Author: Voxtrend News
It was supposed to be a triumphant story – his team undefeated, the cheers still ringing, the playoffs within reach. Instead, it turned into a tale of disappearance, criminal charges, and a community left reeling. On November 20, 2025, 46‑year‑old head football coach Travis Turner, who led Union High School in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, vanished into thin air. What followed was a manhunt, a flurry of warrants, and a stunned small‑town school system grappling with scandal. That Thursday evening, special agents from the Virginia State Police (VSP) were en route to Turner’s home in Appalachia, Wise County, not for an arrest—but…
A Clark County grand jury has formally indicted 36‑year-old Aaron Jackson Jr. on an open murder charge in connection with the June death of 27‑year-old Winston Ricketts, whose body was found shot in a remote desert area near Sloan. The quiet case broke open again this week after months of investigation, and Jackson is now being held without bail ahead of a December 1 court appearance. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department statement, law enforcement responded around June 21 to a location near the 17,000 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard, close to Sloan, where Ricketts was discovered suffering…
On the morning of Wednesday, November 19, 2025, the quiet community of Lakewood, New Jersey, was struck by heartbreaking news. A young man, 19‑year‑old Elchonon Fasten z”l, lost his life in a tragic single‑vehicle accident on the southbound lanes of the Garden State Parkway near Exit 120 in Old Bridge. Shortly before 4:30 a.m., State Police responded to the crash scene. They found the Honda SUV driven by Fasten had veered off the roadway to the left, rammed into multiple trees and then ignited in flames. Fasten was pronounced dead at the scene. The investigation remains open, with authorities seeking to determine how and why the…
A quiet Sunday afternoon turned tragic for the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281 near Ben Bolt when 20‑year‑old Thomas Gomez of Alamo was killed in a two‑vehicle collision, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The crash occurred shortly after 11:20 a.m. on November 23 — a young man’s life ended in an instant as he attempted a lane change behind a tractor‑trailer. Gomez was driving a 2014 Chevrolet Impala when he attempted to move out of the lane behind a 2023 Kenworth truck tractor pulling a utility trailer, driven by 63‑year‑old Xavier Gonzalez of Edinburg. Both vehicles were headed southbound on the major corridor…
A tragic single-vehicle collision claimed the life of 27-year-old Enmanuel Cortes Moreno. The driver, a North Carolina resident, was the only person in his vehicle when the crash occurred late Sunday night. According to the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office, he was pronounced dead at the scene from his injuries. The incident unfolded at approximately 11:55 p.m. on Sunday, November 23, at the intersection of Clements Ferry Road and Marina Drive on the island of Daniel Island in Berkeley County. First responders arrived promptly after the crash was reported, only to find the vehicle’s sole occupant suffering fatal injuries. Moreno was…
A young man’s evening ride ended in tragedy on Monday around 7:05 p.m., as the Mobile Police Department responded to a crash on Schillinger Road near Glider Avenue. What seemed like a routine turn turned fatal when a southbound vehicle made a right turn into a parking lot—directly in the path of the motorcycle being operated by the 24-year-old. The victim, later identified as Joseph Stanton II, was found with life-threatening injuries at the scene. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased. The driver of the other vehicle escaped physical injury, though investigators say the…
It’s the kind of news that stops people mid-scroll—a quiet Saturday morning in Bristol shattered by a crash that claimed the lives of a father and his young son, leaving another child injured and an entire community grieving. What started as an ordinary ride ended in a moment that no family, no first responder, and no neighborhood ever forgets. Police say 35-year-old Ismael Duran of Waterbury was behind the wheel when his vehicle veered off the eastern side of Willis Street. Sitting beside him in the front seat was his 12-year-old son, Ismael Pacheco, who shared not only his father’s…
In a quiet breakthrough that brings a long‑awaited name to a cold case, the remains of a woman found in La Vergne, Tennessee, in 2007 have finally been identified as 40‑year-old Mary Alice Maloney. She was a Hartford, Connecticut native who had been living in the Nashville area when she disappeared, and the confirmation comes thanks to the volunteer sleuths at the DNA Doe Project. Mary Alice Maloney’s skeletal remains were discovered on November 14, 2007, by a police officer in a remote, wooded area off Hollandale Road. Her body was found without any clothing, but investigators noted jewelry —…
Late Monday night in Concord, N.C., a routine traffic stop spiraled into tragedy when a suspected drunk driver fled a trooper’s attempt to stop him and collided with another vehicle, killing the other driver. The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Calvin Leon Costner. The sequence began around 11 p.m. on Interstate 85, where officers from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol clocked a vehicle traveling at approximately 111 mph. When troopers tried to pull the driver over, they say they detected obvious signs of impairment. Rather than cooperate, the driver bolted, setting off a pursuit. The chase continued into…
A quiet Sunday evening in Pomona turned into a scene of tragedy when 16-year-old Angel Sierra was found shot in the 1300 block of East Pasadena Avenue, south of Kingsley Avenue. Emergency responders from the Pomona Police Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived around 5:30 p.m. after a report of gunfire. Officers discovered Angel suffering from a gunshot wound; despite attempts to save him at the scene, he was pronounced dead shortly after. According to police, the investigation quickly led to the arrest of a 13-year-old girl, who they have identified as the possible perpetrator. Her name…