Paniqui, Tarlac Philippines – December 20, 2020 a chilling exchange gone deadly was captured on video between Police Officer Jonel Nuezca and his neighbors Sonya Gregoria, 52, and her young son Frank Anthony Gregorio, 25.
The Best True Crime on TikTok
If we can thank 2020 for anything, it’s the rise (and enduring existence) of TikTok. The social media platform has everything a true crime junkie could want: lots of pictures, quick facts, and the ability to go viral and effectively spread awareness of current cases. Here are the best true crime TikTok accounts for you to binge right now (plus a shameless plug)!
Country Star Tyler Rich Details Finding a Dead Man’s Body on New Year’s Eve Run
“Country artist Tyler Rich is detailing the harrowing moment he discovered a dead man’s body while out on a New Year’s Eve run…”
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Cite: People.com
Husband and Wife Killed in Hit-and-Run on New Year’s Day: ‘Everything They Did Was Together’
“New York City police are continuing to search for a hit-and-run driver that fled the scene after a crash on New Year’s Day killed a married couple…”
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Cite: People.com
7 Children Among 9 Killed in a Head-On Car Collision on New Year’s Day in California
“Nine people were killed in a head-on car collision in Fresno County, California, on Friday.
Seven children, between the ages of 6 and 15 years old, were among those killed, as well as both drivers, according to the New York Times and Associated Press…”
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Cite: People.com
4-Month-Old Girl Dies After She’s Found Unconscious with Dog Lying on Top of Her
“A 4-month-old baby girl died on New Year’s Eve following an apparent accident involving a dog in Ohio, according to local reports…”
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Cite: People.com
Civil Lawsuit Against Danny Masterson Must Go Through Church of Scientology Arbitration, Orders Judge
“A judge has ruled that the civil lawsuit against actor Danny Masterson must be arbitrated through the Church of Scientology, according to a court order obtained by PEOPLE…”
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4-Year-Old Texas Boy Fatally Shot in the First Hour of New Year’s Day
“A 4-year-old boy was killed just one hour into the new year after he was shot inside a Texas residence, according to officials…”
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Cite: People.com
‘Sincere and Selfless’ Brother and Sister Killed in Wrong-Way Crash During Family Vacation
“A Wisconsin family’s vacation to Florida took a deadly turn this week when a pair of siblings were tragically killed by a wrong-way driver…”
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Cite: People.com
8-Months-Pregnant Woman and Her Brother Are Fatally Shot in Mississippi Triple Homicide
“Authorities in Mississippi are searching for the person or persons responsible for a triple murder in Canton early Tuesday that left a man, his pregnant sister, and her unborn baby dead…”
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Cite: People.com
Woman Accused of Assaulting Her Kids for Not Wearing Masks After They Test Positive for COVID-19
“An Arizona mom is facing criminal charges after allegedly attacking her children and stepchildren for failing to wear masks after the kids tested positive for COVID-19, according to reports…”
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Cite: People.com
Dad Is Killed in Carjacking in Driveway While His Wife, Children Were Home
“Police in Michigan are searching for the killer of a father of two who was fatally shot while in his family’s driveway…”
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Cite: People.com
‘Role Model’ College Student, 18, Who Worked with Homeless Girls Is Killed in ‘Random’ Shooting
“A community is mourning the loss of an 18-year-old college student who was fatally shot the day after Christmas…”
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Cite: People.com
Man Loses His Mom and 10-Month-Old Son in Shooting, and 1 Suspect Is Still at Large
“The day after Christmas, a 45-year-old grandmother and her 10-month-old grandson were shot while sleeping inside their Flint, Michigan, home, police confirmed to the website The Flint Journal…”
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Cite: People.com
Connecticut Divorce Lawyer Kills Wife on Christmas Before Turning Gun on Himself
“Authorities in Connecticut believe a well-known divorce attorney fatally shot his wife on Christmas Day before turning the gun on himself — but they aren’t able to say what motivated Friday’s violence…”
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Cite: People.com
New Jersey Man, 35, Is Fatally Shot, and 13-Year-Old Girl Is a Suspect
“A 13-year-old girl was arrested on Christmas Eve in connection with the death of a 35-year-old New Jersey man, officials confirmed in a press release…”
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Cite: People.com
Justice Department Won’t Seek Charges AgainsTwo Cleveland police officers will not be criminally charged for their involvement in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in an Ohio park, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.t Cops in 2014 Tamir Rice Shooting
“Two Cleveland police officers will not be criminally charged for their involvement in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in an Ohio park, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday…”
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Cite: People.com
Ohio Officer Fired After Fatally Shooting Unarmed Black Man Who Was Holding a Cell Phone
“The Columbus, Ohio, policeman who fatally shot an unarmed Black man last week has been fired, PEOPLE confirms…”
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5 Female Relatives Found Dead in Arkansas Home on Christmas Were Killed in Murder-Suicide
“Police are releasing more information about the five female relatives who were found dead on Christmas Day in a home in rural Arkansas by a visiting family member…”
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Breonna Taylor Sculpture Vandalized in California
“A ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor has been vandalized in Oakland, California, and police are searching for the person responsible…”
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How a Grieving Sister’s TikTok Campaign for Justice Went Viral — and Led to Her Father’s Arrest
“Sarah Turney had no reason not to trust her father.
She was 12 in 2001 when her 17-year-old half-sister, Alissa, suddenly vanished on the last day of her junior year at Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona…”
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Cite: People.com
Parents of 4-Year-Old Girl Who Was Allegedly Killed by Neighbors Are Charged with Child Endangerment
“The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl have been charged in connection to her death last week.
Mary Mast, 29, and James Mast, 28, were arrested in Stover, Missouri, on Christmas Eve, Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox said in a press release…”
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Cite: People.com
An Ohio Toddler Is Still Missing 3 Weeks After His Mom Was Fatally Stabbed
“It has been more than three weeks since anyone has seen 3-year-old Nylo Lattimore, whose mother’s slain body was found near the Purple People Bridge in Cincinnati earlier this month…”
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Cite: People.com
Soldier Accused of Killing 3 People in ‘Completely Random’ Mass Shooting at Ill. Bowling Alley
“An Army intelligence sergeant has been accused of opening fire in an Illinois bowling alley, leaving three people dead and three wounded…”
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Cite: People.com
7-Year-Old Girl in Car Going Christmas Shopping Is Fatally Shot, Dies Days Later
“Five days after she was shot while traveling in a car with her family, who were on their way to do holiday shopping, a 7-year-old Atlanta girl has died…”
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Cite: People.com
Man Who Set off Nashville Bomb in Parked RV Identified as IT Specialist
“Authorities have identified the man behind the Christmas morning bombing in downtown Nashville that left three injured while damaging several buildings…”
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Lori Loughlin Released from Prison After Serving Nearly 2 Months in College Admissions Scandal
“Lori Loughlin has been released from prison after serving nearly two months for her role in the high profile college admissions scandal…”
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Cite: People.com
All About the Six Heroic Officers Who Saved Lives After ‘Intentional’ Christmas Explosion in Nashville
“Six officers with the Metro Nashville Police Department are being hailed as heroes for their response to the “intentional” explosion in the city on Christmas…”
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Cite: People.com
Five Female Relatives Found Dead in Arkansas by Visiting Family Member on Christmas Day
“Five female relatives were found dead on Christmas Day in a home in rural Arkansas by a family member visiting for the holidays…”
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Cite: People.com
Real Life Party Monster Killer Michael Alig Found Dead at 54
“Michael Alig, the infamous leader of the 1990s “Club Kids” who was later convicted of murdering his roommate and drug dealer, has died at the age of 54…”
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Cite: People.com
Mom Suzanne Morphew Vanished in May — and Community Wants to Keep Her on People’s Minds
“Last winter, Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew was getting ready for an upcoming trip to a sunny locale by tanning at a local salon near her home in the tiny town of Maysville…”
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Cite: People.com
Before ‘Intentional’ Explosion Rocked Downtown Nashville, RV Played Recorded Warning Message
“Police are investigating an explosion that rocked downtown Nashville Christmas morning in what officials believe was an “intentional act.”
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Cite:People.com
Dad Who Miraculously Survived Wife’s Alleged Hired Hit Is Now Hoping for Another Miracle
After Abusive Ex Left Her for Dead with Stabbing, a Trauma Center Helped Ohio Woman Reclaim Her Life
“Under attack in her home by an abusive husband, 45-year-old Lakisha Ray says she didn’t realize he’d sliced her chin with a knife. Then she saw “blood, just everywhere.”
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Cite: People.com
New Hampshire Mom, 25, Is Found Dead with 2-Year-Old Son She’d Been Accused of Verbally Abusing
“A New Hampshire mother was found dead along with her 2-year-old son whom she’d been accused of verbally abusing and being rough with…”
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Cite: People.com
Hospital Patient Allegedly Beat COVID-19 Sufferer, 82, to Death with Oxygen Tank for Praying
“An elderly patient receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Calif., was allegedly beaten to death with an oxygen tank by his hospital roommate, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday…”
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Cite: People.com
4 Recent High School Grads Killed When Driver Fleeing Police Slams Into Car, Splitting Vehicle in 2
“Four recent high school graduates were killed Tuesday just outside New York City in a collision with another vehicle that was fleeing from police…”
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Cite: People.com
Chris Watts ‘Hates the Holidays’ in Prison, Says Source
“The holidays are rapidly approaching, but Chris Watts won’t be celebrating them.
Watts, who murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters in 2018, will spend Christmas and the New Year in protective custody in a Wisconsin prison — and a source who regularly speaks to him in prison tells PEOPLE that Watts is dreading the upcoming holidays…”
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Cite: People.com
Dozens of Deaths at Fort Hood in 2020: Is ‘Toxic Culture’ at Military Installation to Blame?
“Lupe Guillen always idolized her older sister Vanessa.
The two bonded over soccer and planned on running a marathon together. Vanessa, a small arms repairer with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood, always put family first and drove home every weekend to spend time with them…”
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Cite: People.com
Police Investigate Mom Influencer Who Claimed a Couple Tried to Abduct Her Children
“Law enforcement officials in California have launched an investigation into an aspiring mom influencer who reported an attempted child abduction to police and claimed on social media that her children were “the targets of an attempted kidnap.”…
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Cite: People.com
Top Five Worst New Year’s Eve’s Of All Time
Thanks to Covid-19, tame is the name of the game for this New Year’s Eve! Instead of partying with your friends and ringing in the new year with a kiss from a stranger, you’re likely going to be socially distancing at home. However, after a look at these top five worst New Year’s Eve’s of all time, maybe staying inside isn’t such a bad idea after all.
American Teen Jailed for Cayman Islands Quarantine Breach Has Sentence Reduced from 4 Months to 2
“An American teenager and her boyfriend who broke COVID-19 quarantine protocol in the Cayman Islands have had their prison sentences reduced from four months to two…”
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Cite: People.com
A 9-Year-Old Girl Was Abducted from Parking Lot in 1988 — and Man Has Just Been Charged with Her Murder
“A California man has been accused of murdering 9-year-old Michaela Joy Garecht 32 years after she disappeared.
On Nov. 19, 1988, 9-year-old Michaela was abducted from the parking lot of the Rainbow Market in Hayward, California, according tothe FBI. She had left the supermarket to retrieve her friend’s scooter that the abductor had moved closer to his vehicle when she was taken. She was never seen or heard from again…”
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Cite: People.com
Journalist Christie Smythe Left Her Husband & Quit Job After Falling for ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
“Christie Smythe, a former crime reporter for Bloomberg News, has gone public with her relationship with Martin Shkreli, the biotech entrepreneur derisively known as “Pharma Bro” after infamously increasing a life-saving drug’s price by 5,000 percent…”
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Cite: People.com
Mom of 5 Is Fatally Stabbed in Home, Suspect Dies After Jumping Out Window
“Last week, police in Chicago were called to an apartment in the Brighton Park neighborhood, arriving to find two people dead: a 37-year-old woman and her alleged killer, who stabbed himself before jumping out a second-floor window…”
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Alabama Nursing Student Is Fatally Shot Outside Campus Student Center
“An Alabama college student was fatally shot Thursday night after she and a friend arranged to meet with an unidentified suspect to sell a pair of AirPods for $100…”
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Man Fatally Shoots 10-Year-Old Son Before Turning the Gun on Himself
“A 40-year-old man allegedly fatally shot his 10-year-old son before turning the gun on himself.
The Tucson Police Department was called to a home around 12 a.m. on Dec. 19 after a 911 caller told police he wanted to check on the welfare of a man and boy, because the man wasn’t responding to phone calls or text messages…”
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Cite: People.com
Body of Missing N.C. Mom Is Found Weeks After She Texted That Boyfriend ‘Is Going to Kill Me’
“The body of a young North Carolina mother who vanished just before Thanksgiving has been found, say authorities.
On Saturday, police located the body of Emily Montgomery near the 7300 block of ACC Blvd. in Raleigh, according to a release from the Apex Police Department…”
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Cite: People.com
2 Suspects Face Kidnapping Charges After Boy, 2, Abandoned at Mississippi Goodwill Donation Center
“Two people have been charged in the alleged kidnapping of a 2-year-old boy abandoned at a Goodwill donation center in Mississippi…”
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Boy Is Killed While Trying to Defend Mom from Stepdad’s Alleged Knife Attack
“A 15-year-old Minnesota boy was fatally stabbed while defending his mom from an alleged knife attack by his stepfather.
Julio Cesar Guadalupe Rodriguez, 15, died in Austin, Minnesota, on Tuesday after being stabbed by his mother’s husband, police allege…”
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Cite: People.com
Mossimo Giannulli Is in COVID-Related Protective Custody 1 Month After Reporting to Prison
“Mossimo Giannulli has been placed in COVID-19-related protective custody as he continues to serve his five-month prison sentence for his involvement in the high-profile college admissions scandal, PEOPLE has learned…”
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Women Killed After Being Rear-Ended at Red Light — and DUI Suspect Is Arrested
“The families of two young women are in mourning after an alleged drunk driver rear-ended their vehicle last weekend, causing their deaths.
“These girls had their whole lives ahead of them,” the organizer of a GoFundMe page started to help the families of Dane Radford and Emily Hale, both 21, writes…”
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Cite: People.com
Utah Mom Fatally Shoots 2-Year-Old Son, Then Turns Gun on Herself But Survives
“A Utah woman has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting her 2-year-old son before unsuccessfully trying to kill herself.
Valerie Peck, 40, is behind bars in Uintah County Jail, charged with aggravated murder and child abuse. She is accused of killing her 2-year-old son, Zack, on Monday before shooting herself in a failed suicide attempt, according to a sheriff’s office news release…”
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Wisconsin Dentist Accused of Damaging His Patients’ Teeth in Health Care Fraud Scheme
“A Wisconsin dentist has been accused of purposefully damaging his patients’ teeth in a scheme to fraudulently obtain insurance money for their crown procedures.
Scott Charmoli, 60, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on multiple accounts of health care fraud and false statements relating to health care matters, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Matthew D. Krueger announced this week in a press release…”
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Cite: People.com
Retired Chicago Fire Lt. Is Fatally Shot in Carjacking, and Two Males, Are Arrested
“On Dec. 3, retired Chicago Fire Department Lt. Dwain Williams was leaving a popcorn store in the Morgan Park section of Chicago when a car pulled up and screeched to a halt.
Four young men stormed out and began firing at him…”
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Cite:People.com
Beloved Nurse Is Found Slain in Home Along with Husband, and Her Son Is the Suspect
“Within hours of asking for the public’s help to find a missing husband and wife who “could be in danger,” police say they discovered the couple’s bodies Wednesday in their Richmond, Virginia, residence.
The suspect now charged in their alleged shooting murder is the woman’s son…”
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Cite: People.com
Lori Vallow’s Former In-Laws Wish She’d Be ‘Half-Honest’ About Their Grandson’s Suspicious Death
“Larry and Kay Woodcock knew their former daughter-in-law Lori Vallow had some fringe religious beliefs. But they never thought Vallow’s two children — their grandson, J.J. Vallow and his half-sister Tylee Ryan — were in physical danger.
The two children disappeared in September 2019, and their bodies were later found on property belonging to Vallow’s fifth husband, Chad Daybell, an author who writes about religious doomsday prophecies. The discovery stunned and devastated the Woodcocks…”
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Man, Who Falsely Claimed to Be Missing Boy Timmothy Pitzen Sentenced to 2 Years Prison
“Brian Michael Rini, the man who impersonated the long-missing Timmothy Pitzen and got a desperate family’s hopes up, has been sentenced to prison.
On Tuesday, the 24-year-old Ohio man was sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft. Rini pleaded guilty in January, nine months after falsely claiming to the Pitzen family that he was Timmothy…”
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Woman’s Body Was Found in Suitcase in Miami Canal 20 Years Ago — and Ex-Boyfriend Was Just Charged
“Authorities have charged a Florida man in the killing of his ex-girlfriend, who was found floating inside a suitcase in a Miami canal almost 20 years ago.
Berkley Calvin Curtis Jr., 45, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 26-year-old Rebeca Pena…”
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Cite:People.com
Fundraiser For The Family Of Fallon Fridley, Whose Babysitter Allegedly Killed Her After Disturbing Phone Searches
“An online fundraiser has been launched to assist the family of a 2-year-old Georgia girl police allege was killed while under her babysitter’s care.
A GoFundMe page created to benefit her family described Fallon Fridley as “a beautiful little girl with her whole life ahead of her….”
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Mom Who Allegedly Solicited Donations for ‘Make-a-Wish’ Daughter Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Her
“A Colorado mother accused of murdering her young daughter after falsely claiming the girl was severely ill — and making her the recipient of charitable donations from organizations such as the “Make-A-Wish Foundation” — has pleaded not guilty.
During a virtual court hearing on Wednesday, a lawyer for Kelly Renee Turner, 43, of Douglas County, entered the not guilty plea on her behalf, the Denver Post reports…”
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Cite: People.com
Mom Tossed Dead 2-Year-Old Into Lake, Then Dressed Life-Sized Doll to Look Like Her Daughter
“The 911 call from a Texas mother that her 2-year-old daughter had gone missing in a park launched a massive search-and-rescue operation involving at least 163 people, including police and first-responders.
The mom, Tiaundra Christon, had recently returned to College Station after a trip to Houston to visit her boyfriend. Friends afterward reported believing they’d glimpsed the child with Christon, and surveillance video from a Walmart showed footage of the mother pushing what appeared to be her daughter in a stroller…”
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Cite: People.com
Dad Is Fatally Shot While Buying Milk for Family
“The family of a father-of-five is in mourning after he was fatally shot while buying milk for his child last week.
“We lost an amazing man,” Marlene Jimenez writes of her husband, Jorge Hernandez, on a GoFundMe page. “Jorge left his home at 6:30pm to buy his smallest child a gallon of milk and unfortunately never made it back home.”…
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Cite: people.com
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