of where the boys would grow up. Wendi fought to move them to South Florida to be near her family, while Markel pressed to keep them in Tallahassee, where the parents shared custody.According to the docuseries, Donna was furious after the relocation request was denied.Prosecutors said the custody dispute became the catalyst for a murder-for-hire plot that would take years to unravel. They argued at trial that Donna helped orchestrate Markel's killing after he stood in the way of letting her daughter and two young grandsons make the move south.They also revealed that her son, Charlie Adelson, arranged for Markel's killing through his then-girlfriend, Katherine Magbanua, who connected him to Sigfredo Garcia, the father of her children, and Garcia's friend, Luis Rivera.Prosecutors said Garcia shot Markel while Rivera drove the getaway car. Over the next decade, investigators used cellphone records, surveillance video, financial records and secretly recorded conversations to build the case."Investigators suspected members of the family were involved but weren't able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt for a really long time," Fletcher said."And I think what really surprised me about the investigation was how incredibly thorough and how many needles in how many haystacks they went through to find the evidence, whether it was tracking silver-colored Priuses across Florida or going through thousands of phone data to find any links to the family and near the crime scene." SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER At trial, prosecutors painted Donna as the calculated matriarch of an affluent South Florida family with the means and motive to orchestrate the killing of the ex-son-in-law she "hated." Defense attorneys, however, insisted the state didn't have sufficient evidence to link her to the murder plot.In 2023, Charlie, a dentist, was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder in his former brother-in-law's killing. Prosecutors told jurors that Charlie paid to have Markel killed and used Magbanua to hire Garcia. They said Garcia enlisted the help of Rivera, his childhood friend. SEND US A TIP Charlie testified that he had nothing to do with the killing and was stunned when Magbanua arrived at his home and said her friends were the killers. According to reports, he also said he needed to pay more than $300,000 in 48 hours or he would be killed. He was sentenced to life in prison .Magbanua and Garcia were convicted of first-degree murder, and Rivera was sentenced to 19 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder and cooperating with prosecutors. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL In 2025, Donna was convicted of first-degree murder , conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation to commit murder. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and an additional 30 years for the conspiracy and solicitation convictions.While Fletcher said the surveillance video is one of the documentary's most haunting moments, she believes the hundreds of FBI wiretap recordings provide the clearest window into the Adelson family. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUB "There are hundreds of wiretapped phone calls of the Adelson family," Fletcher said. "As a team, we listened to all of them. I think just the brazen way with which the family was continuing their lives during the investigation, really believing that they'd got away from it, was very disturbing. They really thought that they were above the law."Fletcher said listening to the wiretaps left her with the impression that some family members believed they would avoid accountability."They weren't used to not getting their way," Fletcher continued. "And I think that is really alarming to me, that there are people like that who believe that they can operate outside of the constraints of the law." LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST Two years after Markel's murder, Donna and Charlie spent hours discussing Wendi's boyfriend at the time and whether she should stay in the relationship. Fletcher said the conversations showed her how deeply Donna and Charlie involved themselves in Wendi's personal life."It's hours and hours of conversations," Fletcher said. "It's Donna encouraging Charlie, and Charlie is suggesting to his mother as well that he will go and speak to Wendi. Just the meddling and the way they're speaking about Wendi and making decisions for her life, I felt that to be obviously really damning for them about their involvement in the case in terms of what the dynamics are like in their family." LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Wendi has repeatedly denied any involvement in her ex-husband's killing and has not been charged."I don't know why people online have such strong levels of certainty," Fletcher said. "In listening to the wiretap conversations of Wendi's mother and brother, and the way they are so accustomed to meddling in her life and deciding what is best for her, I could imagine a scenario in which she wasn't involved in it at all. I think that the vitriol around Wendi, especially online, is sad in a way. I imagine a scenario in which Wendi's family did this without her knowledge." SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Fox News Digital reached out to Wendi's attorney for comment. GOT A TIP? "This is the story of a breakdown of a marriage, a custody dispute and problems that escalated and seemed so irreconcilable," Fletcher said. "But this was an instance where things got so out of hand, and no one comes out with what they want." The Associated Press contributed to this report. Gabby Petito's mother urges public 'ripple effect' to help find the missing, 5 years after daughter's murder If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233. BLUE POINT, N.Y. - Five years after Gabby Petito's remains were found in Wyoming , her mother is asking the public to pay closer attention to missing person flyers that cross their social media feeds because a single share can create a "ripple effect" that leads to someone being found."What I would say with missing cases is, if you see missing flyers pass by your feed, stop and take a look," her mother, Nichole Schmidt, told Fox News Digital Friday. "Don't just share it quickly." GABBY PETITO TOLD HER EX SHE WAS SCARED TO LEAVE BRIAN LAUNDRIE BUT WANTED TO, JUST BEFORE MURDER: NEW DOC FORMER OHIO TEACHER CHARGED AFTER MISSING TEEN FOUND AT HIS HOME 263 DAYS LATER: REPORTS Look at it first, check the comments in case there are new developments and verify the source, she suggested. GOT A TIP? "If it seems legitimate, maybe give it a share," she said. "Because you never know who might see that with your share, and it causes a ripple effect. And missing people have been found by regular people just sharing flyers." FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X Petito's remains were found Sept. 19, 2021, in a remote campground north of Jackson, Wyoming. She is believed to have been killed three weeks earlier by Brian Laundrie, her former fiancé. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE Laundrie drove home to his parents' house in Florida in her Ford Transit van before taking his own life before heavy rains in the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park. His remains weren't found for a month after a nationwide search that ended when floodwater receded, and his own parents led detectives to one of his favorite clearings in the preserve. SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWS Since then, Petito's parents and stepparents have launched a foundation in her name, combatting domestic violence and raising awareness for other missing person cases. LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCAST LYNETTE HOOKER MISSING IN BAHAMAS: TIMELINE OF MICHIGAN WOMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE, HUSBAND'S ARREST They've lobbied for new laws in multiple states, including Florida, Utah and New York and even at the federal level. GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL But another focus of theirs is bringing attention to the families of missing people who haven't gotten the same news coverage their daughter did. If you or someone you know is the victim of domestic abuse, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.

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