Mark Price

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Mark Price

A trio of people pretending to represent a religious group used the power of prayer to distract a Florida homeowner during a burglary, Crime Stoppers says. The Wichita Eagle A group of fake missionaries used the power of prayer as a distraction while burglarizing an occupied home, according to investigators in Florida.

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Mark Price

One of the victims in a Florida double homicide had been dismembered by the time deputies arrived, according to an affidavit. The grisly discovery was made Saturday, April 12, after Kirk Hysell Jr. confessed to killing his girlfriend and her mother at the home they shared near St. Petersburg, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Mark Price

A jackpot winner in the North Carolina Education Lottery says he intends to start giving away money, with one particular group of people in mind. “I want to help the homeless people in my community,” Robert Lowman told lottery officials. Lowman paid $5 for a 20X The Cash ticket on Sunday, April 13, and it won him $250,000. That’s the top prize in the game and the odds of winning it are 1 in 1,335,942. He bought the ticket at the J & H Mart in Wilson. “It’s a miracle,” Lowman said in a news release.

2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Mark Price |Joe Marusak

A skeleton found in 1996 near Bank of America Stadium has finally been identified, and investigators say there is no record of the dead woman ever being in North Carolina. Police identified Betty Jean Benton through forensic genetic genealogy, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release Friday. Her death was ruled a homicide, police said.

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Mark Price

A man who has been Tased and shot during encounters with police is once again under arrest — this time as a suspect in his father’s murder, according to investigators in Florida. The attack happened around 6:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, at the family’s home in southeast Orlando, police said in a news release. “Officers ... responded to a reported stabbing at 9456 Candice Court. Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim, Meb G. Yohan (70), suffering from multiple lacerations,” police said.