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The cause of Leslie Lavern Matthias, 61, was accidental drowning, according to reports from the autopsy performed by the state medical examiner. Police were originally concerned that the death might have been as the result of foul play, reports say. The incident occurred when, early this month, officers from the Readlyn Police Department stopped to make a regular check at Matthias’ home. Matthias was known to the police as an easygoing resident who sometimes required assistance in his daily life…

Christina Suzanne Lyons, 32, a day care director in Kyle, TX, has been charged with capital murder following the November death of an infant in her care, reports say. The indictment alleges Lyons intentionally caused blunt force trauma to the child’s head. She could face life in prison if convicted.   Lyons, who remains in custody with bond set at $500,000, reported that a two-month-old infant had been injured at the Little Lyons Club Daycare. Lyons apparently said she put…

Water at some house in California’s San Gabriel Valley was tainted by the E. coli Bacteria earlier this month, reports say, and some 200 households were told to boil their tap water. Although there were no reported cases of illness, the citizens of the affected area waited for officials to sterilize water pipes. Each affected home reportedly received three cases of bottled water from city officials, reports say. The source of contamination is unknown, but either animal or human feces…

Waimanalo Bay Medical Examiners have identified a 35-year-old man who died in Saturday in Waimanalo Bay after struggling. The man, identified as Richard Matapua, of Waialua, drowned while snorkeling with his family. An autopsy was planned to determine Matapua’s cause of death, but reports say he was snorkeling early last month and became unresponsive. He was fished out of the water, taken to a nearby hospital and did not recover, reports said. Sifting through different information is always difficult, and…

Gainesville police have arrested two people in the death of a University of Florida cheerleader, who was killed and then burned to conceal evidence. The suspects, reportedly named as Antonio D. Drayton, 24, and Cassandra M. Kimbrough, 42,  were both charged. Drayton was charged with first-degree murder and Kimbrough was charged as an accessory. The victim, Saleha Huuda, 21, was reportedly the girlfriend of one and the rival of the other. The two suspects were also was charged with grand…