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CBS News
19-07-2025
- CBS News
Three decades later, North Texas family still seeks answers in boy's disappearance
Today marks 32 years since a Garland 8-year-old vanished from his home. All these years later, his family is still searching for answers. July 18, 1993, is a day etched in Rudolph Nguyen's memory forever. He recalls the moment his wife told him the worst news he'd ever receive: their son was missing. "She says oh, hunny, Kim is missing," he said. "I don't know, I can't find him anywhere. I just go to the bathroom, the restroom, and I come out and he's gone." Kim had autism and was non-verbal. His father jumped in his car and started looking. "Run around the neighborhood asking everybody around here, but nobody see him," he said. For nearly two weeks, his family, neighbors and police searched desperately. Then Kim's remains were found miles away, in a field in Mesquite. "I wanted to come and see him, but a lot of people held me back and said no, don't see," Nguyen said. "It's terrible." Nguyen said the medical examiner ruled his son's death a homicide. Police had a possible vehicle of interest, but the lead went nowhere. "I keep coming, asking them, they said they're working on it but finally, they have no answers," Nguyen said. "It was very hard," Michael Nguyen said. "I wish I could have saved him. I wish I could have saved him." Michael is Kim's older brother. "I just think about it all the time," he said. "My sister — all the time. My dad — all the time. Uh, it's hard." Now, more than three decades later, the community is tying pink ribbons in Kim's neighborhood. It's a sign to his family that he hasn't been forgotten and that they, too, want answers. "Pink represents The Pink Panther, he loved Pink Panther," Michael said. "Even if we don't find the killer, it's the effort that everybody has tried," Nguyen said. "All these people just want to find justice." To bring more attention to the case, Garland's mayor has declared today "Kim Nguyen Day." Garland Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment. "Most of our Crime Stoppers board members are parents and most of them also were in Garland and residents of Garland when this happened," Vice President Carissa Dutton said. "To know that it's unsolved really just bothers a lot of our members." "I think somebody kept quiet at that time and hopefully they'll change their mind," Nguyen said. The Nguyen family is still holding out hope that someone knows what happened.
Metro
03-06-2025
- Metro
Women wakes up inside her own coffin after coroner declared her dead
The 88-year-old was placed inside the coffin (Picture: Getty Images) An 88-year-old woman was nearly buried alive after she woke up inside a coffin. The pensioner was found seemingly unresponsive by her husband, 87, on Friday morning at their home in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Assuming she was dead, he called for emergency services, who promptly dispatched a coroner to the scene. 'She wasn't moving, she wasn't breathing,' he told Nedělní Blesk. A coroner was first dispatched before an ambulance came when she was discovered alive (Picture: Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Sign up for all of the latest stories Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens. The coroner pitched up and declared the elderly retiree dead, but the undertakers then arrived to find quite the opposite. After the 'dead' lady was placed in the coffin, she opened her eyes and started breathing. Reports in Czech media are conflicted as to whether the pensioner suddenly opened her eyes in the coffin or whether workers realised she was still breathing. Either way, she was alive and the pensioner was taken to the hospital, where she is still being treated. The woman's husband added: 'The [funeral services] workers put her in a coffin, and when they were right here, they found out that she was alive. The incident happened in the picturesque town of Pilsen (Picture: Getty Images) 'It's serious. I'm completely unhappy about it.' Police have said it is now investigating possible misconduct by the coroner. The coroner's, 1 Koronerská, apologised profusely for the mix-up and said three times in the past they had received calls to say a person was dead, but they turned out alive. This is also not the first time someone has 'come back from the dead'. Morgue workers in a crematorium in Jhunjhunu City, India were shocked when a supposedly dead man began breathing in a crematorium in Jhunjhunu City, India in November last year. Footage showed Rohitash wrapped in a blanket, opening his eyes and looking dazed. An ambulance was quickly called to take him to Rajkiya Bhagwan Das Khetan (BDK) Hospital, where he later died. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page A similar incident happened in Kenya, when a man who was declared dead by doctors woke up three hours later while workers prepared his body in a morgue. The man was immediately transferred to the hospital mortuary where he was prepared to be embalmed by morgue attendants Metro has contacted the 1. Koronerská for additional comment. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. Arrow MORE: People aren't ready to let robots and AI decide on euthanasia, study finds Arrow MORE: 'When I die, who will look after my special needs son?' Arrow MORE: Dawn French leads tributes after death of Alan Yentob aged 78
