Authorities have identified the woman who jumped from the Sunshine Skyway this morning as 30-year-old April Walsh of Tampa. ...more

December 15, 2009

The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site. ...more

November 20, 2009

A suicide note recovered from the car of Caylee Anthony's grandfather will not be made public as part of the discovery process in the murder trial of the slain toddler's mother, a judge ruled Thursday. ...more

March 12, 2009

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says they believe missing Florida hedge fund manager Arthur G. Nadel disappeared voluntarily and is closing its investigation into his whereabouts. ...more

January 20, 2009

A Sarasota fund principal who vanished this week was last heard from Wednesday afternoon when he called his stepson to retrieve a note he had left at home, said the Sarasota County Sheriff's spokesman. ...more

January 17, 2009

Investors in a Sarasota-based hedge fund could be out $350 million, and the man behind it has vanished. Managers of the fund are telling clients that their money is gone, and they do not know if any will be recovered. ...more

January 16, 2009

The founder of an investment fund that lost $1.4 billion with Bernard Madoff was discovered dead Tuesday after committing suicide at his Manhattan office, marking a grim turn in a scandal that has left investors around the world in financial ruin. ...more

December 23, 2008

The past few days have been a nightmare for Natalie Giambarberee, and none of it feels real, she said. Alicia Chomic, her best friend for 10 years, was a happy person who went to the beach and shopping with her and always helped lift her spirits. But on Friday morning, the body of Chomic, 23, was found in a bedroom with the bodies of Chomic's sons, Anthony Michael Lietz Jr., 15 months; Damian Michael Lietz, 2; and Thomas Anthony Goldsmith Jr., 4. ...more

November 3, 2008

A Citrus County medical examiner ruled Saturday that the deaths of Alicia Chomic and her three young sons are consistent with a murder-suicide. ...more

November 2, 2008

A Citrus County medical examiner completed autopsies this morning of Alicia Chomic and her three young sons and ruled the deaths are consistent with a murder-suicide. ...more

November 1, 2008