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CTV News
29-07-2025
- CTV News
2 suspects sought in ‘violent assault' at Wet'n'Wild in Brampton
Two people wanted in connection with an assault at Wet'n'Wild. (Peel police handout) Peel police are searching for two suspects in connection with an assault at a waterpark in Brampton last week that began as a dispute while in line for a slide. Officers were called to Wet'n'Wild on the evening of July 23 for an altercation involving multiple individuals. Investigators learned that there was a verbal dispute between multiple people waiting in line for a waterslide, which escalated into a 'violent assault' of a woman by two individuals, police said. 'The altercation continued toward a retail shop in the park area, where the suspects allegedly used store merchandise as weapons before fleeing the area,' police said in a news release on Tuesday. Wet'n'Wild fight A police cruiser is parked at Wet'n'Wild in Brampton following a fight on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (Jacob Estrin/CTV News) The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police have released photos of the two wanted suspects, a Black man and woman in their early 30s. The man has a slim build, shoulder-length black dreadlocks, a low black beard and brown eyes. Police said he has notable tattoos, including a lion on the left side of his chest and others on his right forearm and triceps. Meanwhile, the woman is described as five-foot-six with a medium build, black Afro-style hair and brown eyes. Investigators are asking anyone with information about the identities of the two people to contact them at 905-453-2121 ext. 2133 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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Business Standard
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Eminent economist Meghnad Desai dies at 85 in London, PM condoles death
Renowned economist Lord Meghnad Desai, known as much for his sharp mind as for his distinctive Afro-style shock of hair that sat atop it, passed away at the age of 85 on Tuesday. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hails from the same state as Desai - Gujarat - condoled his passing on social media. In his post, PM Modi wrote, "Anguished by the passing away of Shri Meghnad Desai Ji, a distinguished thinker, writer and economist. He always remained connected to India and Indian culture. He also played a role in deepening India-UK ties. Will fondly recall our discussions, where he shared his valuable insights. Condolences to his family and friends. Om Shanti." Anguished by the passing away of Shri Meghnad Desai Ji, a distinguished thinker, writer and economist. He always remained connected to India and Indian culture. He also played a role in deepening India-UK ties. Will fondly recall our discussions, where he shared his valuable… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 29, 2025 Desai's fellow Peer in the House of Lords, Rami Ranger, described him as a "pillar of the community who worked tirelessly and made significant contributions to many worthy causes, including the Gandhi Memorial Statue at Parliament, which I collaborated on with him". "He will be greatly missed. We pray for a place in heaven for the departed soul and his family's strength to cope with this loss," said Lord Ranger. Lord Meghnad Desai: Academic and political journey Desai, who was born in Vadodara in 1940, completed his PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. In 1991, he was appointed to the House of Lords as a Peer for the Labour Party. The Indian government recognised his contributions by awarding him the Pravasi Bharatiya Puraskar in January 2004, followed by a Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian honours, in 2008. Desai moved to London in 1965 and began teaching at the prestigious London School of Economics. Over time, he rose to become a full professor and was later honoured as professor emeritus. Meghnad Desai authored several books, not only on economics but on a wide range of other topics. His most recent publication, released in 2022, was titled The Poverty of Political Economy: How Economics Abandoned the Poor. In 2004, he also wrote a biography of legendary actor Dilip Kumar, called Nehru's Hero: Dilip Kumar in the Life of India. He also wrote, until recently, a weekly column for The Indian Express newspaper tilted 'Out of My Mind'.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Fresh appeal issued to find missing teenager after new sighting confirmed
People are being urged to look out for a missing teenage boy who was last seen in Rochdale. Greater Manchester Police has shared a fresh appeal to find Antonio Shay Patrick Latouche, known as Shay. In a new confirmed sighting, the 13-year-old was last seen in Rochdale railway station at 3.37pm on Monday (April 21). READ MORE: Travel warning issued as bus station evacuated and road 'blocked' READ MORE: People in Greater Manchester area set to be charged for garden waste collections from June 1 A previous appeal issued by West Yorkshire Police said Shay had last been seen at Mytholmroyd railway station earlier that day. According to GMP, Shay also has links to Trafford, Stockport and Wigan, with people across the region urged to look out for the youngster. He is described as being Black, around 4ft 11ins tall and with short, Afro-style hair. Shay was last seen wearing a grey Nike tracksuit, grey Air Max trainers and a black Canada Goose coat. Anyone who sees Shay or has information on his whereabouts is urged to come forward as soon as possible. A GMP spokesperson said: "Can you help us find Shay who was last seen in Rochdale earlier this week but has links to Trafford, Stockport and Wigan? "We want to make sure he is safe and well. Anyone with information, please call 101 quoting incident 3068 of April 22, 2025." West Yorkshire Police says Shay hails from Hebden Bridge, in Calderdale. A force spokesperson said on Tuesday: "Officers are growing increasingly concerned for Antonio's welfare and are appealing for anyone with any information about his whereabouts to please get in touch." --- Day in day out, our reporters in the Manchester Evening News newsroom bring you remarkable stories from all aspects of Mancunian life. However, with the pace of life these days, the frenetic news agenda and social media algorithms, you might not be getting a chance to read it. That's why every week our Features and Perspectives editor Rob Williams brings you Unmissable, highlighting the best of what we do - bringing it to you directly from us. Make sure you don't miss out, and see what else we have to offer, by clicking here and signing up for MEN Daily News. And be sure to join our politics writer Jo Timan every Sunday for his essential commentary on what matters most to you in Greater Manchester each week in our newsletter Due North. You can also sign up for that here. You can also get all your favourite content from the Manchester Evening News on WhatsApp. Click here to see everything we offer, including everything from breaking news to Coronation Street. If you prefer reading our stories on your phone, consider downloading the Manchester Evening News app here, and our news desk will make sure every time an essential story breaks, you'll be the first to hear about it. And finally, if there is a story you think our journalists should be looking into, we want to hear from you. Email us on newsdesk@ or give us a ring on 0161 211 2920.
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Dating Game' serial killer's rise to fame was key to his downfall, arresting officer reveals for first time
The man who arrested serial killer Rodney Alcala, whose case inspired the recent Netflix special "Woman of the Hour," detailed the true story behind the popular film and how Alcala's appearance on a 1970s dating show led authorities to his capture. Alcala has been dubbed the "Dating Game killer" because he appeared on the television show "The Dating Game" as Bachelor No. 1 in 1978 during his killing spree. "He had a very high IQ… but the problem with a guy like that, I think, is most of his IQ isn't focused on developing personal relationships…and things like that… it's all focused on my next victim and how to exploit women and girls," Craig Robison, the lead detective in Alcala's investigation with the Huntington Beach police, told Fox News Digital in his first public interview on the case. "He would still be doing it if we didn't catch him." Robison is also a retired California prosecutor and judge. Since judges in the state are not permitted to speak on "pending" cases, he has never spoken publicly about the investigation previously and was even prohibited from testifying during the serial killer's third trial. Robison said the case was considered "pending" from Alcala's arrest up until he died in prison in 2021. 'Dating Game Killer' Kept 'Trophies' That Ultimately Led To His Downfall: Detective While the Netflix movie shows Alcala winning "The Dating Game" show's competition and going on a date with female bachelorette Cheryl Bradshaw, many may not know the true story behind their exchange. Read On The Fox News App Robison revealed that Bradshaw never actually went on a date with Alcala. "From the moment that she met him, he kind of creeped her out," he said, adding that her "intuition" might have saved her life. The former detective disclosed that he met with Anna Kendrick, who played Bradshaw in the film, to help her research the serial killer's case. He said Kendrick was interested in "what made [Alcala] tick." Dna Links California Man To 1979 Cold Case Murder, Years After Passing Lie Detector Robison began investigating Alcala's case in June 1979 after the disappearance of 12-year-old Robin Samsoe, who was last seen riding a bicycle to her dance class. "Missing children in her age category, sometimes are runaways, and so I think that was probably the first suspicion," he said. "It started to feel…more like something may have happened to her." On the day she disappeared, Samsoe had gone to the beach with her friend Bridget Wilvurt before heading off on the bike to class. The girls were approached by a man "dressed in civilian clothes, not beach attire" with an "Afro-style hairdo and a camera," who asked to take their picture, Robison said. Follow The Fox True Crime Team On X Detectives brought Wilvurt in to sit with their sketch artist, and they released the composite drawing to the public. Robison said authorities also set up a tip line, and they received a significant call from a parole officer, who had seen the sketch and believed the man police were looking for was Alcala – a convicted felon with a hefty rap sheet. Detectives learned that in 1968, a witness spotted Alcala driving off with a young girl, followed them to an apartment and called the police. Officers discovered 8-year-old Tali Shapiro, on the verge of death, having been raped and beaten with a steel bar. While Shapiro survived the attack, Alcala fled the scene but was later caught and arrested, pleading guilty to child molestation. He served just 34 months before being paroled in 1974, and he was soon arrested again for marijuana possession while with a 13-year-old girl and was imprisoned again until 1977. News Anchor's Mysterious Disappearance Was Crime Of 'Jealousy': Private Investigator Authorities learned that just months before Samsoe disappeared, Alcala was arrested for the rape of a 15-year-old girl, who was hitchhiking in Pasadena in February 1979. The surviving teen convinced Alcala that she enjoyed the time with him before ultimately bolting and alerting police when he pulled over at a gas station. "For some reason, he didn't kill her and leave her out there," Robison said. "She played to him in a way that instead of panicking and screaming and fighting and resisting and getting murdered and strangled, she took a different approach." Alcala was arrested for the rape, but he was released on bail. Robison said this case was still pending at the time of Samsoe's disappearance in June 1979. Cop Who Survived Serial Killer As A Teen Is Now On Track To Become A Detective After he learned of the hitchhiker's case, Robison retrieved the booking photo from Alcala's arrest. That same day, one of the other detectives went home and noticed something pivotal for the case airing on television – an episode of "The Dating Game" from the prior year. "He's reading the newspaper, and you hear Jim Lange come on... he says, 'And now let me tell you a little bit about your date…he's this, he's that, he's a photographer, he's all of these great things… meet your date – Rodney Alcala… there's the guy that we just identified as a potential suspect." Robison said. "If you believe in divine guidance…that certainly would be a good clue. The finger of God comes down and says, 'Hey, you should look at this guy.'" Detectives then brought Wilvurt back into the police station, where they showed her the clip of Alcala in the dating show. "When she saw the picture of this man, you could see a complete change in her demeanor," Robison recalled. "It was like her blood ran cold…'That's the guy that was at the beach,' she said." Police discovered Samsoe's remains in early July 1979 in a remote mountain ravine, and weeks later, Robison arrested Alcala for her murder. "Craig Robison…at 27 years old …of all the really good cops involved in this case…the youngest detective on the first homicide is the one that figured it out and arrested Rodney Alcala," Matt Murphy, the lead prosecutor on Alcala's case, told Fox News Digital. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE True Crime Hub Robison and his team soon discovered a storage locker that Alcala had opened in Seattle after Samsoe's murder, where he stored many implicating items, including hundreds of photographs of women and jewelry. "He had boxes and boxes of stuff in there," Robison said. "One of the things that I saw when we were doing our search was a little bag…yellow and red with a zipper on it. …It's full of jewelry…there were these set of earrings… had a gold post and a little gold ball on them." His investigative team showed the earrings to Samsoe's mother, who helped authorities confirm what they had already suspected – that the earrings belonged to her daughter, though they didn't have the DNA to prove it at the time. "He kept these little trinkets as trophies of the things that he'd done, the murders he committed over the course of his career," Robison added. Alcala was sentenced to death in Samsoe's murder twice – in 1980 and again in 1986 – but both convictions were overturned. The "trophies" Robison and his team originally found in the storage locker connected Alcala to his crimes forensically decades later. In the very same red and yellow pouch where Samsoe's gold-ball earrings were found, another set of rose-shaped earrings carried DNA belonging to a different victim – Charlotte Lamb, who was murdered in 1978 in Los Angeles. "We finally had the forensic connection that arguably was missing before," Murphy told Fox News Digital. In 2010, Alcala was sentenced to death for five murders in California in the late 1970s, including that of 12-year-old Samsoe. He was charged in the additional killings of 18-year-old Jill Barcomb, 21-year-old Jill Parenteau, 27-year-old Georgia Wixted and 32-year-old Charlotte Lamb after new DNA evidence connected him to the victims. "I'll be convinced to the day I die that we had enough evidence in all three trials to convict him," Robison said. "All we succeeded in doing in the third trial was establishing that, yes, he is the serial killer that we all knew that he was before." SIGN UP TO GET True Crime Newsletter In 2013, he received an additional 25 years to life after pleading guilty to two slayings in New York, and in 2016, he was charged again, this time with the murder of a 28-year-old pregnant woman after DNA evidence connected him to her 1977 death in Wyoming. "Once we had the DNA in the system, then other agencies … New York PD and police agencies around the country started looking into their homicides and their Jane Doe's," retired detective Steven Mack, who began investigating the case in 2003 after the first two convictions were overturned, previously told Fox News Digital. "They were able to connect Alcala to their crimes." Investigators have either suspected Alcala of or linked him to other murders in Los Angeles and Marin County in California; Seattle, Washington; New York; New Hampshire; and Arizona, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Search For Missing News Anchor Expands After Authorities Get New Tip Alcala died of natural causes on July 24, 2021, while awaiting execution in California. He was 77 at the time of his death. Though it took over 30 years to sentence Alcala for his crimes, he remained incarcerated from the time Robison arrested him in 1979 up until his death. "Huntington Beach back at the time, I think maybe they had 150 police officers, but it was a small, much smaller community than it is today…locals were able to catch this guy with all of this intelligence and put him behind bars," Robison said. "That's what started his complete undoing, was his arrest that we made in July of 1979."Original article source: 'Dating Game' serial killer's rise to fame was key to his downfall, arresting officer reveals for first time
