VIA: CNN.COM Nine-year-old Jonathan Carmichael thought his mother was Superwoman. He observed her unstoppable force, working double shifts as a medical secretary so they could live in a modest town house in a decent neighborhood. He saw her fly off to do overtime, and then surprise him and his sister with toy cars and video […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A California woman who befriended a homeless woman and let her sleep in her car told police she didn’t know where to turn when the woman unexpectedly died — so she drove the body around for months along with a box of baking soda to hide the smell, authorities said Thursday. Officers with […]

VIA: WRAL.COM Officials at a North Carolina university say no record of a physical exam was on file for a student who died at a tryout for the school’s track and field team. The News & Record of Greensboro reported that Chancellor Harold Martin said normal procedures weren’t followed because the tryout at North Carolina […]

VIA: WRAL.COM North Carolina A&T State University student from Knightdale died Thursday from complications of an elevated heart rate during a track team try-out, according to the school. Jospin Milandu, a 20-year-old sophomore undeclared major, collapsed during a “supervised, voluntary track team open try-out on the campus,” according to a statement from the school. MORE

VIA: WRAL.COM A man accused of torturing a 4-year-old girl who later died told detectives he “lost it” and whipped the girl with a cord after she urinated and defecated in the bed they were sharing, according to search warrants released Tuesday. Teghan Alyssa Skiba, who had had cuts, lacerations, bite marks, head trauma and […]

VIA: WRAL.COM A Wake Forest couple was arrested Thursday in connection with the death of their 17-month-old son, who authorities believe died of dehydration when left alone in a heated room. Shandu Slaughter, 28, and Kristin Wills, 21, both of 839 N. Franklin St., were charged with involuntary manslaughter. They were placed in the Wake […]