1.
Poll: Almost half in U.S. creationist
DARWIN, Australia, March 16 (UPI) -- Police in Australia's Northern Territory said Monday an 11-year-old missing girl was killed by a crocodile in the Black Jungle Swamp.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph said, according to police superintendent Michael Murphy, rescue workers found part of Briony O'Sullivan's body downstream from the Lambells Lagoon creek where she disappeared Sunday.
"This is a heartbreaking event for the family and the community," Murphy said.
The gruesome discovery of O'Sullivan's remains came after the young girl's board shorts were also found in the area outside the city of Darwin.
Three children swimming with the girl reported her missing Sunday after she disappeared in a Lambells Lagoon creek. The witnesses said they saw O'Sullivan being pulled under the water twice before never resurfacing.
The children informed authorities that they had seen a crocodile nearby shortly before the girl vanished, the Northern Territory News said.
There have been no reports whether Parks and Wildlife officials will search for the crocodile behind the girl's death.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (UPI) --
A group investigating the disappearance of Amelia Earhart concluded she died on an uninhabited Pacific island where her plane made an emergency landing in 1937.
|
ORLANDO, Fla., June 3 (UPI) --
Florida's Walt Disney World said it is bumping up the price of its single-day ticket nearly 5 percent to $89.
|
If you're in the market for a car or truck it might make more sense to consider a new vehicle this year rather than a used one.
|
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 3 (UPI) --
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials say they found a wallaby, a marsupial native to Australia, roaming the northwestern part of the state.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
