Gazette Review

1 week ago | gazettereview.com | Brooke Carter

Police arrested two people in Worchester after dozens of residents surrounded immigration agents who were detaining a woman. According to advocates, an immigrant family was “targeted” by federal agents this week. After detaining the father on Wednesday, the agents came back to the home to arrest the mother on Thursday. Neighbors said they saw a group of federal agents talking to the woman and her two children, a teenaged girl and a young toddler, at approximately 7 a.m. on Thursday.

1 week ago | gazettereview.com | Brooke Carter

Police found a hard drive at the home of Christian Brueckner, the prime suspect in the case, containing evidence that suggests Madeleine McCann is dead. The investigative report, which includes new details about the hard drive, was released as part of a new documentary that aired on Channel 4 on May 7th. While no charges have been made regarding her disappearance, Brueckner, 48, has always been the main suspect.

1 week ago | gazettereview.com | Brooke Carter

The blood of a man who has intentionally exposed himself to snake bites for nearly 20 years has been used to develop the ultimate antivenom. Tim Friede, who has been fascinated with snakes for as long as he can remember, first allowed himself to be bitten in 2001. At the time, he had wanted to build up his immunity so he could protect himself when working with snakes. The venom from the deadly snakes ultimately sent him to the ICU, where he was left in a coma for four days.

1 week ago | gazettereview.com | Brooke Carter

A Canadian woman died from breast cancer after being told by doctors she was too young for the disease. She was just 32 years old. Throughout 2020, Valerie Buchanan, a Montreal resident, saw multiple doctors about a lump in her chest but was told repeatedly by healthcare professionals that it was just a benign cyst. They refused to send her for imaging due to her age.

1 week ago | gazettereview.com | Brooke Carter

A woman who went missing nearly 63 years ago has been found “alive and well”. Audrey Backeberg, a mother of two, disappeared in the summer of 1962, leaving behind her husband and two young children. According to the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, the woman, now 82, has recently been found outside of Wisconsin where she had resided. Back in 1962, Backeberg had gone to pick up her paycheck and then hitchhiked to Madison, the capital of Wisconson, with her teenage babysitter.