The Salt Lake County Third District Court has filed charges against the woman who is alleged to have shot and killed professional bull rider Demetrius Allen, also known as “Ouncie Mitchell,” while he was visiting the city for the Utah State Fair.
Lashawn Denise Bagley, 22, is accused of nine third-degree felony counts of felony discharge of a firearm as well as one first-degree felony count of murder.
According to the police, Bagley shot Allen as he stood outside of her residence in Salt Lake City around 900 South and 200 West. According to reports, Allen was attempting to retrieve rodeo equipment worth roughly $10,000 that he had left in her apartment and her car. Apparently, bullets were fired as he was pounding on the balcony door, according to the authorities.
Bagley reportedly informed the 911 operator, “They’re beating on my window,” during a call just prior to the shooting. The 911 operator allegedly questioned Bagley what the loud noises were after hearing them and she allegedly replied, “I’m firing.”
A 27-year-old man was killed as a consequence of domestic abuse, and Salt Lake City Police are currently looking into the incident.
Responding police discovered Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, also known by his riding name Ouncie Mitchell, with a gunshot wound outside of an apartment building close to 900 South and 200 West. When Gold Cross arrived to take Allen to a nearby hospital, officers started providing emergency medical care right away. Allen later passed away from his injuries.
The suspect, LaShawn Denise Bagley, 21, has reportedly been securely brought into custody by the police.
Police discovered Allen and Bagley were acquainted and had an on-again, off-again connection through an investigation conducted by the SLCPD Homicide Squad with the help of the SLCPD Crime Lab. Allen, a professional bull rider, is thought to have traveled to Salt Lake City to attend the Utah State Fair while lodging with Bagley. After leaving the fair, the two allegedly got into a fight at a bar in downtown Salt Lake City. Rounds were fired, leaving numerous bullet holes, and when Allen returned to Bagley’s residence to retrieve his belongings, shots were fired. Bagley has been lodged in the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on felony firearm discharge and murder charges. According to police, this is the tenth murder case.
The TV personality, who made an appearance on the program in 2014, was reportedly discovered in her hotel room by a cleaner.
Although her exact cause of death is “still unknown,” it is thought that authorities are looking into a “possible homicide”.
‘I’ve been communicating with investigators too, and they are saying they saw a film of two males with Taylor in the hotel room,’ Haylee Lewis, Lewis’ sister, said in an interview with In Touch, adding that she is assisting with the investigation.
She was allegedly discovered “hours later.”
However, there are also rumors that Lewis, who had previously struggled with addiction, passed away from a heroin overdose.
Lewis’ friends have paid tribute to her in the wake of her passing; Jenelle Evans, her former best friend and co-star on the show while she was pregnant, 31, shared a heartbreaking social media post.
What happened, Taylor? she exclaimed. We used to be best friends, but we drifted apart because of the various crowds we hung out with.
From afar, I wanted to watch you succeed as a woman, but I was always pulling for you. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m devastated to hear this news and I hope it doesn’t keep you from sleeping well.
The Teen Mom star shared a number of old pictures of herself with Lewis and urged fans to reply and ‘check in’ with their friends to see how they are doing.
Lewis and Evans’ tangled past is well known, even though it is unknown why their friendship ended.
Evans’ ex-husband, Courtland Rogers, had Lewis as his first wife. Before their divorce, Lewis and Rogers had a daughter together named Jordan Ashlee Nikole Lewis.
Following that, Evans and Rogers started dating in early 2012 and got hitched in December of that same year.
However, they split up a month later.
After the breakup, Evans confided in her buddy Lewis after learning she was expecting Rogers’ child during the Teen Mom 2 season 5 premiere.
Evans admitted to her buddy at the time, “I did relapse [on heroin] one time and that was when I met Courtland.”
We only got married after dating for three months, me and him. I’m furious with myself for getting married to someone without giving it any thought.
I visited the doctor the other day because I was sick, she continued. We can’t offer you a chest X-ray since you’re pregnant, they said.
Evans ultimately made the decision to have an abortion.
In connection with the stabbing death of a 59-year-old Toronto man in what police are calling a “swarming” attack, eight adolescent girls are being charged with murder.
Following the weekend murder, officers from the Toronto Police Service charged the teenagers on Tuesday, according to the agency.
Just after 12:15 a.m. on Sunday, police responded to an allegation of an assault in downtown Toronto and discovered a male with stab wounds, according to Police Detective Sgt. Terry Browne. The individual was then taken to a hospital, where he passed away.
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The victims identity will not be made public by the police until his next-of-kin has been reached. In the fall, according to Browne, the victim relocated to a nearby homeless shelter.
According to Browne, who spoke to reporters, “as the inquiry progressed, it became clear very early on that the individuals involved in this were being described as eight young females.” According to him, police found the suspects near the scene of the attack and detained three 13-year-old girls, three 14-year-old girls, and two 16-year-old girls, accusing them of second-degree murder.
The suspects connected on social media. According to Browne, the same girls got into a fight earlier that evening in the vicinity of the man’s murder. He declined to provide further information, but he did state that the girls were allegedly trying to steal a bottle of alcohol from the victim, according to the detectives.
“(The suspects) got to know one another on social media. They originate from several locations throughout the city, Browne said during a press briefing. “We have no idea how or why they connected that evening or why they chose to travel to downtown Toronto. How long they had been acquainted with one another is unknown. At this time, I wouldn’t classify them as a gang.
They took part in a “swarming,” according to Browne. He opted not to mention if the teenager recorded the assault.
He claimed that several weapons had been taken, but he would not specify what sort. All of the girls, according to him, are Canadian, and three of the suspects have a history of running afoul of the law.
I’ve been in policing for almost 35 years and you think you’ve seen it all,” Browne said in an interview with The Associated Press. “Anyone who isn’t shocked with hearing something like this has clearly just thrown in the towel and just said that anything is possible in this world. Eight young girls and most under the age of 16. If this isn’t alarming and shocking to everyone, then we’re all in trouble quite frankly.”
Browne said police spoke to the parents of the teens.
“I can tell you it was a shock to find out that their children were involved in an event like this,” he said.
Canadian authorities did not release the girls’ names because they are minors.
Browne said they remain in custody and are due in court for an appearance Dec. 29.
In the early morning of Wednesday, Dec. 14, two Bay St. Louis police officers were killed in the line of duty while responding to a welfare concern at Motel 6 on U.S. 90. Their names were Sgt. Steven Robin, 34, and Officer Branden Estorffe, 23.
The two officers went to the motel to respond to a 911 call made by the front desk on behalf of a guest named Amy Anderson. After arriving on the scene, Robin and Estorffe talked with Anderson, who had an 8-year-old child with her, for around half an hour. During this time, a phone call was placed to Child Protective Services.
Shortly after the call was made, Anderson started shooting at the officers in the motel parking lot. Robin was shot in the head and died instantly. Estorffe was shot and succumbed to his injuries later in a nearby hospital. Anderson also perished in the shooting, but the child that was with her was not harmed.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, the agency responsible for investigating all of the state’s police shootings, initially thought that Anderson’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted, making her death a suicide. According to Public Service Commissioner Sean Tindell, MBI investigators later found that a round discharged from Estorffe’s gun was actually responsible for Anderson’s death.
A candlelight vigil was held on Thursday at Bay High’s Tiger Stadium in honor of the fallen officers. Family members of both victims and hundreds of community members were in attendance. A joint funeral service for the officers who died together will be held on Wednesday at the Bay St. Louis Community Center, 301 Blaize Ave. Visitation for family, friends, and community members will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the funeral service will begin at noon.
Here’s a timeline of what happened that Wednesday morning. Some of the times listed below are approximate.
2:30 a.m.
Ocean Springs veterinarian Amy Brogdan Anderson, 43, arrives at Motel 6 in Bay St. Louis with an 8-year-old child. They check in at the front desk.
3:35 a.m.
The Motel 6 front desk manager calls 911 at Anderson’s request. The manager says that the guest (Anderson) sounded distressed.
3:38 a.m.
Officer Branden Estorffe arrives at the scene and is joined a minute later by Sgt. Steven Robin. She tells officers that she feared for her life and that her and her daughter were being followed by a white pickup truck.
3:39 a.m. — 4:18 a.m.
Robin and Estorffe meet up with Anderson to address her 911 call. Anderson tells the officers that she is being followed by a white pick-up truck, and that she fears for her life. Robin and Estorffe investigate Anderson’s allegations, gather information, and take statements. The officers interact with Anderson and the 8-year-old inside and outside their motel room.
Concerned about the minor’s safety in Anderson’s care, Robin and Estorffe decide to call Child Protective Services. Shortly after, Anderson and the child begin loading their vehicle, and Anderson informs the officers that they will be leaving Motel 6.
4:19 a.m.
Seated in the driver’s seat of her brown Toyota Highlander, Anderson fires one shot at Robin, who was standing by the driver’s side door. The bullet hits him in the head, killing him instantly. Officer Estorffe, who was on the phone with Child Protective Services, hears the shot and immediately returns to the vehicle. As he approaches, Estorffe and Anderson exchange gunfire. Both individuals are hit, and their injuries are fatal. Estorffe was alive when he was removed from the scene, but died shortly after at a nearby hospital.
The investigation into this shooting is open and ongoing. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety will release additional details to the public upon its completion.
Could Amy really be fearing for her life? And was afraid someone was going to kill her and her daughter? And if so who? She was concerned enough to call the cops about this white pickup truck. Could she have been fearing for her life when the police told her they contacted CPS? What are your thoughts?
According to Jerry her ex-husband she had threatened her pedophile ex-husband with the same firearm she used in the gun battle that ended her life.
Amy Brogdon Anderson menaced her former husband, Royce Carroll “Jerry” Mize, with the 9mm handgun when he was released on bail after being arrested for performing oral sex on a 10-year-old girl in June 2017, the Daily Mail reported.
Mize, 63, is currently serving a 10-year sentence for sexual battery at Leake County Correctional Facility.
Anderson, 43, had two children from a previous relationship and married Mize in 2011.
Mize’s sexual misconduct with his minor victim occurred in Feb. and March 2017, and the couple divorced shortly after. He is currently serving a 10-year sentence.
In the divorce filing, Anderson requested custody of the couple’s young child, as well as her two older children.
“[Mize’s actions] have been extremely damaging to the mental health and physical health of Amy, and that the continuance of the marital relationship would cause further serious damage to both her mental and physical health and well being, and to the physical health and well being of the minor child,” the documents read.
Royce Jarroll “Jerry” Mize is currently serving a 10-year sentence for sexual battery.MDOC
In his own court filing, Mize claimed that Anderson had stolen or lost some of his possessions, including a Chevy Silverado truck, clothing, and prescription glasses. He also described the moment she waved the 9mm pistol at him when he tried to retrieve his RV while out on bail.
Anderson, who just started a new job at Lakeview Animal Hospital last month, checked herself and her 8-year-old daughter into a Motel 6 a short distance from her Ocean Springs home around 2:35 a.m. on Dec. 14.
A ten-year-old boy’s dream was to have virtual reality. After obsessing over it and seeing what seemed like everyone else playing them online, he wondered how cool it would be to own one. And he had a plan. He was going to ask Santa for one, just like in the movie A Christmas Story. just like when Ralphie really wanted that BB gun, the Red Ryder, and when all hope was lost, he ended up getting one for Christmas after all.
His mom however has been a single mom since Her son was a baby. She was currently working two jobs just to support them. They lived in a run-down neighborhood. She came home from work one night and the house was ransacked she had worked so hard this last little bit to put together everything she had in her savings to get her son one gift. With getting a bonus from work and working overtime she was able to get enough money to buy her son a Virtual Reality system that he has been wanting all year. Her son was a hard worker and never complained about his chores, got all A’s in his class quite a kid but a good kid.
Yet most years for Christmas all she was able to get him was things he needed like shoes and a new backpack. She knew he was going to be surprised. But this so happened that the day her house was broken into that they stole the Virtual reality system that she had scraped and saved for. She was devastated she had worked so hard to get him this gift. But at least she thought to herself at least he doesn’t know so he won’t be disappointed. She did indeed tell him that the gifts were stolen but she did not mention anything about the VR gaming set. Since then she bought a gun for protection just in case. She had never shot a gun before so she ended up going to a shooting range and learned how to use it for protection just in case she ever needed to.
Not knowing how she was going to even afford clothes this year for Christmas she was crying in her room. Her son came in and told his mom that it was okay that he had a plan and that it was going to be okay. She then asked what do you mean you have a plan? The boy ran to his room and ran back to show his mom that he wrote a letter to Santa to ask him to get him a VR headset and get his mom a nice Jewelry set as well. “Santa has never visited us before but I have been so good this year and I don’t think he will mind just this one Christmas if he comes to our house just once.”
His mom was heartbroken and crushed by the kindness of her son’s heart. His mom has never had the heart to tell him that Santa isn’t real, but she also doesn’t have the money to afford to ever get him anything. She guessed it was time she told him the truth. She tells The Boy that Santa is in all of us and that it is in what we do to help people and share the joy with them that is the true Santa that Santa the magical Santa isn’t real but the joy of being able to do kindness for others is very real.
The boy turned very pale and started to hyperventilate. “What do you mean Santa isn’t real?” He screamed, ” That was our only hope to have our one chance at having a good Christmas, and now that is gone!” His mom tried to comfort her son to tell him they will get through this and they are going to be okay. “I want to kill those robbers.” He screamed; he saw the gun on his mom’s nightstand, and he grabbed it from her. He fought back and forth with the gun in hand, trying desperately to get it away from him. And then the gun went off. His mom collapsed to the floor with a gunshot wound in her stomach, and she started convulsing and foaming at the mouth. He backs away and just starts screaming “MOOOOOMMMMYYYYY” “HELP MOMMY SOMEONE HELP”
Neighbors heard the commotion and called 911 by the time the cops got there his mom was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy was charged as an adult last month with alternate counts of first-degree intentional homicide or first-degree reckless homicide.
Wisconsin law requires children as young as 10 to be charged as adults for certain serious crimes, though the boy’s attorneys can seek to move the case to juvenile court. The boy, who family members said has mental health issues, is being held in juvenile detention.
The prosecutor in the case asked the judge to require the boy to be released into the custody of a family member should he post bail. The judge did not impose that restriction.
The boy mostly kept his head down during the hearing. The judge ordered that he not be placed in shackles or any other kind of restraint and forbade the media from publishing any personal information about him, including his image and address.
Amanda was a 19-year-old with dreams and a life to live. According to friends, Amanda and her ex-boyfriend Dustin McCowan had decided to be friends, Dustin was dating another girl at this time, and he and Amanda had been dating on and off for two years; in between, they had had other girlfriends or boyfriends. But sources say that Amanda was causing issues between Dustin and his new girlfriend, and it came to a point where Dustin was asking Amanda not to hang around anymore.
September 15th, 2011 around 10:31 pm Amanda’s mom calls 9-11 saying she hasn’t been home since around 6 pm but with her being an adult and the fact that her missing person report was never officially filed they said to call back 24 hours later. With this being a small town neighbors took it upon themselves to band together to find her. They found her car around 6:52 am which was vacant and still had her wallet in it.
a neighbor then says that they saw Dustin holding Amanda’s body on a train track and screaming, “no no no Amanda please wake up!” Then the neighbor claimed to call the police. Amanda was found with a single shot to the neck where police said she would have died instantly.
Dustin McCowan was arrested in the case and claimed that he was jealous and upset at Amanda and that he killed her. Here is the thing: there is no DNA evidence that he killed her. The bullet that killed her was the same as Dustin’s dad’s police gun but his police gun was never recovered. There is no proof that Dustin murdered Amanda, yet his trial was held in the same small Poke county where it happened in. The jury sentenced Dustin to prison for murder, but he has stated time and time again that he did not murder Amanda. He tried to get his conviction overturned but was unsuccessful, but he keeps trying to get his name cleared. His father did not content with his house being searched, and they never got a warrant to search his home.
To me personally, this does not seem like a fair trial. This was done in the same small town where this tragedy happened. This is also not what I would call a “rage murder”; this was a one-bullet murder. Most rage murders are messy. There are theories that his dad had something to do with her murder, but no charges have ever been made against him the murder weapon has also never been found.
I attempted to reach out to the family, but they would not comment on this matter. I reached out to Dustin via email and his lawyer, and I await their response.
We all dream of that happy ever after. Ashley Lockheart thought she had found that with her fiance Raymond Thompson in the eleven years they have been together they had 6 beautiful children together and Ashley wanted even more. She always wanted to have a big family and to be a loving mother. But life wasn’t always easy Her fiance has had a drug addiction which led to him at times being violent with her. She finally decided enough was enough, filed a restraining order against him, and reassured her family members that she was done with him. Raymond accused her of their sixth child who is now ten months old wasn’t his.
it is not sure at this point if Ashley decided to come into Raymond’s van willingly but according to Ashley’s family, Raymond was certain that Ashely had been cheating on him. It is unclear as to what exactly happened next but less than an hour later Raymond turned himself in for the murder of his fiance Ashely Lockheart.
Police found the van with Ashley stabbed 18 times in the neck, arm, and chest. Lockhart leaves behind six daughters. A fundraising page calls them her six charms. The oldest is 10 years old, the youngest is just 5 months. in this horrific case, these six children are now all parentless.
Police in Canada are under fire for claiming to know the location of the graves of two Indigenous women who were reportedly killed by a suspected serial murderer but that they won’t be scouring the region because of rough terrain. Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki, 35, is suspected of killing four Indigenous women, including Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39, and Marcedes Myran, 26, according to Winnipeg, Manitoba, police. In connection with the murders of the women, Skibicki is accused of four counts of first-degree murder.
Rebecca Contois, 24, was one of the victims, and her partial remains of her were discovered in a dump in May, according to the Winnipeg Police Department. The Long Plain First Nation’s Harris and Myran, both residents of Winnipeg, were killed by Skibicki between March and May, according to a later police announcement. Although the fourth woman who was allegedly killed by Skibicki has not been named, she is known by the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, meaning Buffalo Woman. Police suspect Harris and Myran’s remains are at a different landfill, the Prairie Green landfill north of the city, but Chief Danny Smyth of Winnipeg Police said police will not be conducting a search there on Tuesday. “Time and time again, our Indigenous women and brothers and sisters have to come here, and we have to shout and we have to raise our voices begging for change and begging for justice for our people, and that is wrong,” Cambria said.
Kera Harris said she believed police should request federal assistance with the search, rather than choosing not to investigate the site.
“I do not agree with how this is being handled,” Harris said. “How can you even fathom the idea to leave them there? These women are deserving of a proper resting place, not to be left alone in a landfill in the dead of winter,” she said.
“If you can’t find them, then why haven’t you asked for help? Why can’t you ask for help nationwide rather than just having a small amount of people conduct the searches?” Harris said.
Loved ones of the victims are not the only ones calling for further action from officials.
In a tweet Tuesday, Niki Ashton, a Member of Parliament with Canada’s New Democratic Party, said: “We remember the Indigenous women who have been targeted and killed because they are Indigenous women. Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois, and Buffalo Woman killed by a serial killer in Winnipeg this year.”
“We stand with their loved ones calling for action now,” Ashton wrote.
Meanwhile, Amnesty International Canada issued a statement signed by a number of groups, saying the victims’ “tragic deaths by an alleged serial killer is yet another source of massive grief for Indigenous communities across Canada, whose long-called-for end to colonial violence, classism, racism, and misogyny are still not met with an adequate government or broader community response.”
“These deaths must not be ignored, nor the reality that they represent the ongoing generational harms and trauma that are rooted in violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people,” the statement said.
Speaking during Tuesday’s police news conference, MacKid said: “It’s tough when we’re being criticized for almost a lack of, a lack of caring when I don’t think that’s the case. Our members are working extremely hard on this case.”
Smyth said: “We acknowledge that the families are heartbroken. We acknowledge that they’re angry, frankly. We acknowledge that a lot of people are angry.”
“We’re doing our best to bring justice to the families and that’s what we hope to do,” he said.
Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday that he believed all levels of government have failed Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people for centuries, CBC News reported.
“I think as we recognize the failure of the federal government to keep these women safe, it’s important to realize that there are women today that are in the same vulnerable place that these women were, and that continues,” he said.
He was scheduled to meet with Morgan Harris’s family on Tuesday, as well as with the chief of Long Plain First Nation, to discuss what support the federal government could provide.
On Thursday, they charged him with three more counts of first-degree murder.
All of the victims are believed to be indigenous women, Winnipeg police said.
Police identified the suspect as Jeremy Skibicki of Winnipeg, who was first arrested on 18 May in connection to the murder of Ms Contois, a member of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation in the province of Manitoba.
In a Thursday press conference, investigators said they believe Mr Skibicki is responsible for three other deaths.
Police Chief Danny Smyth said “it’s always unsettling when there’s any kind of a serial killing”, adding these homicides are particularly disturbing as “they involve indigenous women”.
Morgan Beatrice Harris, 39, was killed on or around 1 May, while Marcedes Myran, 26, was killed on or around 4 May. Both women are members of the Long Plain First Nation but lived in Winnipeg.
Police have yet to identify the fourth victim. They have appealed to the public for information and released photos of a reversible winter jacket that belonged to her.
Investigators, however, said they believe the unidentified victim is also an indigenous woman in her mid-20s.
The bodies of Ms Harris, Ms Myran and the unidentified woman have yet to be recovered.
Ms Cantois’ remains were discovered on 16 May in a bin on the northside of Winnipeg.
According to authorities, a FedEx contract driver in Texas was detained on Friday and charged with kidnapping and murder in the death of a 7-year-old girl who had been missing for two days.
Athena Strand vanished on Wednesday from her home in Paradise, Wise County, sparking a massive community search with some 200 volunteers.
Athena Strands recent photo
According to Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin, she was discovered dead on Friday by officials 11 miles southeast of the city of Boyd.
During a news conference on Friday night, Akin stated, “We do have a confession.”
According to Akin, the driver, Tanner Lynn Horner, 31, was detained on suspicion of capital murder and aggravated kidnapping.
In lieu of $1.5 million, he was being detained in a prison.
Tanner Lynn Horner who killed and murdered her
Friday night, it was unclear whether Horner had a lawyer who could represent him.
According to Akin, Athena came home from school on Wednesday afternoon as usual, and around 6:40 p.m. her stepmother reported the child missing.
Around the time she was reported missing, Horner brought a package to the residence, according to Akin on Friday night. According to him, detectives think the girl passed within an hour or so of the kidnapping.
At a news conference, officials remained mum on the child’s cause of death and reason for passing.
In a statement, FedEx said that the business is completely assisting law authorities and that its prayers are with the family.
Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said that Horner had confessed to the crime. “We really can’t get into the content of the confession, but I will say that we have a confession,” he said. “It’s still very, very early, but we wanted to make sure that we got the information out.”
Who Is Tanner Lynn Horner?
Horner is a 31-year-old driver who worked for the FedEx delivery company. FedEx issued a statement late on Friday, saying: “Words cannot describe our shock at the reports surrounding this tragic event. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the family during this most difficult time, and we continue to cooperate fully with the investigating authorities.”
Horner, who is from Fort Worth, Texas, attended Azle High School and does not appear to have a criminal record in either Wise or Tarrant counties.
Horner’s social-media accounts revealed that he had worked for the Uber ride-sharing app as a driver and been an employee at various stores.
Horner was also an aspiring musician and said he was a vocalist in a band, according to his social-media sites. He also said online that he was engaged to be married, and posts suggest that he became a father for the first time. He also describes himself as “non-neurotypical. “
Where Is Tanner Lynn Horner Now?
Horner is being held in the Wise County Jail on $1.5 million bond. Further details about the case and Horner’s trial will be released by the authorities over the coming weeks.
The body of a 31-year-old Tennessee mother was found in the trunk of a crashed car driven by her girlfriend in Michigan.
Eleni Kassa was reported missing on 18 November when she didn’t pick up her daughter at school the previous day, WKRN reported.
Investigators say Ms. Kassa vanished after a “possible domestic violence incident” in connection to her girlfriend Dominique Hardwick, 36.
The mother’s phone and car were found at her apartment, and she was thought to be riding with Ms. Hardwick in her Dodge Charger.
Dearborn, Michigan, police officers found the Charger on Sunday 27 November, Michigan State Police said.
When police tried to pull over the car, the driver sped off and collided with a home.
Police were issuing warnings to the driver when a gunshot was heard. The driver was identified as Ms. Hardwick and she was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash from a self-inflicted gunshot, the Kansas City Star reported.
Police located Ms. Kassa dead in the trunk of the vehicle. She had “trauma that was not a result from the crash” police said, but the cause of death remains unclear.
A passenger in the front seat was taken to the hospital. Her identity hasn’t been made public but police have said that she has been questioned regarding the death of Ms. Kassa. last week and that his sister was “a wonderful mother, and she is a wonderful sister, and she’s just everybody’s favorite person”.
As of Wednesday morning, a GoFundMe fundraiser for the family had raised $38,085 out of a goal of $100,000.
Ms. Kassa was described on the page as a “loving sister, niece, aunt, and mother of a wonderful 6-year-old daughter, who now has to navigate life without her mother”.
“Eleni also lost her parents when she was 4 years old, she and her siblings were raised by their grandmother, they all grew up as a very close family unit,” Ms. Kassa’s siblings wrote. “They have survived multiple adversities as a family, but never in our worst nightmare could we have imagined that this could happen to her of all people.”
“Most of the family has flown to Tennessee, to coordinate with police and family on the next steps, and raising the funds to fly her body back to Eritrea for funeral arrangements,” they added.
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