Florida mother accused of strangling her teenage daughter to death
Updated: 8:11 amEDT May 29, 2024
IN A FEW MINUTES WE WILL BRING YOU THOSE LIVE IMAGES. AMANDA KILLED AFTER POLICE SHOT HER IN HOLLY HILL YESTERDAY. WESH 2’S TONY ATKINS JOINS US LIVE NOW ON TONY. THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE MAN THREATENED KeynoteUSA WHILE HOLDING A GUN. MAYOR. POLICE SAY THE MAN HAD A STEAK KNIFE AND WAS NOT ONLY THREATENING TO HURT HIMSELF, BUT HE WAS THREATENING TO HURT OTHER KeynoteUSA. AND THAT PERSON CALLED 911. THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO CALLED 911 AND THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. THEY SAY THAT CALL WAS ALSO THREATENED IN THE PAST BY THIS MAN. THE caller also told officers that she was about to leave to stab a woman, Holly Hill. POLICE RESPONSED TO THIS CALL AT RIDGEWOOD AVENUE AND FIFTH STREET JUST BEFORE 5:30 PM YESTERDAY. AN OFFICER HAD THE MAN AT GUNPOINT AND SHOT HIM. MOMENTS LATER, HE DIED AT THE SCENE AND THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED. NOW, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS YET TO GIVE THE NAME AND AGE OF THAT MAN WHO WAS SHOT. THEY SAY AT SOME POINT TODAY THEY PLAN TO RELEASE NOT ONLY THAT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING, BUT ALSO BODY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING WHAT HKeynoteUSAPENED. I’M LIVE THIS MORNING. TONY ATKINS WESH 2 NEWS IN MARION COUNTY, A 23-YEAR-OLD MAN IS STILL IN ICU AFTER HE WAS SHOT BY OCALA POLICE. THAT SHOOTING HKeynoteUSAPENED LAST SUNDAY. POLICE SAID DAVID LKeynoteUSAERRIERE, 23, WHO HAS SCHIZOPHRENIA, HAD A KNIFE AND BEAR SPRAY WHEN THEY KeynoteUSAPROACHED HIM ON 27TH AVENUE AFTER ASKING HIM TO LEAVE HIM. THEY SAID DAVID RUN TOWARDS A SERGEANT WHO SHOT HIM SEVERAL TIMES. HIS MOTHER TOLD WESH TWO THAT HER SON WAS IN A CRISIS AND THEY CALLED THE POLICE FOR HELP. SHE SAYS IT WILL BE A WHILE BEFORE HER SON LEAVES THE HOSPITAL. THEY SHOT HIM IN THE LUNGS, IN THE STOMACH, IN THE KIDNEYS, THREE TIMES IN THE HEAD, HIS FACE IS ALL FRACTURED. DAVID LKeynoteUSAERRIERE FACE CHARGES OF ASSAULT AND ASSAULT, AND THE SERGEANT WHO SHOT HIM IS ON PAID LEAVE, WHILE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE. WE HAVE SOME RECENTLY RELEASED DATA FROM THE DELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWING HOW MANY ARRESTS THEY MADE LAST YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT ITS OFFICERS HAD MORE THAN 68,000 INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH LESS THAN 2% LEADING TO AN ARREST. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS 1% OF THOSE ENCOUNTERS REQUIRED THE USE OF FORCE, AND LAST YEAR ONLY ONE OFFICER INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING WAS REPORTED IN VOLUSIA COUNTY. PARENTS CONTINUE CALLS FOR CHANGE OUTSIDE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE A FOURTH GRADE BOY WAS BEAT AND KILLED. WHILE SHE IS BOB HAZEN IS LIVE AT SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY THIS MORNING. BETO. THESE PARENTS HAVE A PETITION WITH ABOUT 2,500 SIGNATURES. MANY OF THEM UNKNOWN BY THIS TRAGEDY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE MEMORIAL BEHIND ME HERE. THAT’S ON THE FENCE OUTSIDE SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY. KeynoteUSA HAVE LEFT TEDDY HERE ALONG WITH BALLOONS IN HONOR OF THAT GIRL. BUT MANY PARENTS SAY WHAT THEY REALLY NEED NOW IS ACTION. DOZENS OF KeynoteUSA ATTENDED THE VOLUSIA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING SINCE THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HERE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON FRIDAY. A FOURTH GRADE STUDENT CROSSING AT A CROSSwalk HERE IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL WAS HIT BY A DRIVER AND DIED. MANY PARENTS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES HERE FOR YEARS. IN 2022, A STUDENT WAS HIT BY A CAR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL AND THEN BARRIERS WERE PUT UP. BUT SOME SAY MUCH MORE IS NEEDED. THIS CHILD’S DEATH WAS PREVENTABLE. YOU KNEW THAT THE CITY KNEW THAT THE COUNTY KNEW THAT EVERYONE KNEW IT WAS DANGEROUS. THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THE INACTION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS ON ALL BOARDS. BUT EVERYONE HAS TO BE HANDS ON AT THE SAME TIME. IT JUST CAN’T BE. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEY SHOULD NOT DO. THAT’S THE EASY THING TO SAY. IT HAS TO BE THAT EVERYONE COME TOGETHER SO THAT NO FAMILY, NO FAMILY SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. AND FOR NOW, PORT ORANGE POLICE SAY THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS ON THE SCHOOL SCENE DURING THE TIMES STUDENTS ARRIVE AND LEAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. ON FRIDAY, REPORTING LIVE IN PORT ORANGE, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. NEW TECHNOLOGY IS GIVING DETECTIVES MORE Clues in FLAGLER COUNTY’S OLDEST UNSOLVED CASE. ON MAY 28, 1980, THE REMAINS OF A MAN WERE FOUND WRKeynoteUSAPED IN A TRUMPED CARPET OVER A TWO-FOOT DRAIN PIPE IN THE MUD. NOW, THAT WAS ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF BUNNELL ON STATE HIGHWAY 11. 44 YEARS LATER, HIS IDENTITY IS STILL A MYSTERY. DNA PROCESSING OVER THE PAST YEAR HAS PROVIDED SOME INFORMATION AND NEW FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND GAVE DETECTIVES A BETTER IDEA OF WHO THIS MAN WAS. THIS IMAGE WE HAVE IS WHAT OUR VICTIM COULD HAVE LOOKED AT. AND WHAT AGE ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THIS IMAGE? HE IS 20 TO 27 YEARS OLD. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ESTIMATING. WE NOW KNOW WITH ADVANCED DNA TECHNOLOGY THAT HE IS ACTUALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN, AND ALSO THAT HIS GENETIC RELATIVES COULD BE FROM THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO WE’RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE YET, BUT THIS PUTS IT IN THIS AREA. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, WE HAVE A LINK TO THE COLD CASE WEBSITE ON OUR WEBSITE AT WESH.COM. IT’S 607 AND TODAY THE HUSH MONEY CASE OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY. WE SWALLOW SANIKA DANGE NOW AND SANIKA. THE JUDGE WILL GIVE THE JURORS HIS INSTRUCTIONS IN A FEW HOURS. And there is certainly a lot for these 12 jurors to consider as they begin deliberating today. JUDGE SAYS INSTRUCTIONS WILL LIKELY LAST ONE HOUR WHEN COURT RESUMES AT 10:00 THIS MORNING, YESTERDAY’S CLOSING ARGUMENTS LASTED NEARLY EIGHT HOURS, MUCH OF THE FOCUS ON THE CREDIBILITY OF TRUMP’S FORMER LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN, THE PROSECUTOR, HIS KEY WITNESS, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, IS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT TO HIDE MONEY PAYMENTS TO AN ADULT FILM ACTRESS TO SUPPRESS PREMIUM INFORMATION DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE DEFENSE’S FINAL TWO-HOUR ARGUMENT WAS SPENT CALLING COHEN QUOTE, AN MVP OF LIARS, SAYING HE WAS MOTIVATED TO LIE AND DESPERATE TO PUT TRUMP BEHIND BARS. THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE SPENT MORE THAN 4.5 HOURS TRYING TO ESTABLISH A PATTERN BY WHICH THE FORMER PRESIDENT BURIED HARMFUL STORIES THAT COULD UNLOAD HIS 2016 CAMPAIGN. THE SEVEN MEN AND FIVE WOMEN WHO MAKE UP THE JURY WILL BEGIN DELIBERING TODAY ON THE 34 CRIMES OF FALSIFICATION OF BUSINESS RECORDS. 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Florida mother accused of strangling her teenage daughter to death
Updated: 8:11 amEDT May 29, 2024
ABOVE: A look at today’s headlines A Tampa mother was charged with first-degree murder Friday after she allegedly strangled her daughter to death, according to the Tampa Police Department. Rotesha Silveus, 38, was arrested May 11 after her 18-year-old daughter called and said she “just woke up passed out” after being strangled, police said. The call was disconnected. When police arrived at the home on East 23rd Avenue, Silveus was taken into custody after a “brief struggle,” according to TPD. Her daughter, Natavia Sanders, was found unconscious and taken to a hospital, where she died on May 13. Silveus was initially detained on charges of resisting an officer and aggravated assault causing great bodily harm, which was upgraded to first Friday. degree murder, police said. “This is a heartbreaking case,” Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. “Our deepest condolences to all those who knew and loved Natavia.” The medical examiner’s office ruled the cause of death a homicide, and detectives said Sanders’ injuries were consistent with strangulation. Silveus remained in the Orient Road jail as of Tuesday afternoon. .
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A Tampa mother was charged with first-degree murder Friday after she allegedly strangled her daughter to death, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Rotesha Silveus, 38, was arrested May 11 after her 18-year-old daughter called her and said she “just woke up passed out” after being strangled, police said. The call was disconnected.
When police arrived at the home on East 23rd Avenue, Silveus was taken into custody after a “brief struggle,” according to TPD. His daughter, Natavia Sanders, was found unconscious and taken to a hospital, where she died on May 13.
Silveus was initially arrested on charges of resisting an officer and aggravated assault causing great bodily harm, which was upgraded Friday to first-degree murder, police said.
“This is a heartbreaking case,” Police Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. “Our deepest condolences to all those who knew and loved Natavia.”
The medical examiner’s office ruled the cause of death a homicide and detectives said Sanders’ injuries were consistent with strangulation.
Silveus remained in the Orient Road jail as of Tuesday afternoon.
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