Human remains found in a Seattle homeowner’s recycling bin on Saturday have been tentatively linked to a woman who vanished Friday after a date with a man she met online, according to KCPQ.

Seattle police say three adult body parts were found in a recycling bin in the city’s Central District Saturday. After learning of the missing person report from Renton police — a nearby city, southeast of Seattle — homicide detectives identified the remains as belonging to Ingrid Lyne, the missing mother of three.

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The King County Medical Examiner’s Office will officially confirm the victim’s identity after performing an autopsy.

Officers arrested 37-year-old Snohomish County man John Robert Charlton in connection with Lyne’s murder. Evidence, including telephone call records, helped police identify a suspect and eventually serve a warrant in cooperation with the Renton Police Department.

Police took Charlton, who they believe was the man on the date with Lyne, to the King County Jail.

The Seattle Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating her missing vehicle, a silver 2015 Toyota Highlander bearing Washington plate AUW3230.
Neighbors say investigators have been in the neighborhood all weekend.

Friends and neighbors became concerned when Lyne, a nurse at a local hospital, didn’t show up Saturday morning to pick up her three children, KCPQ reported.

Getting choked up at times, Edward Franceschina earlier shared his concern over the disappearance of his neighbor Lyne, who he says he saw more as a daughter.
“I don’t know; it’s not good,” said Franceschina. “The purse, the telephone and everything was in the house.”

A woman, her infant son and her younger sister were killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 64 Saturday night.

The crash happened near the exit for Hurstbourne Parkway.

According to WAVE 3 News,  a van and a white Hyundai collided on the westbound lanes of Interstate 64 near mile marker 13 around 10:18 p.m. Saturday, disabling the Hyundai. Another car then struck the Hyundai, ramming it toward the center barrier.

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The driver of the Hyundai got out of the car and was talking to the driver of the van when the car burst into flames. A woman and the juveniles inside the Hyundai all died in the fire, Louisville Metro Police said in a statement.

WAVE 3 reports that Samantha Owens, her son, Liam McCarty, and Owens’ younger sister, Lauren, died in the wreck.

The driver of the Hyundai and the driver of the car that slammed into it were both taken to University Hospital for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening. No one in the van was injured, Smiley said.

A vigil was held for the victims at 10:30 p.m. Sunday night at Ray Lawrence Park in Clarksville. A GoFundMe page has also been set up for the family.

The visitation for Samantha, Liam and Lauren will be Thursday April 14th, from noon to 8:00 p.m. at Colgate Baptist Church in Indiana. There will be another visitation Friday, from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at Colgate Baptist Church.

The funeral will be Friday at 1.

There is a funeral fund set up. You can donate to it at Centra Credit Union in Jeffersonville, Indiana by asking to deposit donations to Owens Fund.

The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing-person case: Vaughn Frank Flewelling, 47, the owner of the Hamlin Grocery, hasn’t been seen since shortly after he closed the store at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 10.

The missing-person report was called in to Mason/County 911 Center at about 8 a.m. today, April 11 after Flewelling failed to open the store at 6 a.m.

As of late this afternoon Flewelling was listed as a “voluntary missing” person, but sheriff’s detectives were actively investigating.

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Hamlin’s Grocery is at 3611 N. Jebavy Drive in Mason County’s Hamlin Township.

Flewelling is 6 feet tall, 240 pounds, with hazel eyes and thinning hair. He was last known to drive 2006 Lincoln Town Car, cream in color, with Michigan license plate DJL4850, according to the sheriff’s office.

Anyone with information on Flewelling’s whereabouts is asked to call the Mason/Oceana County 911 Center at (231)869-5858.

Lexington Police say that a boy who was kidnapped Monday was found safe.

Police say the boy was kidnapped after his mother and her husband got into a fight. They say the mother’s husband assaulted her and took her son.

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The boy’s name is Cordell A. Cowans, he is five-years-old.

The suspect, Michael Thomas, was in a red 2003 Ford Explorer with Kentucky tag 094GJY.

Police say the suspect may be armed.

All police know right now is that Thomas is an African American man born in 1980.

He is not the boy’s biological father.

The mother was assaulted, but her injuries are not life threatening.

The Identity Protection PIN tool on the IRS.gov site has been temporarily suspended—because it was recently hacked into. The tool provides retrieval of forgotten or lost IP PINs to users who want an extra layer of protection against identity theft.

But some users who received the IP PINs recently via the online tool learned that a thief had used their IP PIN to file tax returns in their name.

So now, for the moment, you cannot use the IRS’s online function to retrieve your IP PIN; meanwhile, the IRS is investigating the hack.

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The online tool attracts taxpayers who lost or forgot the six-digit IP PIN they were issued via snail mail. Despite the suspension of the tool, taxpayers are encouraged to file their returns without any qualms. The IP PINs purpose is to add additional protection to the user, but is not required to process a tax return.

Lesson learned: If you ever receive an IP PIN in the future…memorize it or write it down in hardcopy and keep in a safe place.

Tips from the IRS

• There will always be someone who misplaces or accidentally throws out the letter containing the IP PIN, or who intentionally discards the document but then can’t remember the number and never wrote it down. They should call the IRS in the wake of this suspension.
• Over the phone, they will need to verify their identity, after which they will receive a letter with the IP PIN.
• If since the first of this year the taxpayer has moved, they will need to file a paper return, and this will take longer to process if it doesn’t contain an IP PIN.
• The IP PIN is given out to those at risk or who feel at risk for tax identity theft. But again, it’s not necessary to use it if it’s been lost or forgotten. But for those who managed to retrieve their number, they should include it on their tax return.

A former Morris County Investment Adviser who pleaded guilty to organizing a $1.178 million Securities and Annuities fraud scheme was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday in Somerset County Superior Court.

Janet Fooshee, 63, pleaded guilty in December to 31 of 37 charges contained in a pair of indictments brought against her in 2012 and 2013.

Janet Fooshee

The courtroom was packed with victims. Outside the courtroom, victims declined to comment, but one joyfully said to a group, “It was great to see her led out in handcuffs.”

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The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Fooshee was sentenced before Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman.

Under the plea deal, Fooshee has also agreed to pay $415,000 in restitution to the victims, some of whom lived in a retirement community where she volunteered to be a bookkeeper.

“Janet Fooshee will spend time in prison for trading on her expertise as an investment adviser to facilitate a devious fraud scheme that harmed investors who trusted her with their hard-earned money,” said Acting Insurance Fraud Investigator Christopher Iu in a statement. “Ms. Fooshee’s seven-year prison sentence demonstrates the Office of Insurance Fraud’s commitment to holding accountable any fraudster who preys on innocent, unsuspecting investors.”

Her husband, Richard Fooshee, 64, an attorney, had pleaded guilty to second-degree charges of conspiracy, money laundering, and securities fraud. He was accepted in the Pre-Trial Intervention program.

Janet Fooshee, also known as Janet Gurley and Janet Katz, admitted during her guilty plea to illegally taking money from more than two dozen retirees and other clients over a 10-year stretch beginning in 2003.

Janet Fooshee, who now lives in Lambertville, also admitted to fraudulently servicing more than 100 financial account statements that increased 14 of her clients’ accounts by a combined $818,000, stealing approximately $151,000 from four clients, pocketing more than $191,539 in unlawful investment adviser fees, bilking another client out of nearly $81,000, and stealing the identities of approximately eight corporations.

Janet Fooshee was an investment adviser who worked at Wachovia Securities, Inc. before forming Janet Gurley Katz LLC in 2003.

In the commission of her crimes, she admitted to fraudulently using the logos of Fidelity Investments, Dreyfus, Alliance Bernstein, Wells Fargo, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, ING, AIG Life Insurance Company, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and JMB Realty Corporation.

Janet Fooshee pleaded guilty to second-degree identity theft, second-degree conspiracy, second -degree securities fraud, second-degree theft by unlawful taking, second-degree misapplication of entrusted property, third-degree identity theft, fourth-degree forgery and fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records.

The Birmingham Police Department is seeking assistance with locating a missing 78 year old white male resident. He was last seen driving a silver 2014 Ford Focus 4D hatchback, Michigan license plate number CLS9127.  He was last seen wearing khaki pants and a blue North Face jacket.

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Mr. Lutz is 5’11” tall and weighs approx. 185 lbs.  Mr. Lutz also suffers from dementia.  If anyone has had any contact with Mr. Lutz or his vehicle please contact the Birmingham Police Dept. at 248-530-1870.