A mother’s worry turned into every parent’s nightmare when her three daughters, Olivia Decker, 5, Evelyn Decker, 8, and Paityn Decker, 9, failed to return home after a planned visit with their father, Travis Decker.
On May 30, 2025, Whitney Decker frantically called the police, saying her daughters hadn’t returned home and fearing something had happened to them.
Sadly, her intuition didn’t lie to her.
On June 2, the bodies of the killed three young sisters were found near Rock Island Campground in a remote spot of Washington state, not far from where Travis’ truck had been abandoned.
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They had plastic bags on their heads and zip ties around their wrists.
Their father, who faces three counts of first-degree murder and kidnapping, is on the run.
“Travis Decker, 32, is now the prime suspect in the murders of his daughters,” police confirmed, warning the public he may be armed and dangerous.
Police also said Decker had no permanent address and had been staying in his truck, at campsites, and in motels.
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His ex-wife and the mother of the killed girls raised concerns over Decker’s declining mental health, his unstable living situation, and the alleged endangerment of his children. As a result, his visitation rights were limited to a set amount of time every other weekend.
A chilling audio of Decker taken from a September 2024 custody hearing shared by the Wenatchee World in which he speaks of his daughters just months before they were found dead has emerged. In it, he pleads with with a family court judge to give him access to his daughters again.
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“Every time I’ve had the girls, we have been in campsites and national forests and paid campsites that have campers,” Decker says in the audio.
He then adds: “We’ve never done anything that was unsafe, or anything I wouldn’t want to put myself in.”
A GoFundMe campaign has since been launched to support Whitney Decker, who is navigating not only the unimaginable emotional loss but the legal and financial aftermath.
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Seventeen years after he testified that his mother killed his sister, A.J. Hutto, then just a 7-year-old child, breaks his silence.
17 years after the death of his sister and his testimony of his mother being the culprit behind the tragedy, A.J. Hutto, now 24, broke his silence on addressing the court as a 7-year-old child.
When he took the witness stand nearly two decades ago, all eyes were on him as his sister’s death was a case that had gained the nation’s attention.
That day in 2008, he testified that “mama got mad” and “dunked” his sister, 7, in the pool — today, he still stands behind his words, claiming his mother, Amanda Lewis, is “100% guilty.”
On 8 August 2007, A.J.’s sister, Adrianna Elaine Hutto, was found unresponsive in her family’s pool in Esto, Florida.
Lewis was the one who called emergency services, telling them her daughter wasn’t breathing. They transported her to Bay Medical Hospital where they pronounced her dead an hour later.
According to Lewis’ testimony, she finished her night shift at the nursing home where she worked as a nurse and took a quick nap while the kids watched cartoons.
They were about to go shopping for school supplies later, but as the temperature exceeded 100 degrees, A.J. and Adrianna wanted to go in the pool, which was a 4-foot deep, above-ground pool and off limits to the kids without adult supervision.
Lewis claimed A.J. entered the house and told her Adrianna was in the pool, but Lewis believed she meant somewhere around it as the pool ladder was kept locked in the shed and told him to tell her to get inside the house.
A.J. got out and when Lewis looked out the back door, she saw her son “raking in the water with his hand, like he was trying to grab her.”
“When I got to the pool … she was face down… She was very purple, very blue,” Lewis said of her daughter. It was then that she called the emergency services.
At first, authorities believed the girl’s drowning was an accident.
However, six months later, 7-year-old A.J. entered a courtroom full of strangers and explained what had really happened on that faithful day and testified against his own mother.
Previously, in an interview with the police, he said, “Mama dunked my sister. She done some stuff that she ain’t suppose so my mama got mad, so she throwed her in the pool,” and now his mother’s fate rested in his tiny hands.
A.J. made a drawing of the day his sister died. When asked to identify the figures he had drawn, he pointed to one and said it was his mom killing his sister.
“How is she doing that?” he was asked. “Putting her hand over her face,” A.J. told the courtroom.
On his drawing, he included the words “she did,” and “too bad.” He then explained that his sister died and it was too scary.
The jury found Lewis guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Following the incident, A.J. went into a new home. No one really knew where he was or what he was doing.
Until now.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, A.J., who is now working as a firefighter, said he wasn’t “coached or anything like that” for the trial and only realized that his testimony determined his mother’s fate when he reached his teenage years.
“I just told them exactly what I saw word for word,” he said and added that as a child, he was “really, really nervous…Having all those people looking at you and all that. But I was just glad it was over.”
He also spoke of his childhood and described it as “darkness, trauma, and a lot of abuse.”
He claimed he and his late sister suffered physical abuse.
For him, it all changed when a loving family adopted him.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had to talk about it, so I kind of remember some things about my previous life.
“And for the most part, I remember the abuse. Sometimes we wouldn’t even see it coming. It was literally sometimes we were blindsided,” he said of him and Adrianna, who was his “best friend.”
Ever since he testified against his mother, when he was just 7, he hasn’t seen her.
“It’s court appointed that we cannot see each other, and I’ve wanted to keep it that way, just so nothing’s getting brought back up… all the feelings and emotions and the traumas getting brought back into light,” he said.
A.J. added, “It was heartbreaking. You know, she’s my mother. But there was also some relief that what we were going through at the time was finally coming to an end.”
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Celebrity chef and Food Network star Anne Burrell was found “unconscious and unresponsive” in her Brooklyn home on the morning of Tuesday, June 17. According to the New York City Police Department she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her family issued a statement confirming her passing. “Anne was a beloved wife, sister, daughter, stepmother, and friend, her smile lit up every room she entered,” the statement read.
“Anne’s light radiated far beyond those she knew, touching millions across the world,” the family added. “Though she is no longer with us, her warmth, spirit, and boundless love remain eternal.”
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is yet to determine the cause of death.
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People reports that the celebrity chef spent her Monday evening performing an improv show at The Second City New York. “Everyone said she was so great last night and so happy,” a source told the outlet. Another person confirmed Burrell’s upbeat mood and added that she “was in great spirits” during and after the show. “Typical fun, outgoing Anne, having a blast,” the insider shared with the outlet.
Her sudden passing the day after came as a huge shock to everyone who had attended her show the day prior and witnessed she seemed perfectly fine.
Five days before her passing, Burrell shared a post on Instagram, “I ran into @greenladyofbrooklyn in my neighborhood today!! I’m not going to lie- I have been keeping an eye out for her. I may or may not have followed her down the street for a minute. She is just lovely!!! #ilovewhatido #luckygirl 💚💚💚.”
Being part of the culinary industry for years, she helped hundreds of chefs in the making become better cooks and discover their culinary voice.
In an April interview with TastingTable, she spoke of the connection between cooks and food. “I truly in my heart feel that your food knows how you’re feeling when you cook it and it reacts accordingly,” she said.
Anne Burrell was a firm believer in mise en place.
She encouraged cooks to prep ingredients ahead and clean as you go in order to keep the kitchen running smoothly.
She made a name for herself hosting Secrets of a Restaurant Chef, All-Star Best Thing I Ever Ate, Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell, and making memorable appearances on Iron Chef America.
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Anne Burrell’s dedication went far from the kitchen. She served as an advisory board member for the Garden of Dreams Foundation, acted as a celebrity ambassador for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and actively supported City Harvest’s Food Council.
Burrell often said, “I feel so lucky to be able to share my true passion in life with others.”
She is survived by her husband Stuart Claxton, and his son, Javier, as well as her mother, Marlene, her sister, Jane, and her brother Ben.
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A 40-year-old British man named Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was the sole survivor of the tragic Air India plane crash on June 12, which killed the other 241 passengers on board.
Flight AI171 took off from Ahmedabad Airport in western India and was supposed to get to London Gatwick. Sadly, it crashed just moments after getting off the ground. It departed at 1.39pm local time (9.09am BST) from runway 23.
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, an experienced pilot with over 8,200 hours of flying, made a frantic final call to the air control tower, asking fro help. “Mayday… no thrust, losing power, unable to lift,” he said desperately.
Kumar Ramesh was believed to be in seat 11a and his survival has been dubbed miraculous.
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Now, a simulation that recreated the crash showed how he managed to escape death nearly unharmed.
Namely, according to a video posted on YouTube by AiTelly, Kumar Ramesh could have escaped the plane in two possible ways.
One of the possibilities is that he may have jumped from the plane while it was in the air and descending via the emergency exit, or he could have escaped after the plane crashed through the same door, seconds before it went up in flames.
The simulation also includes possible causes that led to the tragedy, from full loss of power, engine failure, to more.
According to Kumar Ramesh, who has given an interview from the hospital bed, he managed to unbuckle himself from the seat and pushed an opening using his leg.
“When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared. I stood up and ran,” he said to local news media, as per Reuters. “There were pieces of the plane all around me. Someone grabbed hold of me and put me in an ambulance and brought me to the hospital.”
Kumar Ramesh was traveling to the UK to visit his family. He was together with his brother, who sadly lost his life.
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He said that he didn’t remember much, but said he had heard a “loud noise” and saw “flickering lights” inside the plane just seconds after takeoff.
“I saw people dying in front of my eyes – the air hostesses, and two people I saw near me,” he said. “For a moment, I felt like I was going to die too, but when I opened my eyes and looked around, I realised I was alive.
“I still can’t believe how I survived. I walked out of the rubble.”
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Glowing skin free of dark spots and large pores is something most of us desire. However, the skin treatments that can help us achieve this perfect look can cost hundreds of dollars, and the truth is, not everyone can afford them.
Luckily, there are alternatives, such as homemade tonics prepared from natural ingredients.
One such solution is rice water, a traditional skincare secret widely embraced in Japan, Korea, and China.
Widely recognized for its skin-brightening and rejuvenating properties, rice water has found its way into the skin routine of many modern women from all over the world.
Rice water helps overcome issues such as hyperpigmentation, dullness, enlarged pores, and rough texture among the rest.
First, clean your face thoroughly and then spray it directly on the skin of the face or apply it with a cotton pad.
Let it for 15 to 20 minutes before you rinse it off with lukewarm water.
Finish by applying a moisturizer to seal in hydration.
You can use it wo to three times a week.
Thanks to the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants it contains, rice water brightens skin, controls oil, reduces irritation, boosts elasticity, and supports a healthy skin barrier.
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Archaeologists have discovered a 1,700-year-old stone engraving in a site with references to the New Testament, where Jesus is believed to have “walked on water.”
The volcanic artifact engraved with Ancient Greek inscriptions can give us new insight into the boundaries of the Roman Empire.
It was discovered in Upper Galilee at Abel Beth Maacah and it is believed to have marked the territory of two previously unknown towns, Tirathas and Golgol, possibly linked to biblical places Gilgal and Golgotha.
Gilgal is mentioned in the Book of Joshua as an Israelite site, while Golgotha is known as the place where Jesus was crucified. Turritha, cited in 19th-century Lebanon, could potentially be the forgotten location of Tirathas.
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The discovery suggests that the Roman reach was broader than we have assumed so far.
The stone talks of Caesar Marcus Aurelius Alexander and mentions four people who were managing Rome’s territories at the time.
Professor Uzi of Hebrew University told Mirror: “Finding a boundary stone like this not only sheds light on ancient land ownership and taxation but also provides a tangible connection to the lives of individuals who navigated these complex systems nearly two millennia ago.”
Archaeologists also uncovered a 1,500-year-old amulet in Galilee known as “Solomon’s Seal,” believed to protect women and children from evil spirits.
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In a separate discovery, as remarkable as the ones above, archaeologists found a religious shine in Jerusalem untouched for over 3,000 years, believed to be sealed by the ancestors of Jesus.
The shrine, located into the rock on the eastern slope of the City of David, close to Temple Mount, includes eight rooms, a standing stone, and an altar.
The importance of these discoveries is immense as it provides fresh perspectives of the historical and biblical context of the area. It also reshapes our knowledge of Jesus’ time.
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With age come certain health difficulties most seniors experience, including leg weakness and cramps.
Sometimes, even the slightest movements feel like more than the body can handle.
These common issues, however, are not solely related to age as many believe. The truth is that it has to do a lot with what is missing in a person’s diet.
The good news is that adding specific nutrients to your diet can make a big difference, helping to combat weakness and keep your legs cramp-free.
1. Vitamin D – The Strength Stabilizer
According to NHS, Vitamin D helps regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body, two essential nutrients for healthy bones, teeth and muscles.
Studies suggest that almost 60% of older adults lack sufficient levels of Vitamin D. Taking a daily dose of 800 to 2000 IU of vitamin D3 supplements can reduce the risks of fall by 25%.
Except for supplements, you can increase the intake of Vitamin D through sun exposure and consuming fish like salmon.
2. Magnesium – Nature’s Muscle Soother
One possible reason for leg cramps may be magnesium deficiency. This mineral helps relax your muscles and reduce cramp triggers at the cellular level.
To restore muscle balance, aim for 320 to 420mg of magnesium daily.
Great sources of this mineral include spinach, pumpkin seeds, avocado, edamame, tofu, and chia seeds.
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, along with vitamins B1 and B6, is essential for nerve health. They help in the healing of nerve damage and relieve nerve damage symptoms like pamamanhid (numbness) and tusok-tusok (tingling).
4. Collagen – The Structural Support
Collagen is a protein mainly of amino acids such as glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline. It is found in connective tissue, skin, tendons, bones, and cartilage. However, over time, collagen production drops, reducing cushioning in joints and weakening connective tissues.
This is why it’s essential to increase your collagen intake by taking hydrolyzed collagen peptides with vitamin C to improve absorption, drinking bone broth, or eating collagen-rich foods like chicken skin and oily fish.
A study published in Circulation Research found that fish oil supplements with a specific omega-3 formula can lower inflammation by increasing molecules that control certain blood functions.
Good sources of omega-3 fatty acids include sardines, wild-caught salmon, algae-based oils, and fish oil supplements enriched with vitamin E.
6. Zinc – The Muscle Builder
Healthlinestates that zinc “plays a key role in skin health, immune function, and cell growth and may protect against acne, inflammation, and other conditions.”
It also acts as an antioxidant, protect cells from damage, and provides a normal functioning of your immune system.
Adults should include 15 to 30mg daily in diet diet. Foods rich in zinc are oysters, grass-fed meats, and pumpkin seeds among the rest.
Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, the pilot on board the Air India flight that crashed and claimed the lives of 241 people, with only one person escaping death, may have made a last-ditch heroic act in an attempt to save thousands of lives.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad, India.
Days following the tragedy, hundreds gathered in Mumbai to honor Captain Sabharwal whose final act before the fatal crash limited causalities on the ground.
“Mayday… no thrust, losing power, unable to lift,” his final message to air traffic control said.
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The plane crashed into a medical college hostel, killing a number of people on the ground, as well as those on board.
However, had it not been for the pilot’s final efforts, the death toll could be significantly higher.
Allegedly, the pilot made a split-second decision to avoid the Civil Hospital Ahmedabad, located just over 5km away from Ahmedabad airport.
The medical facility reportedly has over 3,000 beds, so if the plane had crashed there, the loss of lives could have been far greater than what actually occurred.
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“Air India AI-171 crashed just 1.7 km from the Ahmedabad airport. It crashed in a somewhat loosely populated area which has doctor’s hostels and mess for medical students of BJMC and Civil Hospital Ahmedabad,” a person wrote on Reddit.
“Just 400 metres north of the crash site is a civil hospital and south just adjacent to the airport wall is a high-density residential area,” they continued.
The investigation is ongoing. However, the Independentreports that the most probable cause of the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner’s sudden descent could be an “extremely rare” loss of power from both engines.
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