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New Zealand gamer Who Flew Halfway Across The World for Virginia Teen Gets Shots By Her Mother

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The New Zealand gamer planned to kidnap the Virginia teen.

Because there’s nothing more intimidating than a mother with a loaded gun protecting her children, here is the story of Troy George Skinner and how he ended up with a slug in his neck. After traveling halfway across the world to confront his ‘beloved,’ the 25-year-old New Zealand gamer will likely end up in federal prison.

New Zealand Gamer Armed with Knife And Pepper Spray, Authorities Declared

On the 22nd of June, Goochland County sheriff’s deputies were called to a house by a teen’s mother who shot a man. The individual had to be taken to the hospital because he sustained a gunshot wound to the neck.

The story of how the individual ended up with a slug in his neck in Virginia, begin several months ago. An avid gamer, Skinner, spent most of his time meeting people who shared his passion. That’s how he got in contact with a 14-year-old girl from Virginia.

For several months, the two of them chatted and played their favorite games together. However, at the beginning of June, the girl told Skinner that she doesn’t want to talk to him anymore.

Of course, enraged by the fact that the girl blocked him on Discord, the man traveled from New Zealand all the way to the United States to confront the teenage girl.

Before meeting the unnamed teen, the New Zealand gamer went to Walmart. From there he purchased a roll of duct tape, a can of pepper spray, and a hunting knife.

Conclusion

On the day of the attack, Skinner knocked on the front door and asked for help. The girl’s mother refused to open the door and told him to leave. Not even her saying that she’s got a loaded gun didn’t convince him.

 

After checking the basement door, Skinner used a brick to smash a front door window. The woman shot him twice, hitting him in the neck. The doctors say that he’ll probably leave.

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Texas Father of Girl Disappeared in the 80s Ignored by Authorities

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Texas father said his daughter disappeared after using a pay phone to call him.

Tim Miller, a Texas father and the founder of a search and recovery non-profit organization, declared that he told the authorities countless times who his daughter’s killer was but was ignored. Miller’s organization helped authorities recover and identify nearly 200 human remains.

Texas Father Wants Recently Sentenced Man To Confessed Killing His Daughter

On the 10th of September 1984, Laura Miller, Tim’s only daughter vanished without a trail. All the authorities’ efforts to track down the missing woman failed. The only piece of reliable intel they could recover is that Laura used a League City payphone to contact her parents.

Ever since Laura vanished from home, Tim spends his every waking moment searching for his child. After a little digging up, the man found a lead.

At that time, the Texas father told the authorities that months before Laura vanished, another woman was reported missing after using the same pay phone.

Curiously enough, in April 1984, a couple living in the area called the authorities after their dog uncovered a human skull.

The authorities established that the skull could have belonged to Heidi Fye, a local waitress. Fye was the last person to go missing in that area before Miller’s daughter.

Tim Miller, who is the founder of Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery, recalls how his attempts at uncovering the truth fell on deaf ears.

A breakthrough was announced two years later after the authorities found Fye’s skeletal remains placed against a tree.  The investigation led the authorities to Clyde Hendrick, an ex-con who lived in the area where all the women went missing.

Conclusion

Unfortunately, three more decades would pass until the authorities arrested Hendrick. From behind bars, the accused now calls out to anyone who can hear him.

Through his attorney, Hendrick declared that Miller’s obsession with finding his daughter’s killer landed an innocent man behind bars.

The Texas father declared that he would not rest until Hendricks confessed to killing his daughter, Fye, and the other women.

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Pennsylvania Couple Charged in Violent Death of Infant Discovered Buried in Cat Litter

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The Pennsylvania couple placed the baby’s body in a similar plastic container.

In March, 27-year-old Samantha M. Trump and 25-year-old Shaun C. Oxenreider, a Pennsylvania couple, would be arrested in connection with the death of 6-month-old Harper Trump. On Wednesday, Berks County DA announced that the couple had been indicted on multiple murder charges stemming from the infant’s death.

Pennsylvania Couple Squeezed Baby’s Body and Hit Her with a Blunt Instrument, Coroner Declared

At the beginning of the week, Dr. Neil A. Hoffman, a forensic pathologist at the Reading Hospital, published the result of baby Trump’s post-mortem examination. According to Hoffman, the infant’s cause of death was blunt trauma to the base of the skull and prolonged physical abuse.

More than that, the forensic pathologist said that the baby had several fractured ribs and a broken forearm. Based on the pattern of the injuries, the trauma occurred a week before the child’s death.

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania couple was charged with concealing the death of a child, abuse of a cadaver, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment.

The couple’s deed was discovered after a social service worker contacted the police in connection with Harper’s death. Several days before being taken into custody, the Pennsylvania couple told a member of the family that their child passed away and that they couldn’t handle the funeral expenses.

Worried about the safety of baby Trump, the family member contacted social services. Unable to find any records of Harper Trump’s death, the caseworker called the Pennsylvania couple to ask for a death certificate. Moreover, Oxenreider told the caseworker that they intended to stay in New Jersey until Easter.

Conclusion

The police went to the couple’s house to inquire about the child’s death. Neither Oxenreider nor Trump could produce a death certificate. A house search revealed that the couple concealed the child’s body inside a crawlspace. The authorities said that cadaver has inside a sealed plastic bag covered by cat litter and placed in a big plastic container.

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New Study Shows Honeybees Can Understand the Concept of Zero

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Researchers proved that honeybees can understand the concept of zero.

Honeybees have always been held in high regard for their relentlessness and intellect. On the subject of mental prowess, a joint team of researchers from France and Australia has managed to prove that honeybees are capable of processing complex mathematical concepts, such as zero.

Honeybees, One of the Few Animals That Can Understand Nothingness

Adrian Dyer, the study’s author and a professor at the RMIT University in Melbourne, declared that the ability to understand zero or the concept of nothingness has always been the appanage of humans.

However, recent studies, including the one about honeybees, revealed that humans aren’t the only ones who can recognize, process, and understand complex mathematical concepts such as zero. Dolphins, primates, and some species of birds were found to understand what zero is.

Throughout the recent study, which brought together neuroscientists from Melbourne’s RMIT University and France’s University of Toulouse, the researchers ascertained that honeybees are more than capable of understanding zero.

In a series of experiment, Dyer and his team proved that honeybees are more than the sum of their parts. In comparison to the human brain, which has roughly 86,000 million neurons, a honeybee’s brain has only one million. From an anatomical standpoint, one could say that honeybees aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.

However, the study proved otherwise. To test the insects’ mental prowess, Dyer and his team devised a special enclosure.

One by one, the insects were drawn into the enclosure with food. The chamber had several squares on them, each one containing a number of black dots.

Using food, Dyer and his team trained the bees to fly on the square which has the lowest number of black dots. More specifically, if the honeybee was drawn in an enclosure with two squares, one with four dots and the other one with three dots, they would fly toward the one with three dots.

Conclusion

In the final stage of the experiment, the scientists presented a challenge – a square with one dot and another one with zero dots. Interestingly enough, the honeybees were able to recognize the lowest between the two and fly toward the zero square.

Dyer said that the experiment could have ample ramifications, especially in machine learning.

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Washington Man Swimming in Columbia River Tells Deputies that God Will See Him Through

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The Washington man was transported to the hospital after swimming in the river.

Because no day is dull when you’re with the police, we give you the story of a couple of Sheriff’s deputies who struggled to stop a Washington man from swimming across the Columbia River. According to the police, the man brushed off several boaters who tried to help him.

Washington Man Rushed to Hospital for Chugging Too Much Water

On Monday, several boaters called Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office after seeing a naked man swimming in the Columbia River.

According to the authorities, the boaters approached the Washington man to provide assistance, but the man told them to get away from him as he was trying to swim across. Allegedly, when one of the boaters told him that it’s okay to jump in his boat, the bare-naked man simply told him to go about his business.

When the authorities arrived at the scene, the Washington man was standing still in the water, as if he was waiting for someone or rather something. Even though it was warm outside, the Columbia River was chilly.

A Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson declared that the individual was located near the Kalama marina, near 40 miles off Portland. Upon being approached by the police boat, the individual politely refused their help and saying that God will help him make it across.

Conclusion

According to the authorities, it took some convincing, but the man agreed to jump in the police boat. From there, he was rushed to the local hospital for treatment. The police spokesperson declared that the individual showed signs of hypothermia and that he ingested a lot of river water.

The case’s still being investigated, but the authorities that no charges will be pressed against the Washington man. The individual’s name has not been disclosed.

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Tulsa Mother Torches Home, Stabs Daughter and Kidnaps Younger Sister

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Oklahoma authorities are trying to track down a Tulsa mother who allegedly stabbed her 11-year-old daughter and set her home ablaze. According to the incident report, before fleeing the scene, the suspect kidnapped the child’s younger sister.

Tulsa Mother Might Be on Drugs or Having Psychotic Episode

According to a Tulsa Police Department spokesperson, the entire force is scouring the state in search of Taheerah Ahmad, a 39-year-old mother. The woman is considered to be extremely dangerous.

Based on the police report, on Monday evening, a person dialed 911 to report a stabbing at Ahmad’s residence.

First responders identified an 11-year-old girl bleeding profusely. The child was stabbed multiple times. Another person found inside the house, Ahmad’s 9-year-old daughter, told the authorities that it was she who called 911 after her mother assaulter her older sisters.

According to the child’s testimony, the Tulsa mother duct taped her to a chair, placed a sock in her mouth, and forced her to watch while she stabbed her older sister.

Before leaving the house, Ahmad set fire to the kitchen and kidnapped a 9-year-old infant.

The child told the authorities that she and her sister would surely have perished in the fire if she did not break free of her bindings.

Conclusion

According to Jennie McKenzie of the Tulsa Police Department, the woman’s whereabouts are unknown. However, the investigation revealed that the woman used to live in Texas and Tennessee.

Furthermore, it would appear that Mrs. Ahmad might have taken drugs or suffering from a mental illness. Residents should approach the suspect with extreme caution or call 911 for further details.

Three states have gone on Amber Alert after the child’s abduction. The last time Ahmad was seen, she was driving a 2005 black Lexus RX300 and was heading towards 500 Mohawk Boulevard.

 

Homeless Man Kidnapped Motorist, Demanded to Be Taken to KFC

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A homeless man kidnapped a motorist and ordered him to drive to the nearest KFC.

The Mountain View law enforcement officers recently arrested a 21-year-old homeless man who allegedly kidnapping a motorist and forced him to drive to the nearest KFC. Based on the police report, the individual was taken into custody without any incidents.

Homeless Man Threatened to Harm Victim if He Did Not Comply

On early Saturday, a 21-year-old homeless man, later identified as Alberto Ulloa-Avila was standing in a parking lot when he saw a motorist approaching. The driver, a 31-year-old San Jose resident who preferred to keep his anonymity, was just about to park his car when he saw Ulloa-Avila approaching.

According to the victim’s testimony, the homeless man opened the passenger’s side door, got into the seat, and demanded to be taken to an undisclosed location. More than that, Ulloa-Avila threatened to beat the man if he did not comply.

The victim drove off, and after a couple of minutes, Ulloa-Avila told him that he wanted to go to the nearest KFC for the meal. Again, he threatened to harm him if he did not obey.

Upon reaching the destination, the driver got out of the car and started running towards the eatery. That’s when Ulloa-Avila jumped behind the wheel and started chasing the man across the street.

After a short pursuit, the homeless man got out of the car and went towards the diner. Meanwhile, the authorities arrived the scene, just in time to see Ulloa-Avila chasing his victim.

Conclusion

The individual was taken into custody without incident and was charged with multiple counts which included kidnapping, stealing a vehicle, violating a protective order, making criminal threats, and driver with a suspended driver’s license.

Based on the police investigation, Ulloa-Avila did not know his victim. No weapons were found on the homeless man after he was arrested.

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Low-Carb Diet Might Be Beneficial for People with Type 1 Diabetes (Study)

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A new study alleges that a low-carb diet could actually benefit people with type 1 diabetes.

 

Over 1 million Americans have Type 1 diabetes. This is much less common than Type 2 diabetes and occurs when the pancreas stops producing insulin within the body.

Insulin is important because it regulates a person’s blood-sugar levels. In order to make up for the insulin that the pancreas doesn’t produce, most people have to get insulin shots. No known cure for type 1 diabetes is available at the moment. However, there are several ways of dealing with this condition.

Now, a recent study has suggested another variant that might help people that have it.

 

The Advantages of a Low-Carb Diet

 

In the past, most diabetic experts would have strongly advised against going on a low-carb diet, especially among children and young people. This is because it was considered that the lack of carbs could lead to a condition known as hypoglycemia. It was also feared that it might cause growth to be stunted.

Hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar levels drop too much due to a lack of glycemic control. People can gain glycemic control by carefully monitoring the number of carbs that they consume. They should also pay attention to the glycemic index of the particular foods they are eating.

However, a recent study released in the journal American Academy of Pediatrics suggests otherwise. This found that children and adults that followed a high protein, low-carb diet had excellent blood sugar levels while taking smaller than averages doses of insulin.

Study participants were on this diet for at least two years, and there wasn’t any evidence that suggested growth was inhibited in children by the lack of carbs.

An accompanying commentary is also available alongside the study paper. Joyce M. Lee and Carly Runge, two University of Michigan in Ann Arbor specialists, are behind it. They consider this “an important contribution to the literature.”

Still, the two also point out the need for a randomized trial. One that would specifically study the effects of following such a diet on a child’s development. Such a trial would also have to keep a close eye on several other factors as well.

 

“Only after the therapy proves efficacious in a trial setting will clinicians have to then tackle the ‘barrier’ of having patients adhere to this diet,” point out the Lee and Runge.

 

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Flat Earth Theorists Release New Concept, the ‘Pac-Man Effect’

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Flat Earth theorists have come up with a new concept as to why aircraft don’t fall off.

 

There is a portion of the population that started believing, once again, that the Earth is flat. Termed Flat Earthers, this growing segment of people recently held a convention to discuss scientific theories and other principles surrounding the Flat Earth Movement.

Among the latest developments is the so-called Pac-Man effect. This is reportedly the reason why aircraft don’t fly over the edge of the world.

 

Chomp, Chomp, Gone

 

The very first Flat Earth convention took place in West Midlands, England. Apparently, the big talk of the town was the recently dubbed Pac-Man effect.

This was used to explain how aircraft and other flying objects don’t simply fly off the edge of the world. According to this latest aspect, there is some sort of power that simply treats our “disc-shaped planet” like an ’80s video game.

Those that have played the classic video game Pac-Man will remember there were ports on each side of the screen. These would send Pac-Man to the opposite side of the maze.

This is apparently also the basic principle behind the new concept coming from Flat Earth theorists. As planes and other aircraft approach the edge of the flat Earth, they are transported to the other side of the world. This makes for a seamless transition to everyone involved.

 

 

The Future of the Flat Earth Theory

 

The belief that our planet is flat is far from being a new concept. Still, it has recently gained a new wave of followers and converts. Through the growth of the internet and the huge impact of social media on our daily lives, this type of movement has found new legs to walk on.

A new concept like the Pac-Man effect sounds pretty neat and seems to sum things up in a nice little package. However, it simply lacks the core science needed to back Flat Earth theorists in most cases.

Many consider that this movement will likely continue to persevere for a long time to come. This could happen despite its having been refuted many times throughout the centuries.

 

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Cleveland House of Horror Victim Recalls Her 11-Year-Long Harrowing Experience

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The Cleveland House of Horror torturer committed suicide after receiving his sentence.

Five years have passed since Michelle Knight, one of three women kidnapped and locked in the basement by Ariel Castro, was rescued by the police. In the recent edition of ‘Dr. Phil’, the Cleveland House of Horror survivor, announced that she got married two years after her rescue and spent most of her time traveling around the world, helping people cope with traumas.

Cleveland House of Horror Victims Were Tortured, Raped, and Miscarried Several Times

The story of Lily Rose Lee aka Michelle Knight begins in August 2000, when the woman turned 20. Rose Lee recalls that, on that particular day, she was returning home when Ariel Castro drove by her and offered to take her to his house because he wanted to give a puppy to her son.

The woman agreed and got into Castro’s car. That was the last time someone saw Rose Lee. After kidnapping Rose Lee, Castro threw her in the basement, which he converted into a torture chamber.

Rose Lee recalls that there were two other women in there: Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, all abducted by Castro in similar circumstances.

Although Lee’s parents filed a missing person’s report, after just one year, her family and the authorities concluded that the woman must have run away from home and closed the case.

Rose Lee, DeJesus, and Barry would remain locked in Castro’s torture chamber for 11 years. In her first book, “Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed,” Lee wrote about the tortures she and the other victims were forced to endure.

Each day, Castro would rape them and hit them until they were unconscious. During the time spent in Castro’s Cleveland House of Horror, Rose Lee got pregnant four to five times but miscarried each time due to the physical abuse.

More than that, the woman recalls Castro helping one of the girls give birth and later disposing of the child.

In 2013, Amanda Berry managed to escape Castro’s dungeon and contact the authorities. The individual was taken into custody and sentenced to 1000 years in prison. Castro committed suicide the same year.

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