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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…

Reports say a Holland America Line passenger from the US was killed when she was snorkeling at Goff’s Caye in Belize and got caught in the boat’s propeller. The incident caused her to be cut quite badly. In addition, her head was slammed against the vessel. She received, among other injuries, a large cut to her right leg and two smaller wounds to the right side of the face. Apparently, she and her husband were aboard a 65 foot catamaran,…

Reports say another child died late last month due to injuries resulting from a fire in a Houston home day care center. Eighteen-month-old Elias Castillo was the fourth child to die from the fire that killed three last month. Two other children remain in critical but stable condition. They were transferred to Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, which specializes in burn victim care. A third child was released from Houston’s Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital late last month. The fire…

  A Denton day care is being checked by Child Protective Services after the death of a four-month-old girl died earlier this month. The daycare, Too Kool for School, discovered four-month-old Sophia Worsham limp and unresponsive recently during school hours. Employees called 911, but the child succumb and was pronounced dead. Reports say the baby may have been medicated by the parents, but that fact, nor if it could have contributed to her death were only matters of speculation. Denton…

A Massachusetts firefighter who became ill as the truck in which he rode sped to a fire died, reports say. Other firefighters on the truck that day noticed that Rehoboth Fire Department Firefighter Kenneth Marshall Jr., 33, seemed in distress as the Engine Company 2 drove to a residential fire. The firefighters driving the truck was notified and immediately stopped to render aid to the stricken fireman. The fellow firefighters found him unresponsive and initiated CPR on Firefighter Marshall, a 15-year…