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Cheerleader who died on Carnival cruise was found stuffed under a bed: report

The Florida high school cheerleader who died on a Carnival Cruise ship was found by a maid wrapped in a blanket and stuffed under a bed, according to a report.

Anna Kepner, 18, was discovered dead in her cabin on Nov. 7 while on a six-day Caribbean cruise with her family on the Carnival Horizon — but frustratingly few details had been released about her death, even to her family.

However, two sources told the Daily Mail that the high schooler from Titusville was wrapped in a blanket, covered in life jackets and shoved underneath a bed when she was found dead.

Anna had told family members at dinner the night before that she was not feeling well and went back to her room, the sources said. But there was no sign of her the next morning when her family gathered for breakfast.

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Staggering data reveals almost 200 bodies have been pulled from Houston bayous – as officials insist there is no serial killer

Bone-chilling data has revealed nearly 200 corpses have been pulled from Houston’s bayous in the last eight years prompting terrified locals to demand answers.

Officials continue to insist that the alarmingly high figure is not the work of a serial killer.

But since 2017, 189 dead bodies have been found in the Texas city’s swampy waters according to Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office records obtained by KPRC 2. 

Of these deaths, 17 were classified as murders with 75 deaths marked as ‘unexplained’. 

‘That’s definitely worthy of further investigation,’ Joseph Giacalone, a retired NYPD sergeant and criminal justice professor at Penn State Lehigh Valley, told the Daily Mail. 

Fears of a serial killer were ignited in late September after officials announced that five dead bodies had been recovered over the course of just five days.

On Friday The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said that the causes of all but one of deaths still remain undetermined, per CW39. The death of Arnulfo Alvarado was ruled an accidental drowning mixed with the effects of methamphetamine.

Since the start of the year, the death toll has risen to 27 according to the data obtained by KPRC 2.

The new figures also indicate that the most common age of decedents was 30-39, with a quarter of the bodies pulled matching this demographic. 

 ‘Just the sheer number of cases, the fact that a few of them could be connected, I think that the percentage of something being connected – at least one or two of them – is pretty high,’ Giacalone said.

He urged Houston investigators to explore the possibility of ‘companion cases, or dare I say, patterns,’ among the deaths. 

Although he added that he wouldn’t want to ‘go out and over-speculate on anything’.

Among the unexplained deaths is that of Jade Elise McKissic, 20, who was a student at the University of Houston.

McKissic was last seen alive leaving a bar to get a drink at a gas station. She left her phone behind, the Houston Police homicide division said.

Her body was found in Brays Bayou on September 15, four days later, at around 10am. Police said there were no signs of trauma or foul play.

Of all the deaths, 39 percent have undetermined causes, while 24 percent were attributed to accidental drowning. 

Thirteen percent of them have been ruled suicides, nine percent were deemed homicides and sic percent were reportedly caused by accidents other than drowning.

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Democrat mayor accused of ‘gaslighting’ entire city after dismissing claims serial killer is behind dozens of bodies pulled from bayous

The family of a man found dead in the Houston bayous has accused the city’s mayor of ‘gaslighting’ after the Democrat dismissed almost 50 bodies pulled from the waters in 21 months as a symptom of ‘homelessness‘.

John Whitmire rejected growing fears of a serial killer dumping bodies in the Texas waterways after dozens were found dead over the past two years.

One death that has baffled investigators is Kenneth Cutting Jr, 22, who disappeared after a night out in downtown Houston in June last year. 

Cousin Lauren Freedman said his body was found by police in the Buffalo Bayou a few days later, about a mile and a half upstream from where his roommates last saw him alive. 

The cause and manner of the young man’s death were undetermined by the autopsy which found no traces of physical injury or drug use. 

Cutting is just one of dozens of people that have been found dead in the waterways over the past few years. 

So far in 2025, police have confirmed 16 were pulled from Houston’s bayous, but records from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences indicate that number is even higher, at 24. 

Six of those were found over the course of just two weeks in September.  

Police have also confirmed that throughout 2024, there was a total of 24 bodies recovered from the waterways. 

All of these deaths have caused Houston residents to speculate that there may be a serial killer on the loose, but mayor Whitmire has publicly disputed those fears. 

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Mitt Romney’s Brother Was Fighting to Make Sure Estranged Wife Was Awarded NOTHING in Bitter Divorce Battle Just Months Before She Plunged to Her Death

As previously reported, Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law, Carrie Elizabeth Romney, was found dead near a parking garage in Valencia, California.

Authorities responded to a call on Friday night on reports of a dead woman near a parking garage.

The woman, later identified as former Senator Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law, Carrie Romney, either jumped or fell off a five-story structure near the Valencia Town Center mall.

The 64-year-old died on scene.

Carrie Romney was married to former Senator Mitt Romney’s older brother, George Scott Romney, 81.

According to divorce records obtained by The New York Post, George Romney was trying to make sure that his wife Carrie got awarded nothing in a bitter divorce battle.

George Romney, a prominent lawyer with a very powerful and politically connected brother, sought to block his wife from receiving spousal support and said they had no shared property.

The two were married for 8 years, and their divorce was not final at the time Carried plunged to her death.

Carrie Romney’s death is still under investigation.

Police do not suspect foul play.

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Mitt Romney Breaks His Silence on His Sister-In-Law’s Sudden Death as Potentially Important New Details Emerge

Former Senator and two-time Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is speaking out after his sister-in-law’s sudden death as the story continues to develop.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Romney’s sister-in-law, Carrie Elizabeth Romney, was found dead near a parking garage in Valencia, California.

Authorities responded to a call on Friday night on reports of a dead woman near a parking garage.

The woman, later identified as Carrie Romney, either jumped or fell off a five-story structure near the Valencia Town Center mall. The 64-year-old died on scene.

“We don’t know if it was suicide or accidental. There is not enough information to go by yet on what the coroner has given us so far.” LA County Sheriff’s spokesman Lieutenant Daniel Vizcarra told the Daily Mail.

Authorities do not suspect foul play was involved in the incident, however.

Mitt Romney responded to the incident by expressing his sorrow for what happened.

“Our family is heartbroken by the loss of Carrie, who brought warmth and love to all our lives. We ask for privacy during this difficult time,” he said.

Now, the Daily Mail has exclusively revealed a few critical new details on Carrie Romney that may have contributed to her death.

On May 25, this year, Mitt’s brother, George Scott Romney, who goes by his middle name, separated from Carrie. He then filed for divorce on June 10 after just over eight years of marriage.

Scott claimed “irreconcilable differences” in the divorce filing and said that the majority of the couple’s assets were acquired separately, before their marriage, according to the records obtained by the Daily Mail.

Scott also rejected Carrie’s request for spousal support. She later tried to restore her maiden name, Carrie Elizabeth Dimas.

Scott and Carrie got married on November 26, 2016. They did not have children together.

The 84-year-old Scott Romney, a lawyer and politician, is the father of former RNC chairman Ronna McDaniel through his first marriage.

In September 2023, Mitt Romney announced he would not seek reelection to the US Senate.

“At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-80s,” Romney, who was 76 at the time, said. “Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders.

“They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.”

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 Mitt Romney’s Sister-in-Law Found Dead Near Parking Garage in California

Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law, Carrie Elizabeth Romney, was found dead near a parking garage in Valencia, California.

Authorities responded to a call on Friday night on reports of a dead woman near a parking garage.

The woman, later identified as former Senator Mitt Romney’s sister-in-law, Carrie Romney, either jumped or fell off a five-story structure near the Valencia Town Center mall.

The 64-year-old died on scene.

Police do not suspect foul play.

NBC Los Angeles reported:

A sister-in-law of former U.S. Sen. and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was found dead Friday night in a Valencia parking garage, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Authorities responded at about 8:30 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of someone dead inside the garage in the 24500 block of Town Center Drive in the community north of Los Angeles. The woman jumped or fell from a five-story parking structure and died at the scene, law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates.

The garage is near the Hyatt Regency hotel.

She was identified by the medical examiner’s office as 64-year-old Carrie Elizabeth Romney. No cause of death was listed Monday afternoon.

In September 2023, Mitt Romney announced he would not seek reelection to the US Senate.

“At the end of another term, I’d be in my mid-80s,” Romney, who was 76 at the time, said. “Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders. They’re the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world they will be living in.”

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Russian tycoon dies in mysterious window fall tragedy

Russian police are investigating yet another prominent figure who fell to his death from a window in western Moscow.

The secretive head of Pravda publishing house, Vyacheslav Leontyev, 87, fell 70ft from his home on Saturday evening.

He was the former head of Soviet newspaper Pravda, meaning Truth, which was the main organ of the ruling Communist Party. He continued this role long after the collapse of the USSR in 1991.

Leontyev was seen as knowledgeable about the secret wealth of the Kremlin.

Police are investigating whether it was an accident, suicide or foul play, but it’s the latest in a series of deaths by a window fall in Russia.

Exiled journalist Andrey Malgin wrote about the ‘strange death’, saying: ‘The window falls continue. Leontyev fell from a window. He was found near his home on Molodogvardeyskaya Street, where he lived.’

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Mystery deepens over aide who set herself on fire as congressman cancels events and police withhold records

After one of his staffers died from dousing herself with gasoline and catching fire, a Texas Congressman has canceled all media events – seemingly to avoid questions about her death. 

Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, poured gasoline on herself before she became engulfed in flames at her home on September 13 in Uvalde, Texas – about two hours outside of San Antonio. 

The married mother of one, who was separated from her husband according to the San Antonio Express News, had worked for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales as regional district director since 2021.

‘The last thing she said is, “I don’t want to die,”‘ Aviles’ mother Nora Gonzales told the Express News. 

She was airlifted to San Antonio, where she died at the hospital the next day.

Investigators have yet to determine her cause of death, with the medical examiner telling Daily Mail Thursday that the autopsy results are still pending.

However, Uvalde police believe she was alone in her backyard when she started to burn, according to the Express News, who reported her death as a self-immolation. 

Days after her death, the media was disinvited to an event where Gonzales would be face-to-face with reporters. 

Gonzales had been scheduled to visit Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio for the opening of a new research facility September 22.

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22 People Connected To Jeffrey Epstein Have Died Under Mysterious Circumstances

Twenty-two people who were linked to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have died under mysterious circumstances.

Prior to his death in 2022 at 77, financier Steven Hoffenberg revealed in a final account to the National Enquirer that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted pedophile’s recruiting madam, had been “taping” honey-trap videos of VIPs with underage girls for a group of deep-state blackmailing power brokers.

Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking, but was moved to a cushy, minimum-security facility after meeting with Trump’s former personal lawyer.

Epstein died at 66 in August 2019. He was found hanging inside his New York City jail cell in what officials considered suicide, though his brother, Mark Epstein, believes he was murdered.

The late sex offender’s very last cellmate, Efrain “Stone” Reyes, died at 51 of COVID in November 2020, weeks after talking with federal investigators probing his cellmate’s death. Reyes was transferred out of Epstein’s cell one day before his death.

Three of Epstein’s accusers also suspiciously died, including Virginia Giuffre, who was found dead on April 25 due to an apparent suicide.

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Bodies found in Mexico may be missing Colombian musicians

Mexican authorities have recovered two bodies that match the description of the Colombian musicians reported missing a week ago in the country, the prosecutor’s office in the state of Mexico said on Monday.

Forensic tests were underway to obtain official confirmation of the identities of the deceased, the prosecutor’s office said.

Earlier on Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that local authorities were investigating the whereabouts of reggaeton artist Bayron Sanchez, known as B-King, and Jorge Herrera, a DJ who performed under the name Regio Clown, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro requested Sheinbaum’s aid in locating them.

In a social media post on Monday afternoon, Petro appeared to confirm the musicians’ deaths by sharing a news article saying their bodies were found, blaming an “international mafia” that he said had been strengthened by the “war on drugs.”

“More young people killed by an anti-drug policy that is not an anti-drug policy,” Petro wrote.

On Sunday, the prosecutor’s office in Mexico City, which borders the state of Mexico, said the two artists were last seen on September 16 in Polanco, a high-end neighborhood in the Mexican capital.

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