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Investigators announced Friday night that they had located the body of missing 13-year-old Madeline Soto. Madeline Soto had last been seen on the morning of Feb. 26, when her mother’s boyfriend, Stephan Sterns, was supposed to drop her off at school. He told police that he dropped her off a few blocks away at 8:30 a.m. When Madeline’s mother went to school at 4:30 p.m., she learned that her daughter never arrived at school. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said

A 28-year-old Fleming Island woman was killed after a crash Sunday morning on U.S. 17 near Pace Island Drive in Clay County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Around 5:26 a.m. Sunday, a sports utility vehicle was traveling south in the center lane of U.S. 17 approaching Pace Island Trace.  At the same time, a pickup truck was stopped at a traffic light in the center lane at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Pace Island Trace. The 28-year-old driver

A Naples man, 78, is dead after crashing into a tree in Collier County on Saturday afternoon. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office responded to a one-vehicle crash at the intersection of Golden Gate Parkway and Collier Boulevard around 12:06 p.m. Mobil gas station employee Kimberly Aguilar said the trees blocked the car from hitting the gas pumps. “If we didn’t have those palm trees right there, it would’ve crashed the pump,” Aguilar explained. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP),

Two people were killed in a car crash in Boynton Beach on Friday night, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department. The crash happened near Hypoluxo Road and Paxford Lane at a little after 9:00 p.m. Two others involved in the crash remain in critical condition. According to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, “heavy extrication was required.” Three trauma alert patients were transported from the crash scene by ground to a Trauma Center. One person was pronounced dead on scene

13 people are displaced after a fire Saturday morning engulfed their Lake Worth triplex apartment. Once at the scene, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue found a shed behind the complex that had heavy fire involvement. The fire had spread from the shed to the apartment building. All apartment residents were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. Although the investigation is ongoing, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Fire Investigators say they suspect the cause of the fire to have been

Photo by: wsvn A cruiser crash in Davie sent a Plantation Police officer and a civilian to the hospital, officials said. Florida Highway Patrol and Davie Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the wreck in the area of State Road 84 and Flamingo Road, just before 3:30 p.m., Saturday. Cameras captured a Plantation Police cruiser with extensive damage. Officials said the officer and another person were transported to Broward Health Medical Center. As of Saturday night, their conditions

Orlando police are investigating a deadly shooting at the Central Florida Fair Saturday night. Investigators say the shooting happened in a parking lot outside the Central Florida Fairgrounds on West Colonial Drive while a lot of people, including kids, were leaving for the night. The Orlando Police Department told WESH 2 the shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. Outside the glare of bright lights, Orlando police searched the grass parking lot looking for evidence after one person was shot. That victim

There was a dead man in the back of a public bus when police officers arrived at a crime scene on Saturday morning in southern Miami-Dade County. The death investigation was along the Busway near Southwest 328 Street, in Florida City, according to Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department. “The homicide scene is the bus,” Zabaleta said. The man was the victim of a shooting inside a Miami-Dade transit bus that was traveling northbound on the

Photo by: Port St. Lucie Police Department The Port St Lucie Police Department responded to a call this morning for a vehicle that crashed into an apartment house. Police and the St. Lucie County Fire District responded to the 2600 block of Hatches Harbor Rd. The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. As a result of the crash, there was a gas leak from the building that has since been contained. Dealing with the aftermath of a car accident can be daunting,

Photo by: local10 Alnif Yanez said he went out to eat dinner on Saturday night and when he returned a fire had damaged everything, they owned in Broward County. They were homeless. The fire destroyed the Park City West mobile home where they had made memories with their kids and grandkids in Davie. Neighbors tried to help with hoses before firefighters arrived. “I feel lost,” Yanez said on Sunday. Two Davie firefighters were injured while working to put out the

An unknown woman was killed when the Florida Highway Patrol said she walked into the path of a vehicle in Bradenton on Saturday night. Around 10:45 p.m., a 61-year-old Bradenton man was traveling north on 9th Street East, just north of 301 Boulevard East. At the same time, an unknown woman was walking east from the west sidewalk of 9th Street East. FHP said the pedestrian walked across the southbound lanes and directly in front of the man’s vehicle. The

Photo by: local10 One person died after a pickup truck crashed into a tree on Sunday in Lauderhill. The crash was near the intersection of Commercial Boulevard and Northwest 64 Avenue, according to Lauderhill Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Levy. Lauderhill firefighters and police officers responded and the cause of the crash was under investigation, according to Levy. Police officers covered the driver’s side of the pickup truck with a yellow tarp. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were also at the scene.