Author: Emmy Phem

Rhoam Summer was five years old. Preliminary reports named the child as one of the young people who died at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon.

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, police responded to the school around 1:17 p.m. Nearby schools went into lockdown. Officers worked to secure the area and keep students and staff safe.

Early reports said five people died. That number included three children, one adult teacher, and the teenage suspect. Rhoam was listed among the young victims in those first accounts.

A seven-year-old student and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to the hospital in critical condition. Officials kept investigating. They said the full list of names and exact numbers still needed confirmation.

The reported suspect was a 16-year-old from Bend. Early unconfirmed accounts said the teenager was shot inside the school by an armed bystander. Investigators continued looking into what happened.

Authorities set up a reunification site at Journey Church on South Highway 97. Parents went there to find their children.

Rhoam had a full life ahead. The child’s death left a family facing a loss no one should face. The short life is remembered with care and respect.

Police in Peoria have made an arrest in the murder of Dionna “Dee” Causey. They say Maurice Graves, 30, is the man responsible, and he is charged with first-degree murder.

Peoria Police Department detectives say they identified Graves as a suspect during their investigation. That led the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office to issue an arrest warrant.

Then came the search. On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, Peoria detectives teamed up with the U.S. Marshals Service. They found Graves inside a residence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He gave no trouble. Graves was taken into custody without incident. Peoria detectives questioned him, and he was arrested afterward.

Police are not saying much more yet. They have not said how Graves and Dee knew each other, or what led to the shooting. The investigation is still open.

Dee had five children. They are still without their mother, and an arrest doesn’t change that.

Graves is presumed innocent unless he is proven guilty in court.

Dionna “Dee” Causey leaves behind five children. This week, Peoria police arrested a man in connection with her death.

His name is Maurice Graves, 30. He is charged with first-degree murder. Detectives named him a suspect during their investigation, and the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office then issued a warrant for his arrest.

On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, Peoria detectives and the U.S. Marshals Service found Graves inside a home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was taken into custody without incident. After Peoria detectives questioned him, he was arrested.

A lot is still unclear. Police have not said how Graves and Dee knew each other. They have not said what led to the shooting. The investigation is still going.

Those five kids are still without their mother. They are the ones who feel this most. No arrest gives them back the time with her, and the days ahead will be hard.

For Dee’s family and friends, the arrest may be a first step toward answers. What comes next will be decided in court.

Graves is presumed innocent unless he is proven guilty.

A 70-year-old woman from Disney, Oklahoma, died Thursday afternoon after the car she was riding in left State Highway 28 in Delaware County. Her name was Lavonne Fraser.

It happened shortly before 4 p.m., according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Troopers say the early signs point to a medical episode. The driver may have had one while driving along the highway.

After that, the vehicle went off the road to the right. It broke through a fence, then slammed into a concrete wall.

Lavonne was a passenger. She died in the crash.

The driver was injured. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has not said how serious those injuries are. It also has not said what happened with the suspected medical episode.

Details about Lavonne’s personal life have not been made public. What her family wants people to know about her has not been shared. She was 70 years old, and she called Disney home.

Troopers are still working the case. For now, what’s known is short: a highway, a fence, a concrete wall and a woman who didn’t survive.

Lavonne Fraser, 70, of Disney, Oklahoma, died in a car crash Thursday afternoon in Delaware County. She was a passenger in the vehicle.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash happened on State Highway 28, shortly before 4 p.m. Early reports point to a possible medical episode. Troopers say the driver may have had one while on the highway.

The vehicle drifted off the road to the right. It went through a fence and hit a concrete wall. Lavonne died in the crash.

The driver was hurt. Troopers have not said how badly. They also haven’t said what the suspected medical episode was.

Not much is known about Lavonne’s life outside the crash. Her family has not shared details with the public. What we do know is that she was 70, that she lived in Disney, and that people there are now missing her.

For her family and friends, Thursday afternoon changed everything in a few seconds. Many questions remain, and troopers have not answered most of them yet.

The investigation is still open. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has not released anything beyond the early findings.

A car crash on a country road in Cherokee County, Kansas, killed two young people Thursday evening. Audrey Witham, 18, of Joplin, and Cameron Witham, 19, of Webb City, both died.

Here is what investigators say happened. Around 5:45 p.m., Cameron was driving a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis north on Southeast 110th Street. The road is about three miles north of Galena.

The car struck the right side of the Spring River bridge. It skidded, then veered off the left side of the road and hit a tree.

Cameron and Audrey did not survive. Investigators say both were wearing their seat belts when the car hit the tree. The report doesn’t say what caused the crash.

Those who knew them are now left with a loss that came without warning. Cameron was 19. Audrey was 18. They were young adults at the start of their lives.

For their families and friends, the days ahead will be hard. Audrey was from Joplin, and Cameron was from Webb City. Both towns are now grieving two of their own.

A tree and a bridge on Southeast 110th Street now mark where it happened. For two families, it’s a place they never expected to know.

Cameron Witham was 19. Audrey Witham was 18. Both died Thursday evening in a car crash in Cherokee County, Kansas.

It happened around 5:45 p.m. on Southeast 110th Street, about three miles north of Galena. Cameron, of Webb City, was driving a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis north. Audrey, of Joplin, was in the car with him.

Investigators say the car hit the right side of the Spring River bridge. The hit sent it skidding. The car then veered off the left side of the road and slammed into a tree.

Cameron and Audrey both died in the crash. Investigators say both were wearing seat belts. It’s not clear from the report what led to the crash.

They were just starting out. A 19-year-old and an 18-year-old, with most of their lives still ahead. Their families, friends and everyone who knew them are now dealing with a loss they didn’t see coming.

The crash happened on a rural stretch of road, right where it crosses the Spring River. The tree the car hit sits just off the left side of the road.

Two families got the worst kind of news Thursday night. Two young people from Webb City and Joplin are gone, and the people who loved them are left with a lot of questions and a lot of memories.

Hannah Glover, 30, spent two weeks denying she killed Tara Morrison. Then, in the middle of her murder trial, she changed her mind. On Thursday, she pleaded guilty.

Glover and her co-accused, James Sorgiovanni, 29, were both charged with murdering Morrison, a 38-year-old mom from Western Australia. Police found her body in April 2024, stuffed inside a child’s cupboard at a home in Busselton, about 220 kilometers (roughly 137 miles) south of Perth. She had 40 stab wounds. Both pleaded not guilty at first.

The turn came a day after a prisoner who cannot be named testified. She told the court Glover confided in her. Glover said she used multiple knives, according to the inmate. She said Glover told her she saw Morrison give drugs to a child, and that she injected Morrison with a drug the inmate called fantasy. Then Glover told her co-accused, “It’s time,” the inmate said.

The inmate said Glover told her Sorgiovanni, “Jimmy,” held Morrison’s arms behind her back, and that’s when Glover stabbed her. She said Glover acted out the sound of blood squirting to show how much there was.

Glover’s lawyer, Anthony Eyres, had told the court something different in his opening remarks. He said she accepted she was in the home, but that Sorgiovanni killed Morrison. He said she denied stabbing her.

Sorgiovanni says that’s backwards. After his arrest, he blamed Glover and said he was asleep and heavily sedated by GHB. His lawyer, Lisa Boston, told the court he did not kill Morrison. She said he took a powerful anesthetic and passed out in a bedroom, then woke to shouting and saw a “horror show.” Glover was “a frenzied attacker with a knife,” Boston said. He has not changed his plea, and his trial continues.

State prosecutor Michael Cvetkoski told the court the pair had been together for less than two months when Morrison died. She was stabbed in the chest, neck, head, arm and hand, he said. The last person to see her alive said he dropped her at Glover’s home, and when he tried to leave after taking drugs with them, the doors were locked. A neighbor heard a woman screaming for about 30 minutes before it went silent.

The state says a bloody palm print on the front door was Morrison’s, made as she tried to escape. “It was two against one,” Cvetkoski told the court.

Police went to the home for a welfare check and saw blood on the door and walls. They found Morrison’s body, several bloody knives, CCTV ripped down and burnt hair soaked in blood. The state says gas and burners were turned on to burn the house down. Glover and Sorgiovanni had left. They were driven to Margaret River, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) away, and went their separate ways.

Glover’s case is back in court Nov. 5. Sorgiovanni remains on trial and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Tara Morrison, 38, was a mom from Western Australia. In April 2024, police found her body stuffed inside a child’s cupboard at a home in Busselton, about 220 kilometers (roughly 137 miles) south of Perth. She had 40 stab wounds.

Two people went on trial for her murder. Hannah Glover, 30, and James Sorgiovanni, 29, both pleaded not guilty. About two weeks into the trial, on Thursday, Glover changed her plea to guilty.

The day before, a prisoner who cannot be named took the stand. She told the court Glover had confided in her about the killing. According to the inmate, Glover said she used several knives. She also said she saw Morrison give drugs to a child, and that she injected Morrison with a drug the inmate called fantasy. Glover then told her co-accused, “It’s time,” the inmate testified.

The inmate said Glover told her that Sorgiovanni, whom she called Jimmy, held Morrison’s arms behind her back. That’s when Glover stabbed her, the inmate told the court. She said Glover even acted out the sound of blood squirting, to show how much of it there was in the house.

Sorgiovanni has not changed his plea. His trial goes on.

State prosecutor Michael Cvetkoski laid out the case for the jury. Glover and Sorgiovanni had been together for less than two months when Morrison was killed, he said. She was stabbed again and again in the chest, neck, head, arm and hand. The last person to see her alive said he dropped her at Glover’s home, and when he tried to leave after taking drugs with them, the doors were locked. A neighbor was woken by a woman screaming for about 30 minutes, then the screaming stopped.

The state says a bloody palm print on the front door came from Morrison, as she tried to get out. “She was, in every sense of the words, fighting for her life,” Cvetkoski told the court. “It was two against one.”

Police came to the home for a welfare check. They saw blood on the door and walls, then found Morrison’s body. They say they also found several bloody knives, CCTV cameras ripped down and burnt hair soaked in blood. The state says gas and burners were turned on to burn the house down with her inside. Glover and Sorgiovanni had already left. They were driven to Margaret River, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) away, and then split up.

After his arrest, Sorgiovanni blamed Glover. He said he was asleep and heavily sedated by GHB when Morrison was attacked. His lawyer, Lisa Boston, told the court he did not kill Morrison. She said he took a powerful anesthetic and passed out in a bedroom, then woke to shouting and saw a “horror show.” Glover, the woman he thought he knew, was “a frenzied attacker with a knife,” Boston said.

Glover’s lawyer, Anthony Eyres, told the court in his opening remarks that she accepted she was in the home when Morrison was killed. He said Sorgiovanni did it, and that she denied stabbing Morrison. That was before she changed her plea.

Glover’s case returns to court Nov. 5. Sorgiovanni’s trial continues, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

A man has been arrested after a pedestrian died in a collision in Essex, England, on Oct. 9. Her name was Linda Evans. Police arrested him on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drink or drugs.

Emergency services tried to save her. Linda was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her family says they were not ready for this. They call her a kind, loving and generous woman who always put others before herself. She was a much-loved mom and grandmother who doted on her four grandchildren.

Linda spent her career in the classroom. For over 30 years, she and her husband worked as secondary school teachers and served the local community. She taught languages, and her family says she was dedicated, hardworking and highly regarded. She kept tutoring in several Essex schools after she retired.

She lived a full life in retirement. Linda worked out, went to a yoga class and walked regularly with a local group. She was a member of the Women’s Guild and the Benfleet Horticultural Society. She was proud of her garden and worked hard on it.

Linda had more ahead of her. She planned to travel all over the world in the coming months. Her family says she had a real joie de vivre, with so much more time, love and energy still to give.

Linda and her husband were soulmates, their children say. They shared more than 60 years together and were married for 51 of them. The family says he is at a loss without her. She will also be missed by her children, their young families and everyone who knew her.

Anyone with information or footage that could help the investigation is asked to contact police online, through Live Chat or by calling 101. Information can also be given anonymously to Crimestoppers. Callers should quote incident 1243 of Oct. 9.