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Rachel Wade has been found guilty of Murder in the Second Degree of Sarah Ludemann in a teen love triangle murder case that drew national headlines. Wade broke down crying when the Florida jury read the guilty verdict. She will be sentenced on September 3. Prosecutor Wesley Dicus described the violent stabbing that actually bent the knife. "You saw the blade on that knife, it's bent with enough force to rip through not just skin, not just the fatty tissue of Sarah Ludemann's breasts, not just her muscle, but her rib bone, her lung and ultimately her heart," Dicus...

Buzz up!UPDATE: 10:29 a.m.: Sheriff Steve Burns just told 11 Connects reporter Nate Morabito that the suspect, David Jackson, is Drake Boyd’s biological father. Burns thinks that Sunday was only the second time Jackson has ever seen the baby. The assault happened where Jackson was staying in Greene County at 8495 Asheville Highway (Highway 70 South). Burns says the mother whose name has not been released possibly lived in Kingsport. The mother’s car, a 1999 Dodge Intrepid, was taken after the assault, Burns said. The TBI confirmed that the car had been found in Newberry, South Carolina. Burns said the...

Missing 4-year-old Mo. girl found safe at car wash By JIM SALTER Associated Press Writer AP Photo Advertisement Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Turkey and Israel, Haiti's slow progress FENTON, Mo. (AP) -- They're calling it another Missouri miracle - a 4-year-old girl abducted from her front yard and found safe 70 miles away more than 24 hours later. The FBI said witnesses late Tuesday saw what they thought was a little boy wandering around a suburban St. Louis car wash. It turned out to be 4-year-old Alisa Maier, abducted Monday night from the yard of...