MAN FOUND LAYING FACE DOWN NEAR HIS HOME IN PEORIA

PEORIA — Authorities are investigating the cause of death of a man who was found by passerby lying facedown in the street near his home early Sunday.
Kelvin B. Mosley, 44, of 1617 S. Stanley St. was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., about 45 minutes after four teens walking by found him lying in the road in the 1600 block of Stanley.
There were no visible signs of trauma, and the cause of death is unknown, said Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
His cell phone showed he placed a call to his live-in fiancee, Jessie Copeland, about 10 minutes prior to the 911 call that came in. Copeland told authorities she gave Mosley a ride to a Western Avenue bar in the late evening, so it is possible that he was walking home when the incident occurred, Ingersoll added.
For more on this story, read tomorrow’s Journal Star or check pjstar.com later.---http://www.pjstar.com/

FORMER GROWING PAINS CAST MEMBER REPORTED MISSING

Andrew Koenig, best known for his role as Boner on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, has been reported missing to the Vancouver Police Department, according to TMZ. Koenig’s sister, Danielle, confirmed the news to Zap2It.com. Koenig, 41, was last seen in the Canadian city that’s hosting the Winter Olympics on Feb. 14, and did not take his scheduled flight back to the U.S. two days later. Several celebrities, including Sarah Silverman, Alyssa Milano, and Doug Benson, are using Twitter to help find Koenig.

UPDATE: The Vancouver Police Department has confirmed that Koenig is missing, issuing the following statement: “Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man last seen by friends on February 14th. Andrew Koenig, 41, is a Venice, California resident, who was visiting friends in Vancouver. He was scheduled to return home on February 16th and Vancouver Police were notified on February 18th after he didn’t arrive. Andrew has recently been despondent and his family and friends are concerned for his well-being. He is white, 5’5” tall, 135 lbs., with long, brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes. Andrew, who once lived in Vancouver, liked walking in Stanley Park. Anyone who sees Andrew or has information about his whereabouts is asked to call 911.”----http://www.ew.com/

Clip of the day-Divorce Court

3 year old attacked and killed by a dog

OAK, Fla. (AP) -- A 3-year-old girl is dead after investigators say she was attacked by a dog outside her home.
The Marion County Sheriff's Office says the child was playing in the family's yard in Oak, about five miles north of Ocala, where her family runs a business breeding and showing American bulldogs.
Authorities say the girl's mother was cleaning a nearby dog pen, and then briefly went back inside the home. That's when detectives believe the child entered the pen and became entangled in a chain.
Jenifer Fisher, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, says the child was apparently attacked by one of four American bulldogs.
The girl, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officials are still investigating whether charges will be filed.---jacksonville.com

Woman charged with child abuse (she's accused of holding her 3 month old baby upside down by the ankles)

Louisville woman charged with child abuse, neglect
From Staff Reports
Originally published: February 20. 2010 3:01AM
Last modified: February 19. 2010 10:57PM
Blount County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday arrested a Louisville woman and charged her with child abuse and neglect after she allegedly held her 3-month old baby upside down by the ankles.
Kara Sharie Cooke, 25, Wrights Ferry Road, was being held in lieu of a $15,000 bond pending a Feb. 26 court date.
According to a report, Cooke’s ex-boyfriend and father of the baby told Deputy Peter Rivas, Jr., that Cooke “grabbed (the baby) by the ankles, lifted her and held her upside down forcefully.”---http://www.thedailytimes.com/

Man admits to choking wife to death after arguement

Devlin Houser For The Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Saturday, February 20, 2010 12:00 am   A Phoenix man faces charges in the death of his wife, whose body was found earlier this month by two bicyclists off Arizona 80 south of Benson.
The Cochise County Sheriff's Office arrested Juan Pedro Leon, 42, on Thursday, after the Cochise County medical examiner identified the body as that of 33-year-old Maria Ramirez Orosco, said Carol Capas, a sheriff's spokeswoman.
Leon reported his wife missing to Phoenix policeon Feb. 4 and was called in for questioning after her body was identified.
Leon told detectives that he and his wife of 12 years were driving south on Interstate 10 the night of Feb. 3 when they got into an argument over domestic matters, Capas said.
She said Leon told officers that as the argument escalated, he pulled off the road, struggled with his wife, dragged her out of the car and choked her to death. Her body was found Feb. 8.
Orosco was an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Leon, a permanent resident from Mexico, is being held on a first-degree murder charge at the Cochise County Jail on a $2 million cash bond.---http://www.azstarnet.com/