Photo:Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty A swim with friends ended in tragedy after the body of Jose Madera Martinez was found in the Delaware River on Sunday. The college sophomore, 19, went missing after he and three of his friends were attempting to swim from the shoreline to the bridge abutments on Thursday night,the National Park Servicesaid in a press release. Madera Martinez reportedly struggled in the water before going under in a section of the river that is “particularly swift....

Maleah’s body was found Friday inside a garbage bag, dumped alongside a highway in Arkansas. According to investigators, a roadside work crew found the little girl’s remains. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner spoke to the press on Friday, saying detectives received a tip from a community activist, which shifted the search for Maleah. The activist, Turner explained, met withDerion Vence, Maleah’s stepfather, who has been in custody since May 11. Turner said the remains that were found in Arkansas were that of a child’s, but it wasn’t until Monday morning that medical examiners confirmed the body was Maleah’s....

A body discovered last month in Dallas, Texas, has been identified asTaylour Young, who went missing nearly two months ago. The body of Young, 25, was discovered on Jan. 19 in the trunk of his vehicle in an impound lot in Dallas, the Houston Police DepartmentannouncedMonday. He was reportedly found “in an advanced state of decomposition.” Police say the homicide investigationremains ongoingand the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Officer will soon determine Young’s cause of death....

Photo: GoFundMe The dead body of a Texas mom was found stuffed in a car trunk six days after she was reported missing, according to reports. Upon investigation, authorities discovered Angela’s body in the trunk of the vehicle. Her cause of death is pending, per the station, and no suspects have been arrested. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases....

Nadia Lee.Photo: Houston Police Department Jyron Charles Lee, 26, is accused of killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nadia Lee, who was last seen alive in October 2022, and his wife, 22-year-old Nancy Reed, according to apress releasefrom the Houston Police Department. The body of a child was recovered from the Vince Bayou in Pasadena on March 20, police said. Investigators are still waiting for autopsy results to confirm whether the remains are those of Nadia....

Cheyenne Johnson.Photo: Facebook The body of a missing West Virginia woman was found in a deepwater well on a secluded farm, and a 41-year-old man is charged with murder, say police. Last week, the family of Cheyenne Johnson, 35, of Jackson County, reported her missing, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office says in a statement. She was last seen on Thursday near Cottageville in Jackson County, the statement says. Her family “had not heard from her for a couple days,” Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger said at a joint press conference Monday with Kanawha County Chief Deputy Greg Young....

Photo: Milwaukee Police Department The body of Emily Rogers, who was last seen April 26 and reported missing on May 1, has been found, police saidin a news releaseposted to Facebook on Thursday. “The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) is thankful for all the community members that volunteered to search for Emily Rogers along with MPD. Unfortunately, Emily Rogers was found deceased this afternoon in St. Francis,” the news release stated....

In a press conference from the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, Charles Jones, the supervisory senior resident agent in Wyoming for FBI Denver, confirmed human remains consistent with the description of Petito were discovered in the vicinity of the Spread Creek dispersed camping area in Wyoming. Jones said full forensic identification has not been completed to 100 percent confirm the body is that of Petito, however her family was notified of the discovery....

Photo: police handout The body of Nicola Bulley, a 45-year-old mother of two, whose mysterious disappearance from a small village in Northwest England riveted the United Kingdom, was discovered on Feb. 19, British police said Monday. “Sadly we are now able to confirm that yesterday we recovered Nicola Bulley from the River Wyre,” Peter Lawson, the assistant chief constable for Lancashire police, told members of the mediaat a press conference, CBS News reported....

Photo: Facebook The body of slain 23-year-old University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck has been found, Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brownsaid at a press conference on Friday. Chief Brown said Lueck’s remains were recovered on Wednesday from Logan Canyon. “…I am relieved and grief-stricken to report that we have recovered Mackenzie Lueck from Logan Canyon,” Brown said, noting that his team had been working “around the clock” to find the missing woman’s body....

Samantha Humphrey.Photo: Schenectady Police Department/Facebook Police are investigating the death of a 14-year-old girl after her body was found in a river in New York State three months after her disappearance. On Feb. 22, police recovered a body in the Mohawk River that was later confirmed to be Humprehy’s, a Schenectady Police Departmentpress releasestates. Humphrey’s family released a statement toCBS 6expressing their devastation. “Normal is forever gone,” the statement reads, in part....

A Los Angeles Sheriff Police officer stand next to a barrel where a body was discovered in Malibu Lagoon State Beach, California on July 31, 2023.Photo:ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Police in Los Angeles have launched an investigation after a man was found dead inside a barrel that washed up on Malibu Lagoon State Beach. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Departmentsaid in a releasethat a lifeguard on the popular California beach noticed a 55-gallon plastic barrel floating in the lagoon at around 10:10 a....

Photo: Google Maps A caretaker at a Texas cemetery made a disturbing discovery earlier this month. • For more on the case of a woman accused of killing her husband and then swiping through a dating app,subscribe now to PEOPLEor pick up this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. Police say that they want to identify the newborn “to ensure a proper burial.” source: people.com