- Associated Press
Idaho jury deliberating sentence for man who killed wife and girlfriend’s 2 children
Jurors resumed deliberations Saturday on whether a man should be sentenced to death after being convicted days earlier of the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho. Jurors were deciding whether Chad Daybell should be executed or sentenced to life in prison for the triple-murder case, which began with a search for two missing children in 2019. Both Daybell and his new wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, were charged with multiple counts of murder, conspiracy and grand theft in connection with the deaths of Vallow Daybell’s two youngest children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan.
- Portland Press Herald, Maine
Massachusetts man died after walking into traffic on Maine Turnpike
Jun. 1—Massachusetts resident Chhoeunly Phoeung died early Saturday morning in a fatal turnpike accident. At 3:10 a.m. the 36-year-old was driving a Maza CV5 southbound on the Maine Turnpike near Kittery when he veered off the roadway and struck several objects. He then walked into traffic on the turnpike and was hit by a tractor-trailer. Phoeung was transported to the Portsmouth Regional ...
- Portland Press Herald, Maine
Animal control in Portland is a one-woman show
Jun. 1—Ruthann Weist stands inside the Portland Police Department on Middle Street with one hand on her hip and a chunky black flip phone pressed to her ear. "Been dead at least a week," she says, then pauses to listen. She nods. "Yup, we should do it at high tide. I have a tarp we could use, or a body bag. That should be large enough to hold a dolphin." She's on the phone with Portland's ...
