Demure

Fort Lauderdale woke up to tragedy this week when a wellness check turned into a grim discovery. Police found two residents inside a home on Northeast 15th Avenue, both dead. Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and 18-year-old Ben Azivov weren’t simply statistics — they were family members, neighbors, people somebody loved. That same day, hundreds of miles … Read more

Fayetteville, North Carolina — A quiet Daphne Circle neighborhood was stunned this week after police say a 17-year-old boy killed his own mother inside their home late Tuesday evening. Officers with the Fayetteville Police Department arrived around 7 p.m. and found 49-year-old Katharine Svaldi on the floor of their living room, suffering from multiple stab … Read more

Fayetteville, North Carolina — A 17-year-old boy now sits in jail charged with murder after police say he fatally stabbed his mother inside their Daphne Circle home Tuesday night. Just after 7 p.m., officers were called to the residence and found 49-year-old Katharine Svaldi unresponsive with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the … Read more

Tumbler Ridge, a small mountain town in British Columbia, is struggling to make sense of a tragedy that tore through its heart on Tuesday. Twelve-year-old Kylie May Smith was confirmed by her family as one of the loved ones killed in a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. The town of roughly 2,400 people … Read more

Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is trying to pick up the pieces after an extraordinary act of violence on Tuesday that left nine people dead, including the person believed responsible. Eighteen-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, once a local resident, was found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School from an apparent self-inflicted wound after opening fire in the hallways … Read more