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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Dismembered San Jose woman identified in cold case homicide
(KRON) — Forty-four years ago, a dismembered woman's torso and two religious pendants were found dumped in a field in San Jose. A team of cold case investigators used genealogy technology to uncover the woman's identity. The slain woman was Vivian Moss, a 54-year-old grandmother and member of Mt. Zion Spiritual Church, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Cold Case Unit announced Tuesday. Moss' torso was found in an empty field along Mabury Road on July 11, 1981. The killer had dismembered her body, investigators said. She had no identification with her, but San Jose Police Department officers found two religious medallion pendants near the homicide victim's partial remains. One medallion was inscribed, 'Saint Christopher Protect Us.' The second medallion had a figure of the Virgin Mary surrounded by the words, 'Mary conceived without sin. Pray for us who have recourse to thee.' Moss had been stabbed multiple times in the chest, the district attorney's office said. Since then, a VTA Berryessa Transit Center and a BART station parking structure were built over the field. While the woman's identity was still a mystery, the DA's Office partnered with forensic genealogists at Parabon NanoLabs. Last year, Parabon hypothesized that the victim was likely Moss, who was born in Arkansas in 1927. In 2024, DA investigators found and interviewed Moss' granddaughter, as well as compared their DNA. '(The granddaughter) told investigators that when she was a young girl, Vivian was supposed to pick her up to stay the night at her home. Vivian didn't show and she never saw her grandmother again,' the DA's office wrote. Cold case team members and Moss' surviving family members are now hoping to identify and find her killer. They are asking the public to come forward with any information about Moss and her tragic fate. District Attorney Jeff Rosen said, 'Vivian Moss was her name. I know it. Her family knows it. And now our community knows it. One day soon, I hope we will know the depraved person who took her life and left her in a field, hoping she would be forgotten. If her murderer is still alive, they will know that we don't forget in Santa Clara County.' 'American Nightmare' kidnapper pleads guilty in South Bay cold cases As a follower of the Mt. Zion Spiritual Church, Moss was close with the church's leader, Louis H. Narcisse, who died in 1989. She also may have worked at an elementary school in Oakland at some point before she disappeared, according to investigators. The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Cold Case Unit was established in 2011. The team has solved over 30 cold case murders committed as early as 1969. More than half of those cases were cracked due to advances in DNA analysis and forensic genealogy. Anyone who has any information about Moss or this cold case homicide is encouraged to call 408-792-2466 or email coldcasetips@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Days of Our Lives' Casey Moss Marries Former Co-Star True O'Brien
Days of Our Lives' (JJ) tied the knot this past weekend with longtime love and former co-star (ex-Paige). On Moss' Instagram stories posted to his account, the actor shared and re-shared special memories from the day. One phoot contained the caption "5/25/25," indicating the wedding date. Peep the special moments below, and congrats to the happy couple!
NZ Herald
23-04-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
End finally in sight for swimmer's 38-year challenge
Not to mention avoiding schools of giant tuna hurtling through the strait. Yet Moss isn't concerned how long it's taken her to conquer all seven of the planet's most challenging open water swims – a feat only 34 people have achieved. 'I'll probably win the record for the longest time to complete the Oceans Seven,' Moss says. 'I did the English Channel when I was 17, and I'm doing this one at the age of 55. So I'm really proud of that.' One of the women she's called on for advice happens to be the youngest swimmer to complete the Oceans Seven challenge, Aucklander Caitlin O'Reilly – who was 20 when she accomplished it by crossing Hawaii's Molokai Channel in October last year. Moss and O'Reilly are friends who swap vital information about their big swims. 'I've known Caitlin for a long time, and she's absolutely incredible. We share the same coach in Philip Rush,' Moss says. 'I've been liaising with her and her mum, because I did some of the seven swims before her, and she did some before me. So I could ask them, 'How did you find it? Where did you stay? What did you use for seasickness?' 'This is a girl who swam Cook Strait at 12. But she's unassuming and so happy to help other swimmers. Our community is very close-knit, in the water and out, and we're very lucky to be part of it.' Another woman in Irish-born Moss' support crew is her 80-year-old mother, Philippa Gunn, who's been alongside her for most of the major ocean swims in her life, and will be in the boat keeping a close eye on her daughter in Japan. She also makes a mean leek and potato soup, which Moss eats during her cold water swims. 'Mum is very determined to be on the boat, and she's probably the best person to be there, because she has so much experience,' Moss says. 'She went with me on the Straits of Gibraltar last May [a 14km Oceans Seven swim] and was the feeder for all four swimmers doing it.' Moss, the CE of the recently formed Ministry for Regulation in Wellington, will be allowed three people on the boat across Tsugaru Strait. 'We have to have a family hui to decide who gets the other two slots,' she laughs. 'My dad's very clear he's not coming. He went on the English Channel swim with me in 1987 and swore never again because he got sick as a dog. He just doesn't travel well on boats.' Moss' four children, aged between 15 and 21, have all been on at least one crossing with her. Her husband is often there with her, but this time she has a brother-in-law, a former international water polo player who's keen to help. So what's kept Moss, the former boss of Oranga Tamariki and a staffer at the Public Service Commission, swimming marathon distances all this time? Advertisement Advertise with NZME. 'I think it's a sense of adventure,' says Moss, who's fundraised over $30,000 through her swims for the Kenzie's Gift charity, helping young people who've suffered severe loss and grief. 'In Hawaii I got stung by a box jellyfish and I nearly walked on water. I did a top to toe assessment of how I felt, then I thought, 'Oh my god this pain is excruciating. It was the worst I'd ever had'. But then you think there's lots of kids going through a hell of a lot worse, so just hang in there for another half an hour. 'So it's the community, it's the adventure, it's the sense of achievement, and being able to bring awareness to an important charity.' Moss has faced a string of challenges in the run-up to her final Oceans Seven swim. A chest infection has interrupted her in-water training, and simply getting permission to swim across the strait was a bit of an ordeal. 'It's really hard to get a slot for Japan – there are only eight slots available for international swimmers for the whole season,' Moss says. There are also the strict rules around the swim, which you can't do at night. The Japanese Coastguard insists swims be done between sunrise and sunset. 'You've got a 14-hour window,' Moss says. 'Which means it's very hard to swim with the tides, because they don't flow nine to five, Monday to Friday. So we go on a neap tide [a smaller difference between high and low tides]. 'The Japan swim is also very unusual because it's 20km from point to point, but you actually start the swim 10km south of the start because of an incredibly strong tidal push. I haven't done a swim like that, so it's something I have to get my head around.' And because the strait's tides are so strong, swimming fast is important. 'Cook Strait is similar – if you're really slow, you won't make it because the tide will turn and push you away,' Moss says. 'Phil just keeps telling me I need to swim bloody fast. In training, I do a little short warm up, then it's speed, speed, speed. I'm doing a lot in the pool because you get more speed doing reps. 'I did a couple of swims a few years ago that were very cold and I was very conservative with my body fat, so I probably ate a bit more cake. For this one, I want to drop 4-5kg and get the balance right between speed and warmth.' And then there's the wind. 'There's a lot of people who never get in the water in Tsugaru because it's too rough,' says Moss, who has a five-day window from July 3-7 to do the swim, or then reapply. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. Possible aquatic companions could also make it interesting. 'I found out there are large schools of bluefin tuna through there. I'm hoping maybe one of them will give me a lift,' she jokes. Then there's the language barrier, the remoteness in the north of Japan, and sparse accommodation. Moss will have a translator, who's worked with strait swimmers before. 'It's quite a technical swim and you don't want your safety compromised if you can't understand exactly what's going on,' she says. 'Success is not guaranteed. I would be deeply disappointed if I don't do it, because I'm not getting any younger. And getting myself to top physical condition another year older makes it that bit harder.' Moss saves up her annual leave for trips like this. She trains outside work hours, diving into the harbour at Oriental Parade or in a local pool at 6am, to get to work by 9am. 'I've got a lot quicker at getting changed,' she says. Open water swimming today enjoys significantly more popularity than it did when Moss began. 'Back in the day you couldn't find anybody to swim with. You'd enter a race and there would be seven of you,' she says. 'But it's trendy now days, which is amazing. 'It's very accessible, it's affordable – all you need is a swimsuit, a pair of goggles and a tow float. 'When Caitlin was a finalist in the sportswomen category of this year's Halberg Awards, I was delighted because she absolutely deserved it. But very often the dedication, skill, determination and athleticism that the sport requires hasn't been recognised.' Moss has a few 'triple crowns' to her name. She's swum the New Zealand triple – Cook Strait in 2001, Lake Taupō in 2021, and Foveaux Strait in 2022. And she achieved the Irish triple over 36 years – from a 16-year-old crossing Galway Bay to completing the North Channel in 2023. That same year she collected another crown, adding the Around Manhattan and Catalina Channel to her English Channel swim. So is there anything more to knock off? 'I'd like to get a couple of other triple crowns, to be honest,' she says. 'There's the Australian triple crown, then I need one more to get the 'Original triple crown', which is the Bristol Channel between England and Wales. 'And I'd like to do more of the lakes in Scotland and New Zealand. There's still plenty to do if I fancy it, if I can afford it, and if I can keep the body together. 'The swims might get shorter as I get older. But I would love to still be swimming when I can't walk. It's good for you in so many ways. Your mental health, because you have something to focus on, and you have to empty your mind. 'If you love something then just keep trying to do it. You'll have your ups and downs; you'll have your bad days and good days. You might not be as fast as you were at 17, but you can still achieve a lot.'
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elisabeth Moss confirms birth of first child
Elisabeth Moss has confirmed she's a mom, over a year after announcing she was expecting her first child. While appearing on a panel this week during PaleyFest in Los Angeles, the 42-year-old actor reflected on bringing her baby to the set while filming the upcoming final season of Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale.' 'The only thing I would say about that is I feel so fortunate to be able to do that. … So many parents cannot,' Moss said. 'Any of us who had the privilege of being able to bring our kids or see our kids at work, we would every single time be like, 'Aren't we lucky to get to do that?'' Moss' remarks came nearly 14 months after she revealed on an episode of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' that she was pregnant with her first child. It's unclear when she gave birth, the sex of her baby or who the child's father is. The 'Mad Men' alum was previously married to Fred Armisen from October 2009 until they split the following June. She officially filed for divorce in October 2010. At the time of the filing, sources told Us Weekly the breakup was due in part to Moss' ties to the Church of Scientology. _______
