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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Yahoo
Teen's Body Found in Beloved Lake as Deaths Pile Up
Authorities announced that a body has been found on a popular lake in Austin, TX, after a teenage boy went missing over the weekend. A spokesperson for the Austin Police Department said the teenager went missing Sunday when he and his family hopped on paddleboards and kayaks for a stroll on Lady Bird Lake, a popular summer destination for both locals and tourists. It's unclear when, but the teenage boy went missing. Authorities immediately launched a search and rescue effort, to no avail. Then, on Tuesday at around 7:45 a.m., a paddleboarder made the grim discovery when they spotted the body floating in the water near the intersection of West Riverside Drive and South Lamar have since said that the body discovered Tuesday morning was a teenage boy who investigators say was "unknowingly standing near an underwater shelf." Authorities believe the teenage boy slipped or fell off the underwater shelf, which authorities say is a sudden drop-off in the lake. Lady Bird Lake is a dammed section of the Colorado River. The artificial lake stretches more than five miles. While police have not yet positively identified the body recovered on Tuesday, they say the clothing matches the missing teenager's outfit. Police also said that the teenage boy's lifejacket and belongings were still on his kayak. According to data obtained by Fox 7, at least 38 bodies have been found in or around Lady Bird Lake since 2022. The outlet reports that, of those bodies found, 30 were male, and just over 60 percent were between 30 and 49 years old. Only two were teenagers, including the body discovered on Tuesday. In just the last three years, the cause of deaths for most of the bodies discovered on Lady Bird Lake have been attributed to accidental drownings, Fox 7 reports. Suicide, drug overdoses and natural causes are second on the list. Fox 7 also reports that only one case has been ruled a murder and some half a dozen cases remain emphasized that no foul play is suspected in Tuesday's discovery. With a picturesque backdrop of Austin's ever changing skyline, Lady Bird Lake offers a number of summer activities for locals and tourists, including watching the nightly emergence of nearly 2 million Mexican bats taking refuge under the South Congress Avenue bridge. Boats, kayakers and paddleboarders -- along with a throng of bystanders on the bridge and on a number of hotel balconies across the lake -- wait for the emergence of these bats before sunset. Teen's Body Found in Beloved Lake as Deaths Pile Up first appeared on Men's Journal on Jun 4, 2025
New York Post
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Suspect in ‘King of the Hill' star Jonathan Joss' murder allowed to walk free after posting bail
The Texas man accused of murdering 'King of the Hill' actor Jonathan Joss has been released after posting bond, according to reports. Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, 56, is confined under full house arrest after posting $200,000 bond Monday evening, Bexar County Court records show. 3 Suspect Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez in his booking photo. He's accused of murder. Getty Images 3 Actor Jonathan Joss was fatally shot. NBC He is barred from possessing any firearms during his release, is subject to random drug testing, and cannot contact Joss' family, Fox 7 reported. Alvarez allegedly gunned 59-year-old Joss down on their San Antonio street Sunday evening after a heated argument. 3 Actor Jonathan Joss (R) and his husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales. Facebook/Jonathan Joss Joss' husband claimed the attack was motivated by homophobia, but police have said they've found no evidence supporting that.
Int'l Business Times
27-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
GOP Lawmaker Defends Legalizing 'Sawed-Off' Shotguns: 'We Just Don't Have That Kind of Gangland-Style Shooting These Days'
Texas lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1596 on Tuesday morning, a measure that removes short-barrel firearms — commonly known as sawed-off shotguns — from the state's prohibited weapons list. Republican Rep. Richard Hayes of Hickory Creek dismissed any potential threat posed by the gun, Fox 7 reported. "We just don't have that kind of gangland-style shooting these days with short-barrel firearms," Hayes said during floor discussions. Opponents of the bill were quick to cite the 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. A 17-year-old student killed eight students, two teachers, and injured 13 others, allegedly with a short-barrel shotgun that belonged to his father. "We have shootings that vastly exceed what we once had ... we've never had a greater epidemic of constant shootings than we have today," said Democratic Rep. John Bryant told Hayes. Under current federal law, short-barrel rifles and shotguns—defined as having barrels shorter than 16 inches and 18 inches respectively—are legal if registered with a background check and a $200 fee. SB 1596 would align state law with these federal regulations. The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott, who will decide whether to sign it into law. "Think about the irony. You can have a handgun, you can have a long gun, but you can't have a long gun with a short barrel," Hayes said, questioning the logic of the specific ban on short barrel guns, which are easier to conceal and more difficult to control than longer-barreled shotguns. "I'm not thinking about the irony," Bryant retorted. "I'm thinking about all those people who got shot." "That was a legally owned gun. If it's a legally owned gun and someone commits a heinous offense," Hayes put his hands up and shrugged, adding, "What can you do?" In the same session, Texas House members passed legislation requiring public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments. Meanwhile, the Texas Senate moved to ban cannabis with a bill lawmakers say will protect children. With Abbott's signature, each of the three measures will take effect in September. Originally published on Latin Times
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Yahoo
Austin mortuary employee arrested for allegedly ‘experimenting' on corpses
A North Austin mortuary employee is facing felony charges after allegedly experimenting on corpses and fraudulently obtaining death certificates. Adeline Ngan-Binh Bui, 50, was charged with one count of state-jail felony abuse of a corpse and five counts of second-degree felony tampering with governmental records with intent to defraud or harm. According to court documents obtained by Fox 7 these incidents go back to at least August 2022. Mixed-up Remains, Rotting Bodies, Fake Ashes: How Grieving Families Uncovered These Five Funeral Home Horrors A former embalmer at Capital Mortuary Services has alleged to TFSC that Bui had "fraudulently initiated and obtained" at least ten death certificates under his name and license number without consent. He also has alleged that Bui was experimenting on "separated anatomical structures." He listed the arms of an unknown dead person. The "experiment," involved injecting formaldehyde into the arms and observing its effects over time on the severed limbs, according to the court documents. Read On The Fox News App A cease-and-desist letter was issued to the mortuary on April 10. The letter stated that the funeral home had "failed to meet building, health, and safety codes and would have to "immediately cease and desist all operations". The Austin Police Department received eight death certificates that were allegedly signed by the former embalmer via an electronic signature, says court paperwork. The former embalmer says he was not employed as a funeral director with Capital Mortuary Services, and instead was employed as a crematory operator, driver and embalmer. He says he never accessed the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registrar (or TxEVER) to obtain those eight death certificates. Texas Man Arrested For Fatal Beating Of Mother During 'Exorcism': Police Buie allegedly communicated with a former employee regarding a fraudulent certificate in December 2023 in which she included screenshots. Bui allegedly wrote "let's us[e] this update to monitor our experiment," followed by photos of what police say were severed and detached arms in various stages of decomposition. TSFC investigators communicated with APD saying that Bui "then allowed the severed body parts to be placed in the crematory retort, where the body parts, in their dissected and disturbed state, would be cremated," according to paperwork. "Our criminal justice system is based on the presumption of innocence and a careful, critical evaluation of the evidence, facts, and their sources," Bui's legal team said in a statement to FOX 7. "This case involves complexities that are not immediately apparent and should not be sensationalized. Our legal team remains fully committed to defending and advocating for our client, Adeline Bui, with the expectation of fairness and due process." Capital Mortuary Services is now article source: Austin mortuary employee arrested for allegedly 'experimenting' on corpses
