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Byron McBride Indicted on Capital Murder Charges in Slaying of 6-Year-Old Kingston Frazier

Kirsten West Savali

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A Mississippi grand jury on Wednesday indicted Byron McBride, 19, on charges of capital murder and possession of a stolen car in the May 18 slaying of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier, WJTV-TV reports.

Ala. Kidnap Victim Used Insulin Pump to Escape Locked Trunk

Breanna Edwards

3/21/17 8:22am

An Alabama nursing student is sharing the harrowing story of how she was kidnapped and then made a daring escape after she used the light from her insulin pump to find the latch of the trunk she was locked in before jumping out to safety.

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