Author: Voxtrend News
Early Thursday, a grim discovery along a quiet stretch of Smithville Highway shook a rural Tennessee community: 41-year-old Ashleigh E. McKinzie — a sociologist and longtime faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) — was found dead in the roadway, apparently the victim of a shooting. Deputies from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call around 4:51 a.m. on December 4 for a reported shooting near Captain’s Point Road, on Highway 56 North. What awaited them was chilling: McKinzie, lying in the road with “apparent gunshot wounds,” was pronounced dead at the scene. Screenshot Next to her…
REYNOLDS STATION, Ky. — The tragic case of 8-month-old Miya Rudd ended in partial sentencing this week, as two men connected to her death accepted plea deals and drew prison time. The baby’s decomposed body was discovered hidden inside a duffel bag in the family’s home, nearly a year after she was first reported missing. On June 6, 2024, state troopers from Kentucky State Police (KSP) conducted a welfare check at the home in Reynolds Station, after concerns that Miya was missing. Her parents — Tesla Tucker, 29, and Cage Rudd, 30 — were arrested that day on drug-related charges…
BOSTON — Police in Boston have confirmed the identity of the young man killed in a Tuesday evening shooting in East Boston. The victim, 21-year-old Nazir Wallace of Cambridge, was found with a gunshot wound near 27 Havre Street at about 5:50 p.m. Officers assigned to District A-7 responded to a radio call around that time and discovered Wallace suffering from “a life-threatening gunshot wound.” He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was tragically pronounced dead. At this time, no arrests have been made. The city’s Homicide Unit is investigating the incident and urging anyone with information to…
CHARLOTTE — A 33-year-old man, Oscar Solarzano, has been arrested and charged after a horrifying stabbing aboard a Charlotte light-rail train Friday evening. Court documents released in connection with the case allege that Solarzano — described as previously deported — stabbed another rider, leaving the victim seriously wounded. Authorities are holding Solarzano without bond. A Routine Ride Turns ViolentAt approximately 4:50 p.m. Friday, officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on a light-rail train traveling along the city’s Blue Line. The train was stopped between stations near North Brevard Street…
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. — Jessica Nicole Way, 31, of Alcolu, was killed Tuesday evening when the GMC SUV she was driving was struck head-on by another SUV that had crossed the center line, authorities said. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. on U.S. 52 near Butterbean Drive, shortly before sunset. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2004 Honda SUV traveling east on the road veered left of center and plowed into the westbound 2019 GMC Acadia driven by Way. Emergency responders pronounced Way dead at the scene, and she was later confirmed as the victim by Berkeley County Coroner’s…
ARGOS, Ind. — A quiet Saturday morning turned tragic when a 57-year-old man from Niles was killed in a crash at the busy intersection of U.S. 31 and State Road 10 in Marshall County. The fatal collision occurred just before 8:00 a.m., authorities say, and left another passenger injured. According to the Marshall County Coroner’s Office, the victim has been identified as Christopher J. Jankoviak. Investigators say he was driving a westbound Chevrolet Equinox when the vehicle “entered the path of a north-bound semi-tractor-trailer.” The semi struck the Equinox squarely on the driver’s side, the coroner added. First responders pronounced…
WACO, Texas — A community is mourning after a morning traffic accident on December 5 claimed the life of 57-year-old Bradley Grant, a Waco resident who was driving a Nissan Altima before his vehicle collided head-on with a cement truck on Loop 340. Grant was traveling southbound when the cement truck — heading northbound — veered into his lane, triggering a deadly impact, according to the Waco Police Department. Emergency crews pronounced Grant dead at the scene after arriving. The driver of the cement truck was transported to a nearby hospital and, per authorities, was expected to survive. No arrests…
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Michael Annett, a former NASCAR driver known for his grit and perseverance across more than a decade in professional stock-car racing, has died. He was 39. The news was confirmed Friday by his former team JR Motorsports (JRM), which shared a short but heartfelt message mourning the loss of “our friend Michael Annett.” No cause of death has been announced. From humble beginnings in the lower leagues to a storied career in the top three national NASCAR series, Annett amassed a total of 436 combined starts — 321 of them in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. Of those,…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A North Carolina man died Friday evening when his car, traveling the wrong way on Dover Road, ran a red light near the North Liberty Church Road intersection and struck three vehicles — injuring six others. The development rattled a quiet stretch just outside Clarksville, leaving families shaken and roads blocked as first responders worked into the night. At around 5:14 p.m., a 2011 Honda Fit driven by 56-year-old David Johnson of North Carolina barreled westbound on Dover Road — the wrong way, state troopers say — before careening through a red light at the busy intersection.…
The frantic search for 78-year-old Quang Hang has stretched into its sixth day, his daughter and a growing circle of neighbors and volunteers combing roads and parks after the small-framed grandfather disappeared the afternoon he left home to take his car to a mechanic. “He has not taken his medicine since Monday. He is missing five doses. We are incredibly concerned for his safety, for his health,” his daughter, Betsy Hang, says, and those words have become the rallying cry for the community trying to bring him home. According to family accounts and law enforcement releases, Hang drove away from…