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Driver arrested, accused of crashing into Salem homeless camp, killing 4, injuring 3
(Update: Jail lists 14 charges, including DUII)
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Police arrested on manslaughter, DUII and other charges a 24-year-old driver who they said crashed into a homeless encampment in Salem early Sunday morning, killing four people and injuring three others, including the driver.
Salem police said Enrique Rodriguez Jr., 24, was arrested and lodged in the Marion County Jail on four counts of first-degree manslaughter as well as second- and third-degree assault and six counts of reckless endangerment. The jail booking sheet Sunday night showed he was being held without bail on the manslaughter charges and also listed a total of 14 charges, including misdemeanor DUII.
The crash was reported at 2 a.m. in the area of Front Street and Division Street Northeast, not far from the Willamette River, police said.
Police said a preliminary investigation by the Salem Police Traffic Team indicated the driver of a two-door sports coupe was traveling northbound on Front Street, passing Union Street, when the car left the roadway and crashed into an unsheltered encampment, pinning two people beneath the car.
The camp was located at the corner where Front ST NE intersects with the Front ST business route known as OR99E.
Two people died at the scene, police said. Four others from the encampment were transported to Salem Health with life-threatening injuries, two of whom later died at the hospital. Rodriguez, who was alone in the car, also was transported for medical treatment, they said.
The exact number of individuals and tents at the encampment is not known, police said.
Officers helped several uninjured campers collect some of their belongings and provided shelter assistance. Three people were taken to a local motel. “The city of Salem’s homeless advocacy partners were also contacted in an effort to get the members of out unsheltered community connected to needed resources as a result this tragedy,” the update stated.
“The Salem Police Traffic Team is actively investigating the circumstances and believe alcohol may have been a contributing factor,” officers said.
None of those involved were being named, pending notification to family members. Police said they don’t have any updated information on the condition of the survivors of the crash.
Salem police extended thanks to the Marion and Polk county sheriff’s offices and Keizer police for their help handling emergency calls in Salem so police could “focus resources to the incident.”
Salem County Prosecutor’s Office: New Jersey mother charged with murder after allegedly stabbing 5-month-old to death
SALEM COUNTY, New Jersey (WPVI) — The Salem County Prosecutor’s Office announced charges for a woman who allegedly stabbed and killed her 5-month-old daughter Friday night.
Police say Kristhie Alcazar, 26, of Penns Grove, has been arrested and charged with murder pursuant after police responded to an open 911 call with audible disturbance in the background.
Investigators say once they arrived at Alcazar’s residence on Helms Cove Lane, they found Alcazar arguing with another person and the body of the deceased infant with visible stab wounds to the chest.
Multiple knives were also recovered from the scene, officials say.
The infant’s cause of death has been determined to be a homicide as a result of multiple stab wounds to the chest area.
No one else has been reported injured in this incident.
Officials say the father of the infant was not at the residence at the time.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective Johnathan Seidel at the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office (856) 935-7510 or Detective Jesse Thorn at the Penns Grove Police Department (856) 299-0056.
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‘Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem’ Spinoff at Peacock, Lisa Rinna Stars
Here’s a soap-worthy twist: The Days of Our Lives franchise is expanding.
Peacock on Monday announced that it has ordered Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, a five-episode limited series spinoff of the venerable NBC sudser. Days alum-turned-Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna is set to headline the offshoot, reprising her role as Billie Reed. She will appear opposite Days vets Deidre Hall (Marlena), Drake Hogestyn (John) and James Reynolds (Abe).
Other current Days cast members taking part in the spinoff are Jackée Harry (Paulina), Victoria Konefal (Ciara) Robert Scott Wilson (Ben), Billy Flynn (Chad), Lamon Archey (Eli) and Sal Stowers (Lani). A Peacock rep teases that “additional beloved characters” will turn up in the new series.
Rinna has played Billie on and off since 1992. She most recently appeared in 2018.
Read on for the official logline for Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem…
Over a long weekend, John & Marlena travel to Zurich, Ben & Ciara have a romantic getaway in New Orleans, Chad visits some old friends in Phoenix, and Abe, Paulina, Lani, and Eli vacation in Miami. All find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving stolen jewels which, in the wrong hands, could cause dire consequences for Salem. It’s a race against time for ISA agent Billie Reed as she crosses the globe in search of this missing treasure. Packed with all of the romance, action, drama, and surprises that only Days of our Lives can deliver, fans will spend a week with their favorite Salem supercouples and reconnect with many familiar faces along the way.
Current Days head writer Ron Carlivati shepherd Beyond Salem alongside EP Ken Corday and co-executive producer Albert Alarr.
News of the spinoff comes on the (relative) heels of the mother ship’s two-season renewal at NBC.
Kathy Ann Weldon, 63, of Salem, Mo.
This is part of a Yahoo News series honoring some of the American lives lost to COVID-19. Their stories are told by family and friends, who were left to deal with their often sudden and painful deaths.
Kathy Ann Weldon, 63, of Salem, Mo., died on Jan. 24, 2021, after becoming ill with COVID-19. She’s among the more than 500,000 Americans who have lost their lives to the disease since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic early last year.
Her husband of 28 years, Randy Weldon, told Yahoo News that his wife was a loving mother, grandmother and the love of his life.
Kathy Weldon was a medical technologist who worked in small-town hospital labs for nearly 30 years. Most recently, Weldon worked at Salem Memorial District Hospital, where she was the laboratory department director. She had just retired in 2019.
Her husband says “she was a very dedicated employee” who loved helping those she managed.
“Kathy would cover people’s shifts on holidays,” he said. “She just felt that she needed to get in there and work and help the employees out. … We were empty nesters. She worked holidays so other people that had children could enjoy their holidays at home with their kids, and we would make up for it later.”
Her daughter, Laura Johnson, said that one of her mother’s favorite things to do outside the lab was fishing. “She taught all of us kids to fish,” Johnson said, adding that Weldon also loved to paint and craft and was “an avid cross-stitcher.”
Randy Weldon remembered how much his wife loved kids. She enjoyed substitute teaching and liked doing laboratory demonstrations for elementary school students.
She loved her grandchildren dearly. The couple had 11 grandchildren who Weldon says “were the loves of her life.”
Randy and Kathy Weldon contracted COVID in mid-December 2020. The virus didn’t affect Randy as much, but Kathy deteriorated quickly. After being hospitalized for five weeks, she lost her battle to the disease.
For Randy Weldon, losing his life partner has been devastating. “This is a very difficult situation to be in, when you’ve been married, or been partners with someone for so long and they’re gone suddenly. … And you think to yourself, “I don’t know if I can do this,” he said.
He recently began working with a counselor to help him cope with his loss, and he strongly encourages those who have lost a loved one to COVID to consider doing so as well.
“I urge you to seek that help out,” he said. “Don’t try and carry it alone.”
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