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Governor Nov 28, 2019
Human remains discovered in a wooded area have been confirmed as belonging to a missing college student who was the stepdaughter of a well-known UFC fighter, Alabama authorities announced Wednesday. The Auburn Police Department said the Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains belong to Aniah Blanchard, 19. She was the stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris. Governor Oct 26, 2019
Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a dumpster more than a week after she vanished from a birthday party in Alabama, died from suffocation, according to documents read during a court appearance for the man and woman charged in her murder. The man, Patrick Stallworth, and the woman, Derick Brown, appeared before a judge on.
Alabama city plagued by gun violence
By Ryan Young, Theresa Waldrop and Pamela Kirkland, CNN
Katrina Grady was driving home from her mother’s house on the west side of Birmingham, Alabama, in May when she saw a car on the side of the street, its airbags deployed, so she stopped to see if anyone needed help.
“I’m the type of person, I got to help,” Grady said. “I’m a certified nursing assistant.”
Then people in the neighborhood started shouting, “Get down,” and “Here comes the car that started shooting at this vehicle,” she said.
Grady hit the ground with bullets flying around her when she heard her daughter scream that her sister had been shot.