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By Madilyn Destefano

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    FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Anne Mae Demegillo, accused of giving birth at home, watching the baby die and burying it in the backyard of her family’s home, surrendered herself to jail on Monday, said her attorney Michael Politis.

According to Politis, Demegillo was originally charged with aggravated manslaughter but has now been indicted on first-degree murder charges, and her previous bond was revoked.

Demegillo is scheduled to appear in court at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

She is also charged with aggravated child abuse and failure to report a death with the intent to conceal it or alter the circumstances surrounding such death, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.

This all comes after a newborn was found dead in a shallow grave after deputies said the 20-year-old college student delivered the baby at home before watching it die.

According to FCSO, Demegillo then allegedly put the baby in a duffel bag in her closet to attend a theater performance at her college.

Another person called 911 and said the woman had told them she was secretly pregnant, gave birth, and did something to the baby.

Deputies went to the home near the intersection of Florida Park Drive and Forest Hill Drive for a welfare check early Friday morning, where they found the woman and located the baby.

Chief Deputy Joe Barile of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said, “It baffles me, to be completely honest. Sometimes, you can’t explain everything.”

The State Attorney’s Office released the following statement Monday shortly after Demegillo’s arrest:

“The Flagler County Grand Jury heard the case of Anne Mae Demegillo today. The defendant is accused of giving birth to a baby and leaving her in the toilet to die on March 5, 2026.

The indictment was handed down this afternoon. The defendant was charged with First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Child Abuse, and Failure to Report Death of a Person with Intent to Conceal the Death or Alter the Evidence or Circumstances Surrounding Such Death.

The case was investigated by the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Andrew Urbanak is the prosecutor assigned to the case.”

Not long after, FCSO issued another release, which included the following:

“On April 6, a grand jury handed down a ‘true bill’ of first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated child abuse, and failure to report the death of a person with intent to conceal the death or alter the evidence or circumstances surrounding such death following the death of Demegillo’s newborn girl on March 6.

In the month-long investigation, detectives uncovered additional facts, including searches on Demegillo’s phone for “newborn premature babies,” “Palm Coast OBGYN,” and “foods to decrease fertility.” Also located on her phone were images of Casey Anthony and newborn babies, which suggest searches on the death of a child and subsequent investigation…

Demegillo turned herself in at the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and will be held on no bond pending a court hearing.”

>> This is a developing story and will be updated as new information is released.

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By Chloe Godding

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    Kansas (KMBC) — Newly released court documents shed new light on the stalking and exploitation allegations against a former Bonner Springs Police Department detective.

Kyle Rector, 39, was arrested by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and charged in March. He was charged with 18 offenses, including multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, stalking, breach of privacy, official misconduct and unlawful computer acts.

Authorities said he was suspected of using department resources to stalk his spouse.

Rector’s employment was terminated Jan. 26.

Court documents released April 6 detailed the allegations and evidence uncovered by special agents.

The KBI investigation began shortly after Rector was terminated. Police officials contacted the KBI, notifying them he had been let go after they discovered he used law enforcement technology and equipment to stalk his wife and two men.

Court documents said Rector used license plate readers, information databases, remote computer access and “numerous” other internet resources to gain personal information about his wife and the two others. His wife told agents that she had been separated from Rector since November 2025.

In a previous incident in January, his wife noticed something strange about her bedroom light switch. Police came to look and discovered a handmade video recording device, court documents said. She applied for and received a Protection from Stalking Order the next day.

Rector also allegedly used his department-issued Ford Explorer to track the three victims on days when he was working as well as on days off. Court documents said he made dozens of searches on databases and used license plate reader technology “unlawfully,” using his department-issued cellphone and computer.

A search warrant of Rector’s police bag was executed on Feb. 6. Inside, agents discovered laptops, more than a dozen flash drives, multiple phones and recording devices, according to court documents. Some of the flash-drive-like items looked like regular flash drives, but when plugged in, they had the ability to access passwords and data.

During the investigation, agents spoke with Rector’s wife, who told them she noticed a “suspicious icon” on her and her daughter’s computer, which she recognized as a program for remote access. The Secret Service was able to confirm that her computer had been remotely accessed when she was asleep, according to court documents.

On Feb. 12, a search warrant was executed to review the contents of the devices found in Rector’s bag. Multiple images of child sexual abuse material were discovered, court documents said. Videos and photos were found of his spouse from various occasions, including several instances where he “appears to be hiding.”

Also discovered were inappropriate videos of himself, including one of him in uniform from 2017, when he was not with the Bonner Springs Police Department.

On March 17, Rector’s wife contacted KBI, saying her neighbors had seen Rector in the area, repeatedly driving past her residence. This was while the protection order was in effect. When neighbors tried to confront Rector, he reportedly drove away.

Rector appeared in court for the first time on March 31. He is due back in court in May.

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By Tyler Watkins

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    MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WBBH) — A Martin County property manager is wanted after she was accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the county’s homeowners’ associations.

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office said Alexandra Delacaridad Gonzalez was employed by Avant-Garde Property Management.

Deputies said she wrote checks to herself from HOA accounts that she managed and concealed the thefts by creating fake invoices and false ledger entries.

Gonzalez also reportedly forged the signatures of authorized account holders.

According to MCSO, she used the stolen funds for expenses such as shopping, plastic surgery, and vacations.

The HOAs identified the suspected fraud and reported it to the sheriff’s office. MCSO said the identified victims include the Whitemarsh Reserve Homeowners Association and The Dunes of Hutchinson Island.

Gonzalez has warrants for two counts of fraud exceeding $50,000, two counts of grand theft, 61 counts of uttering false instruments, and 59 counts of embezzlement. Her total bond has been set at $1,350,000.

Deputies believe Gonzalez may currently be in the Miramar or Vero Beach area.

MCSO asked anyone with information on Gonzalez’s whereabouts, or if you believe your HOA might have been a victim of similar activity, to contact the sheriff’s office at (772)220-7000.

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By Olivia Tyler

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    MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (KCCI) — All Marshalltown School District buses and vans are now equipped with Stop the Bleed kits, thanks to the Marshall County Public Health Department.

The kits include a tourniquet, pressure bandage, gauze, nitrile gloves, trauma shears, marker and a step-by-step instruction card.

The kits are portable first-aid kits designed to treat injuries from car accidents, stabbings, and even gunshot wounds.

There are 86 bus drivers and assistants in the school district. All of them are getting mandatory training on how to use the kits from Marshall County Emergency Management.

“Our buses are out on the roads, in town, out of town, and come across a lot of things, accidents, and we’re trying to prepare them for any emergency. And we’re fortunate enough to have a great partner in the city and the county,” said Rex Kozak, Transportation Director for Marshalltown School District.

Through grants from the federal government, the county’s public health department received $30,000 to put toward the kits.

“It’s important for our rural counties to have these as well. They transport a lot of kids. They have to travel at least an hour to an hour and a half to a lot of sporting events. So, to have those in the event of an emergency is pertinent,” said Sydney Grewell, Marshall County Public Health Director.

Grewell says they’ll be using the grant money to equip two other school districts in the next few months.

The Marshalltown School District says it hopes it never has to use the kits, but in case it does, now all drivers will be prepared.

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    WATERLOO, Iowa (KCCI) — A 23-year-old Michigan man is facing multiple felony charges after a missing 12-year-old from Iowa was safely located within an hour of an Amber Alert being issued, authorities said.

The Waterloo Police Department requested the statewide Amber Alert on Sunday after the child was reported missing in Waterloo. According to police, the case developed rapidly when investigators were notified that the suspect’s vehicle had been found in Coloma Township, Michigan.

Law enforcement officers located the child in the vehicle and confirmed the child was safe.

Following an investigation, Waterloo police charged Daniyal Khan, 23, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, in connection with the incident. He faces charges of second-degree kidnapping, indecent contact with a child and sexual exploitation of a minor.

Khan was taken into custody and booked into the Berrien County Jail, where he remains held.

Authorities said no additional details are being released at this time as the investigation remains ongoing.

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By Alyssa Munoz

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    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Albuquerque Fire Rescue has added new equipment to improve wildfire response and rescue operations.

A new UTV will be placed near the foothills and another near the Bosque, each costing $180,000. Officials say the vehicles help crews reach narrow, hard-to-access areas faster than larger trucks. Each carries 60 gallons of water and 5 gallons of foam and can also be equipped with a basket for patient transport during rescues.

AFR says it bought its first UTV in 2024 and found it useful for wildfires, backcountry rescues, and large public events such as Balloon Fiesta. The department is also adding a Type 3 engine, which is built for both wildland firefighting and structure protection in the urban-wildland interface.

Officials say expanding the fleet improves coverage across the city. It also allows AFR to deploy one Type 3 engine out of state if needed, while still maintaining protection in Albuquerque.

“We have $17 million of apparatus on the books ordered. So, we have trucks scheduled to be delivered this summer, but we’re projecting out all the way past 2030. So that’s part of that fleet management that we’re really trying to stay on top of,” said AFR PIO Jason Fejer.

AFR says the vehicles are funded through a mix of state and local sources.

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By Isabella Ledonne

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    OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KSHB) — The FDA gave accelerated approval for a groundbreaking drug that helps treat Hunter syndrome, a rare disease that affects fewer than 500 people in the United States. It’s mainly diagnosed among boys.

Hunter syndrome has not had an FDA-approved treatment in 20 years, until now.

Overland Park parents Jenny and Nick Neuerburg used their voices to advocate for treatment approval and to call on federal lawmakers to help bring awareness to the rare, degenerative disease. Their four-year-old son, Atlas, was diagnosed when he was 18 months old.

“Basically, his body does not produce an enzyme that gets rid of junk and bad stuff,” Jenny Neuerburg said. “There was nobody else in Kansas with it that was being treated or any doctors that did treat it.”

Hunter syndrome can cause the loss of most basic functions and has a life expectancy between 10 and 20 years.

“It was a complete shock, and it’s the worst news that I think you could probably ever hear as a parent,” Neuerburg said.

The Overland Park family is currently in North Carolina for clinical treatments of AVLAYAH, an enzyme drug therapy that’s helped prevent the disease from taking over in Atlas’ body.

“It’s the changes we have not seen [that are significant],” Nick Neuerburg said. “He has just continued to progress normally, where a lot of kids right around that 18-month or two-year-old mark will stop speaking completely.”

During the interview with KSHB 41’s Isabella Ledonne, four-year-old Atlas explained how he liked the trains in North Carolina and was getting ready for his birthday party.

“That’s when I turn number four!” Atlas said. “Nice to meet you!”

Dr. Joseph Muenzer of the Muenzer MPS Research and Treatment Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explained in an interview with NBC News that the new treatment will not reverse regressions that have already occurred.

However, the drug could extend children’s lives and prevent new symptoms from showing up for those who receive it early.

“If we take a child, very young, and can treat them prior to damage, now the potential is almost unlimited,” Dr. Muenzer said. “We don’t know how well they’ll do in the future, but they’ll do dramatically different than they would have otherwise.”

Because Atlas was receiving the treatment while waiting for FDA approval, his parents didn’t know how long he could keep receiving the enzymes or be in the trial.

“Even a six-month delay, if the [FDA] wanted to ask for more information, in that amount of time these kids will lose their ability to speak, to walk, to feed themselves,” Neuerburg said. “A normal, clinical trial and approval process doesn’t work if you want to be able to save a generation of kids with a rare disease.”

The Neuerburgs have been writing to and working with U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids’ office since May 2025, asking the federal representative for Johnson County to help get accelerated FDA action for Atlas’ treatment.

Jenny Neuerburg emailed Davids’ office on March 20, and she sent a letter to the FDA on March 23.

“We followed up with the FDA to flag that this was an issue, that it could have a significant and serious impact on kids like Atlas and to make sure that they really took the approval of this as seriously and urgently as necessary,” Davids said. “Sometimes things can work in government.”

The FDA gave its accelerated approval a few days after Davids’ letter.

“If anybody ever wonders if their advocacy pays off, this is such a great example,” Davids said. “I do wish that more people knew that this was an avenue that they could take to reach out to their member of Congress.”

For a disease as uncertain as Hunter syndrome, the FDA’s decision gives the Neuerburgs some hope.

“It was a big win for our community, and we really needed it after some of the delays and bad news we had gotten,” Jenny Neuerburg said. “It gives us the certainty that [Atlas] is going to be able to continue to get the care and treatment that he needs. It really changes his whole life. It’s literally saving his life.”

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By Charlie Lapastora

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    STOCKTON, California (KOVR) — Animal rescue groups in San Joaquin County say Stockton is facing a growing problem with abandoned and stray dogs, and they warn that the situation is stretching already limited resources.

Rescues told CBS Sacramento that hundreds of dogs may be roaming Stockton’s streets at any given time.

Jesse Mejia founded Stockton Street Dogs nearly two years ago. Mejia said the number of stray dogs on the streets can climb even higher during peak breeding periods.

“The number varies, but I would say at any given time, there’s at least 200 to 300 dogs on the street, at the minimum,” Mejia said. “And when it’s puppy season, that could easily go to four hundred because each litter could be anywhere from eight to twelve dogs.”

Mejia started his organization after seeing packs of stray dogs that reminded him of his own pets. Now, he and his team feed abandoned dogs up to four times a week, focusing on keeping them alive rather than removing them from the streets.

“Stockton Street Dogs has a policy where we do not intervene, in the sense that we don’t do any direct rescues. We don’t pull any dogs from the street. Our policy is: we come, we feed, we leave,” Mejia said. “We just want to give the dogs another chance at life.”

He said the issue is compounded by people allegedly dumping animals in Stockton and a lack of spay and neuter services, leading to rapid population growth.

“A lot of people from neighboring cities will come and just leave dogs right off of Highway 4,” Mejia said. “We’ve tracked them down through their ID chips… and we’ve actually found their owners, and they don’t respond.”

Other rescue groups say they’re seeing the same trend. Volunteers with Hungry Tailz Rescue called the issue “huge.” Since 2024, they say they have rescued more than 450 animals from the streets.

“Dumped dogs, overpopulation, lack of resources for low-cost spay/neuter programs and the shelter being full leave hardly any options,” said Alia Machiwalla, a volunteer with Hungry Tailz. “Rescues work together to do what they can.”

Rescue groups say they often work together, providing food, medical care and support for people trying to care for animals in encampments. Still, Mejia says capacity remains a major challenge.

“We’re all at max capacity at 110, and it’s not enough,” he said.

Residents are also stepping in. Isabel Guzman, who lives off Stanislaus Street, said she has spent more than a year helping abandoned dogs in her area and documenting what she sees.

Mejia is now calling for help beyond Stockton, urging other rescues to step in.

“If anyone’s watching this and you’re a rescue and you’re able to help, please reach out to us,” Mejia said. “I have hundreds of dogs just like these here who need a home. Come help us, please. Whether you’re in Texas, New York, Canada, I can get them to you. If you have a spot for them, please reach out to me.”

Stockton City Councilmember Mario Enríquez said his district has seen challenges with abandoned and unaltered dogs, particularly around Louis Park.

CBS Sacramento reached out to San Joaquin County Animal Services and Stockton Animal Services for comment but did not hear back.

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