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• Bodies found in barrel

  November 15, 2012 7:23 PM

  ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Two bodies have been found stuffed in barrels in a South Carolina lake and authorities believe they could be those of two people missing for a month. The first plastic barrel was found on the shore of Lake Hartwell on Wednesday with a woman's body inside.... more »

• Two bodies found in search for missing sisters

  July 16, 2012 4:29 AM

  EDGERTON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in Platte County, Mo., say officials have found the bodies of two women in a field after officials interrogated "a suspect in the disappearance of Britny Haarup and Ashley Key." The Kansas City Star reported late Sunday that the bodies were found near Trimble, Mo.,... more »

• Bodies matching description of missing hikers found on Missouri Mountain

  July 2, 2011 2:42 PM

  Chaffee County Search and Rescue teams have found two bodies in the area of Missouri Mountain where a father and daughter went missing June 22nd. The bodies have yet to be positively identified but early reports claim that they match those of two people of the same approximate age... more »

• Police investigate two deaths in Walsenburg

  November 9, 2010 3:15 PM

  Police Officers in Walsenburg went to a home Monday night to check the welfare of residents and found two people dead. The bodies were found at about 8:30 p.m. Cause of death has not been determined, but there were no obvious signs of foul play. The Colorado Bureau... more »

• USOC won't create central list of banned coaches

  September 28, 2010 11:51 AM

  The U.S. Olympic Committee will "encourage" but not require sports' national governing bodies to adopt standardized policies to prevent abuse. CEO Scott Blackmun said Tuesday that the USOC would not set up a centralized database of banned coaches to prevent violators from jumping from sport to sport, because smaller... more »

• Chinese mountain rescue team visits Colorado

  September 16, 2010 2:21 PM

  Members of a Chinese rescue team that helped recover the bodies of three American climbers last year trained with their counterparts in Colorado this week. The Sichuan Mountaineering Association helped recover the bodies of Micah Dash and Jonny Copp of Boulder and Wade Johnson of Minnesota. Eight members of... more »

• Arlington opens graves, finds 3 misplaced bodies

  September 15, 2010 3:12 PM

  Arlington National Cemetery has discovered three people buried in the wrong graves. The Army said Wednesday that officials opened three burial sites last month and found that the remains in each had been interred in mismarked graves. The discovery follows an investigation into bookkeeping problems and burial mix-ups at... more »

• Second U.S. sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan

  July 29, 2010 8:04 AM

  The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan has been recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday. The U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to disclose the information, said... more »

• Former Arlington cemetery officials subpoenaed

  July 27, 2010 1:44 PM

  A subpoena has been issued to the former Arlington National Cemetery officials who were pushed out after the Army discovered that potentially hundreds of remains had been misidentified or misplaced. Maria Speiser, a spokeswoman for Sen. Claire McCaskill, says the cemetery's former superintendent, John Metzler, and his deputy, Thurman... more »

• 20th body found in Arkansas flooding disaster

  June 14, 2010 12:43 PM

  Searchers found the 20th victim from last week's flash flooding at a southwest Arkansas campground, state police said Monday. Spokesman Bill Sadler did not say whether it was an adult or a child. Eighteen of the 20 victims have been identified. Matt DeCample, a spokesman for Gov. Mike... more »

• Worried families calling Arlington about mix-ups

  June 11, 2010 1:24 PM

  Arlington National Cemetery is getting a steady stream of phone calls from families worried that the remains of their loved ones may have been misidentified or misplaced. Spokeswoman Kaitlin Horst says that 100 people phoned in the first two hours Friday, after the historic burial ground opened a special... more »

• Tsunami swept away fleeing bus full of retirees

  March 2, 2010 10:43 AM

  The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck. They didn't make it. The tsunami came in three waves, surging 200 yards into this Pacific Ocean resort town and dragging away the bus... more »

• Ohio serial killer suspect pleads insanity

  December 3, 2009 9:48 AM

  A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women and leaving their remains in and around his Cleveland home has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges. Anthony Sowell, 50, was arraigned Thursday by video hook-up from jail. Sowell was indicted Tuesday on 85 charges, including murder,... more »

• Crews search next door to Ohio home with 11 bodies

  November 11, 2009 12:32 PM

  Cleveland police are planning to search next door to the house where 11 bodies have been found. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho says the house next to murder suspect Anthony Sowell's will be searched Wednesday for more bodies or evidence. He calls the search a "precaution." Sowell has been charged with... more »

• Authorities: At least 11 victims at Cleveland home

  November 4, 2009 7:10 PM

  Authorities say they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found in the Cleveland home of a sex offender. The Cuyahoga County coroner's office said Wednesday that a skull found in a bucket in Anthony Sowell's basement belonged to a body they have not yet... more »

• Police: 4 more bodies found at rapist's home

  November 3, 2009 6:49 PM

  Police say four more bodies and a skull have been found at the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist where police last week removed the remains of six women. Police Lt. Thomas Stacho said the additional bodies were found Tuesday in the backyard of the home where 50-year-old Anthony... more »

• Obama meets with families, honors fallen soldiers at Dover

  October 29, 2009 9:37 AM

  In the midst of an intense, weekslong review of his war strategy in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama is spending the early part of Thursday morning at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor the return of fallen soldiers. On a clear fall night, Obama flew by Marine One helicopter... more »

• 3,300 Fort Carson soldiers to deploy to Afghanistan next summer

  October 7, 2009 1:08 PM

  The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that 3,300 soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, from Fort Carson will deploy to Afghanistan next summer. Their mission will be the ongoing training and mentoring of Afghan National Security Forces. The announcement comes one day after the bodies... more »

• Remains of six Ft. Carson soldiers arrive in United States

  October 6, 2009 1:07 PM

  The remains of six of the eight Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan over the weekend are back on U.S. soil. The Department of Defense has not said when the remains of the other two soldiers will come home. About 50 family members watched at Dover Air Force Base as... more »

• Military searches for bodies, brings aid to Samoas

  October 2, 2009 12:19 PM

  Samoa's police commissioner says bodies are still being plucked from the sea and dug out of sand, mud and debris, as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake and tsunami rose to 169 today. Authorities have confirmed 129 dead in Somoa. Another 31 were killed in the U.S. territory of American... more »