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Jamarion Xavier Patillo was 21 years old when he died. He was from La Crosse. The shooting happened in South Hill on September 30 around 5:08 p.m. It went down in the 800 block of Powell Drive. That’s a quiet stretch of road where folks mostly keep to themselves. Police got a call about a gunshot. When officers pulled up, they found Patillo on the ground with gunshot wounds. The kind that don’t leave much room for hope.

They rushed him to VCU Medical Center in Richmond. That’s about an hour and a half away. Doctors tried everything they could. It wasn’t enough. Patillo died from his injuries. Just like that, a young man’s life was over. He was only 21. That’s barely old enough to know what you want out of life. Now his family is planning a funeral instead of a birthday.

Back at the scene, investigators got to work. They picked up multiple pieces of evidence. They also found people who might know something and brought them in for questioning. Police say this looks like an isolated incident. They don’t believe the public is in any danger. That’s supposed to be reassuring. But it doesn’t bring Patillo back. It doesn’t answer the question his family keeps asking. Why?

The South Hill Police Department is still digging. They’re working with the Mecklenburg County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. Together, they’re trying to piece together what happened on Powell Drive that evening. What led up to the gunfire. Who pulled the trigger. And why a 21-year-old from La Crosse ended up dead in South Hill. The investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been announced. No suspect has been named.

For Patillo’s loved ones, this isn’t just a case file. It’s their son. Their friend. Their family member. They’re left with memories of a young life that ended way too soon. The days ahead will be filled with grief and questions. The kind that keep you up at night. The kind that don’t have easy answers.

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward. If you know something, say something. Call the South Hill Police Department at 434-447-3104. Even a small detail could help. Even a rumor could point detectives in the right direction. This family deserves answers. Patillo deserves justice.

So tonight, while investigators work the case, a family in La Crosse is mourning. They’re remembering Jamarion Xavier Patillo. The 21-year-old who lost his life on Powell Drive. The young man who won’t get to see another September. May he rest in peace. And may his loved ones find some kind of comfort in the days ahead.

The call came in on Sept. 30. It was a well-being check. Someone was concerned about the people inside a home on Courtney Chase Circle in Orlando. Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded. They went to the 1200 block. They knocked. They entered. What they found inside was a tragedy that has rocked the community.

In the living room, deputies found Carlo Montiel Infantino and Melanie Montiel Infantino. They were both 17. They were twins. They had been stabbed multiple times. They were dead. In the master bathroom, deputies found Ivan Montiel Roa, 63. He was the father of the twins. He was also dead. Detectives believe Roa killed his children and then killed himself. The sheriff’s office is calling it an apparent murder-suicide.

The investigation is ongoing. The sheriff’s office has not released any more information about what led up to the deaths. They haven’t said if there were prior calls to the home. They haven’t said if there were any signs of trouble. They are keeping the details close as they work the case. That leaves a lot of unanswered questions for the public and for the people who live on that street.

Courtney Chase Circle is a residential road in the Orlando area. It’s part of Orange County. It’s the kind of place where people know their neighbors. Where kids ride bikes. Where things like this just don’t happen. But on Wednesday, it did. And now the people who live there are trying to process something that is almost impossible to process.

The deaths of Carlo and Melanie have left a hole in the lives of everyone who knew them. They were teenagers. They were twins. They were brother and sister. They should have been in school. They should have been hanging out with friends. They should have been planning their futures. Instead, they are gone. And their father is the one investigators believe is responsible.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is still working the case. They are asking anyone with information to call them. They want to know what happened before that well-being check. They want to know if there was anything that could have been done. They want to bring some kind of closure to a family that has been torn apart.

For now, the community is left to mourn. Two young lives are over. A father is dead. And a quiet Orlando neighborhood is left wondering how something so terrible could happen right there on their street.

Carlo Montiel Infantino and Melanie Montiel Infantino were just 17 years old. They were twins. They had their whole lives ahead of them. But on Wednesday, deputies found them dead inside a home on Courtney Chase Circle in Orlando. Both had been stabbed multiple times. Their father, Ivan Montiel Roa, 63, was found dead in the master bathroom. Investigators say he killed them and then took his own life.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office got a call on Sept. 30. It was a well-being check. Someone was worried. Deputies went to the 1200 block of Courtney Chase Circle. That’s a quiet residential street in the Orlando area. When they walked inside, they found a scene that no one wants to imagine. The twins were in the living room. They were already gone. Roa was in the bathroom. He was dead too.

Detectives quickly put the pieces together. They believe Roa stabbed his son and daughter. Then he killed himself. The sheriff’s office called it an apparent murder-suicide. That’s a hard phrase to read. It’s even harder for the family and friends of those two kids. Carlo and Melanie were only 17. They were brother and sister. They were twins. That bond is something special. Now it’s gone.

The case is still open. The sheriff’s office said they are investigating. They haven’t released any more details. They haven’t said what led up to that terrible day. No one knows yet what was going on inside that house. What made a father do something like this? That question may never have a clear answer. For now, all we know is that two young lives ended way too soon.

Neighbors on Courtney Chase Circle are shaken up. This is the kind of thing you see on the news in other places. You never think it will happen on your street. But it did. A quiet Wednesday turned into a nightmare. The twins are gone. Their father is gone. And a community is left trying to understand.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to come forward. They want to know more about what happened before that well-being check. They want to know if there were warning signs. They want to know if anyone could have helped. But right now, they are just trying to piece together the last hours of Carlo and Melanie’s lives.

This story is still developing. The investigation is active. More details may come out later. But for now, we know this: two 17-year-old twins are dead. Their father is believed to be responsible. And a quiet Orlando neighborhood is left with a lot of questions and a lot of pain.

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Christopher Scott Pitre was 21 years old. He lived in Waxahachie. Early Thursday morning, he was shot and killed inside his own home. His 15-year-old brother was shot too. The younger boy died later at a hospital. Their mother, Colleen Nichole Lemmon, 42, is now charged with two counts of capital murder.

Ellis County Sheriff’s Office deputies got a 911 call at 4:13 a.m. The caller reported an emergency at a home in the 900 block of Big Sky Drive but didn’t say what kind. Deputies went to the house. Inside, they found Christopher and his younger brother suffering from gunshot wounds. Christopher was pronounced dead at the scene. The 15-year-old was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. He later died from his injuries.

The sheriff’s office is not releasing the 15-year-old’s name. The boys’ father has been notified of both deaths. Sheriff Brad Norman issued a statement offering his condolences. “My deepest sympathies go out to the victims’ father, family members, and loved ones involved in this tragic incident,” Norman said. “They will remain in our prayers during this difficult time.”

Lemmon was found at the residence with injuries described as non-life-threatening. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment. After she was released, she was taken into law enforcement custody. Authorities say evidence recovered at the scene gave them probable cause to identify her as the person responsible for shooting both victims. They have not released the circumstances that led to the shooting.

Lemmon was booked into the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie. She remains in custody on two counts of capital murder. She is awaiting arraignment. Bond had not been set as of the latest available information.

Waxahachie is the county seat of Ellis County in North Texas. It is about 30 miles south of downtown Dallas and part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. The investigation continues. No other details have been released.

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — A North Texas mother is behind bars, accused of killing her own two sons inside their home early Thursday morning. Colleen Nichole Lemmon, 42, of Waxahachie, faces two counts of capital murder. Deputies say she shot both boys before daybreak in a quiet neighborhood on Big Sky Drive.

The call came in around 4:13 a.m. A 911 caller reported an emergency at a home in the 900 block of Big Sky Drive, but the caller never said exactly what was wrong. Ellis County Sheriff’s Office deputies rushed to the scene. When they walked inside, they found two people with gunshot wounds. Both were Lemmon’s sons.

The older son, Christopher Scott Pitre, 21, of Waxahachie, died right there at the house. The younger boy, just 15 years old, was still alive when paramedics got to him. They took him to a local hospital in critical condition. He fought for a while, but he didn’t make it. He died from his injuries. The sheriff’s office is not releasing the teenager’s name.

Lemmon was at the house too. She had injuries that authorities described as not life-threatening. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Once she was well enough, law enforcement took her into custody. Investigators say evidence found at the scene gave them probable cause to name her as the person who shot both victims. They have not said what led up to the shooting.

After getting medical care, Lemmon was booked into the Wayne McCollum Detention Center in Waxahachie. She is being held on two counts of capital murder. She is waiting for her arraignment. No bond has been set yet.

The boys’ father has been told about both deaths. The sheriff’s office is still keeping the 15-year-old’s name private. Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman shared his condolences with the family. “My deepest sympathies go out to the victims’ father, family members, and loved ones involved in this tragic incident,” Norman said in a statement. “They will remain in our prayers during this difficult time.”

Waxahachie is the county seat of Ellis County. It sits about 30 miles south of downtown Dallas and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The investigation is ongoing. Authorities have not released any more details about what happened inside that home before the gunfire.

Another death inside the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center. This time it’s 27-year-old Brandon Joe McCoy. Deputies found him unresponsive in his cell around 12:28 a.m. Friday. They tried to save him. Medics rushed in. It was too late. Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced him dead on the scene.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now on the case. That’s the rule when someone dies in custody. An autopsy is coming. It should shed light on what killed McCoy and what was going on before he was found. The sheriff’s Internal Affairs division is running its own review. Two investigations. Same dead man. Same jail.

Custody deaths draw attention for a reason. People want to know if the system failed. They want to know if someone dropped the ball. They want to know if this could have been prevented. Those answers aren’t here yet. The GBI hasn’t released a cause of death. The sheriff’s office hasn’t said much beyond the basics.

What we know is this: McCoy was in his cell. Deputies found him unresponsive. They did CPR. Emergency medical crews were called. He was pronounced dead at the facility. That’s the timeline. Everything else is still being pieced together.

McCoy’s family is waiting. That’s the hardest part. They don’t know what happened. They don’t know why. They just know he’s gone. A 27-year-old man. Dead in a jail cell in Macon, Georgia. The people who loved him are left with nothing but questions and grief.

The autopsy will take time. Investigations take time. For now, McCoy’s name is in the news for the worst reason. His loved ones are mourning. And the jail where he died is under the microscope once again.

Brandon Joe McCoy was 27 years old when he died inside the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center in Macon, Georgia. Deputies found him unresponsive in his cell at about 12:28 a.m. Friday. They started CPR right away. They called for medics too. But nothing worked. Deputy Coroner Lonnie Miley pronounced him dead at the jail.

Word of McCoy’s death spread fast. His family got the kind of phone call nobody ever wants to get. A young man walked into that jail. Now he’s gone. And nobody can say yet exactly why.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says it’s investigating. So is the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The GBI will handle the autopsy. That’s standard when someone dies in custody. The autopsy should tell investigators more about how McCoy died and what happened in his final hours. The sheriff’s Internal Affairs division is looking into it too. They want to know what led up to the moment deputies found him.

McCoy’s loved ones are stuck in that awful waiting place. They don’t have answers. They just have questions. A 27-year-old is supposed to have decades ahead of him. Instead, his people are planning a funeral and wondering what went wrong behind those walls.

Jail deaths always raise hard questions. People want to know if staff did their jobs. They want to know if anyone checked on him. They want to know if something could have been done differently. Right now, there’s no public answer to any of that. The investigation is still open.

For now, McCoy’s family is leaning on each other. Friends are sharing memories. Nobody is talking about policy or procedures. They’re talking about a man they loved who isn’t coming home. That’s the part that hurts the most.

More details may come out as the autopsy wraps up and investigators finish their work. Until then, Brandon Joe McCoy’s name is attached to a story no family wants to be part of. He was 27. He died in a jail cell in Macon. And the people who knew him are left to carry that.

The first thing you need to know about Brooke Eby is that she wasn’t trying to be your hero. She was trying to be loud. She got diagnosed with ALS in March 2022 when she was 33. She lived in New York City. She worked at Salesforce for about a decade. And she had spent years before that diagnosis getting poked and prodded by doctors who couldn’t tell her what was wrong. Her left foot stopped working right when she walked. She was 29. The tests kept coming back with nothing solid. Then came the answer nobody wants. ALS.

Instead of hiding, Eby went online. She called herself “Limpbroozkit.” Her videos were not sad. They were funny. She cracked jokes about wheelchairs and dating and the dumb stuff strangers say. She showed herself going from leg braces to a cane to a walker to a wheelchair. She let people watch her body decline in real time. And she made them laugh while they watched. That was the trick. That was the whole point.

“Levity is my superpower,” she said on TODAY in 2023. “It’s really how I’m bringing my story to the world. I’m trying to use humor and really let ALS be heard.” She wasn’t kidding. Her following grew fast. Hundreds of thousands of people tuned in. They came for the comedy. They got an education about a disease that affects movement, speech, and breathing. They got the truth.

Eby didn’t just talk. She pushed. She told researchers and donors and lawmakers to “operate at the speed of ALS.” Her argument was blunt. People with this disease don’t have years to wait for breakthroughs. She started ALStogether, an online peer community for people with ALS and their caregivers. The ALS Network started integrating that community into its own work in 2026. In June 2026, the group gave her the Dean and Kathleen Rasmussen Advocate of the Year Award. “I didn’t choose ALS, but I did choose to get loud, and be irreverent about it,” she said after learning about the honor.

She also got into adaptive fashion. She teamed up with Silverts, a company that makes adaptive clothing, to create the B.E. Collection. The goal was simple. Make clothes for younger people with disabilities that don’t look like they came from a hospital supply closet. Part of the proceeds went to Team Gleason, which supports people living with ALS. Eby was born Dec. 22, 1988. She grew up in Maryland. She built her life and career in New York. One story she told often was about showing up at a friend’s wedding with a walker that matched the bride’s grandmother’s. She felt awkward. Then the whole wedding party turned it into a joke. That moment stuck. It showed her that humor could break the ice and get people talking about things they usually avoid.

Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce, spoke out after her death. He called her an “amazing warrior” and praised her attitude. The ALS Network announced her death on Thursday, Oct. 1. She died from complications of ALS. She was 37. Eby never wanted to be just a feel-good story. She said her “North Star” was “giving a face to ALS.” She wanted people to see the disease, not just her. She wanted them to support research and understand what it does to families. The ALS Network said her legacy is not about followers or views. It’s about the community she built and the conversations she started. That’s what she leaves behind.

Brooke Eby didn’t want a pity party. She wanted people to hear the word ALS and actually know what it means. The TikTok star, who built a huge following by cracking jokes about a disease that was slowly taking her body apart, died at 37 from complications of ALS. The ALS Network announced her death on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Eby was living in New York City when she got the news that changed everything. She was 33, back in March 2022, and she’d spent years bouncing between doctors who couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Her left foot had stopped pushing off right when she walked. She was 29 then. Tests came back with guesses. None of them were right. Finally, the answer was ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a condition that kills nerve cells and takes away movement, speech, breathing, the works.

Most folks might crawl into a hole after a diagnosis like that. Eby crawled into bed with a giant bag of M&M’s. That was her first move. Then she picked up her phone and started posting. She called herself “Limpbroozkit” online. Her videos weren’t sad. They were funny. She joked about wheelchairs, about dating, about strangers who said dumb things. She talked about leg braces and canes and walkers. She showed the world what it looks like when your body quits on you, but your sense of humor doesn’t.

“Levity is my superpower,” she told TODAY back in 2023. “It’s really how I’m bringing my story to the world. I’m trying to use humor and really let ALS be heard.” That was her whole thing. She made people laugh so they’d stick around long enough to learn something. And it worked. Hundreds of thousands of followers came for the jokes. They stayed for the truth about a disease most people don’t want to think about.

Eby didn’t stop at making videos. She pushed scientists and politicians and donors to move faster. She had a line she used a lot. She told them to “operate at the speed of ALS.” Her point was simple. People with this disease don’t have time to wait around for research that moves at a snail’s pace. She also started ALStogether, an online community where people with ALS and their caregivers could connect. The ALS Network began folding that community into its own operation in 2026. In June of that same year, the group gave Eby its Dean and Kathleen Rasmussen Advocate of the Year Award. “I didn’t choose ALS, but I did choose to get loud, and be irreverent about it,” she said when she found out she was getting the award.

She even got into fashion. Eby worked with an adaptive clothing company called Silverts to create the B.E. Collection. The idea was to make clothes for younger people with disabilities. A lot of adaptive clothing out there looks like it belongs in a hospital or a nursing home. Eby wanted something better. Part of the money from that collection went to Team Gleason, a group that helps people living with ALS.

Eby spent about ten years working in tech at Salesforce. Marc Benioff, the CEO there, spoke up after she died. He called her an “amazing warrior” and talked about her attitude. She was born Dec. 22, 1988, and grew up in Maryland. She moved to New York later and built her career there. One story she told a lot was about a friend’s wedding. She showed up with a walker that looked just like the one the bride’s grandmother used. She felt embarrassed at first. Then she and the wedding party just went with it. They made the walker part of the party. That moment stuck with her. It proved that humor can bust through the awkwardness and get people talking about disability and death without running away.

She never wanted to be just an inspiration. She said that over and over. Her “North Star,” as she put it on the Brain & Life podcast, was “giving a face to ALS.” She wanted people to see the disease, not just her. She wanted them to support research and understand what it does to families. The ALS Network said her legacy isn’t about follower counts or video views. It’s about the community she built and the conversations she started. Eby died from complications of ALS. She was 37.

Ken Urker turned 34 on the day he died. Deputies got a call just after six in the evening and found him at the house in Raceland. The investigation is still open and no cause has been set yet.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard said she thinks it was an overdose but she does not know what he took or if it was on purpose. She told people he had not been in a good place lately and that he passed away right there in his own bed.

The two met when she was still locked up. He wrote her a letter after he saw a show about her life. They got engaged while she was inside but later split up. They found their way back to each other last spring.

Their daughter Aurora was born at the end of December. Blanchard wants the little girl to remember her dad for the man he was and not the noise that followed them around.

Blanchard also said Urker took a lot of heat online. She believes the constant watching and bad comments wore on him hard. Family found him after he did not answer a birthday message.

Urker had been on the reality show with her after she got out of prison. He tried to stay steady for their new family even with all the eyes on them.
The sheriff office in Lafourche Parish keeps looking into what happened. No one has said anything official about how he died.