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It was a normal Thursday afternoon when Gary Stevens popped down to the local petrol station - and one that changed his family's lives forever.

Long-time Slashdot reader wattersa is a lawyer in Redwood City, California, and a Slashdot reader since 1998. In 2022 he shared the remarkable story of a three-year missing person investigation that was ultimately solved with a subpoena to Google. A murder victim appeared to have sent an email at a time which would exonerate the chief suspect. But a closer inspection of that email's IP addresses revealed it was actually sent from a hotel where the suspect was staying. ("Although Google does not include the originating IP address in the email headers, it turns out that they retain the IP address for some unknown length of time...") Today wattersa brings this update: The case finally went to trial in July 2025, where I testified about the investigation along with an expert witness on computer networking. The jury took three hours to return a verdict against the victim's husband for wrongful death in the amount of $23.2 million, with a special finding that he caused the death of his wife. The defendant is a successful mechanical engineer at an energy company, but is walking as a free man because he is Canadian and no one can prosecute him in the U.S., since Taiwan and the U.S. don't have extradition with each other. It was an interesting case and I look forward to using it as a model in other missing person cases.

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Pauline Richards (pictured) has sadly passed away from cancer aged 74 after 47 years of dedicated service at the branch of the fast food chain in Taunton, Somerset.

Oli London, 35, originally from the UK, went under the knife dozens of times in his attempts to look like someone from Korea, before deciding he wanted to go back to his old self.

MailOnline analysis has revealed where the most expensive family days out are - including the hidden costs of parking charges...

John Kiriakou, an ex-CIA officer who was jailed for being a whistleblower in 2012, shared why he thinks Jeffery Epstein's 'client list' will never see the light of day.

It was once home to a Himalayan black bear named Lulu, as well as a number of other animals, including chimpanzees and reptiles

The Prince and Princess of Monaco appeared to put controversy about their marriage behind them as they posed lovingly in a series of sweet snaps to commemorate the day he was bestowed power.

Adam Levine and his wife Behati Prinsloo celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary on Saturday with sweet Instagram posts - nearly three years after his 'sexting' scandal.

Protesters have gathered outside a hotel in Essex believed to be housing asylum seekers.

Protesters have gathered outside a hotel in Essex believed to be housing asylum seekers.

The Rivals actress, 35, who announced the hunk had popped the question on Friday, looked gorgeous in a plunging black bikini top and colourful bottoms while soaking up the sunshine.

A new video shows flames emanating from one side of a Boeing 767 moments after takeoff, reports LiveMint.com. "Delta flight 446 was forced to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles," they report, adding "No one was injured. The fire was extinguished upon landing." According to a report by Aviation A2Z, the plane (24-year-old Boeing 767-400 with registration N836MH) had just departed from Los Angeles International Airport when its left engine ignited. The pilots promptly declared an emergency and requested to return to the airport. Delta faced a similar issue less than three months ago. The article notes the engine of an Airbus also caught on fire in April when pushing back from the gate for departure. CBS News describes that incident: Delta said crew members evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in the tailpipe of one of the plane's two main engines and fire crews quickly responded. According to Delta, the plane, an Airbus 330, had 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots on board... The engine fire marks the latest aviation scare involving the airline in recent months. In February, 21 people were injured after a Delta plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions at Toronto Pearson International Airport. All of the injured passengers were later released from the hospital. In January, several people were injured after a Delta flight aborted its takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, forcing about 200 passengers to evacuate the plane through emergency slides. ["A passenger says the engine on the Boeing 757 caught fire," according to CBS's video report in January.]

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The songstress, 55, flaunted her jaw-dropping figure in a skimpy thong bodysuit which boasted racy cut outs and left very little to the imagination.

Video footage shared on social media showed a brief tussle between the actor who unfurled the flag and a staff member who tried to take it off him.

It is a brilliant place to take the kids for the day this summer - offering water sports like sailing and rowing and a mini diving board into the lake

Lamine Yamal is the latest star to throw a bash that has landed him in trouble. The Barcelona and Spain star has been widely criticised for an 18th birthday celebratory bash.

After a few months on it, Kelly, 32, said she noticed a rather unwelcome change that has now made it extremely difficult to get any food down - even when she feels starving

Organisers have called the event a "peaceful protest"