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Kathy Reakes
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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.
Murder Mystery: Details Emerge After Forest Hills Mom Found In Duffel Bag
Updated story: Police ID Person Of Interest In Murder Of NY Mom Found In Duffel Bag Stabbed 58 Times
Police have no suspects in the murder of a New York mother of two whose body was found stuffed in a duffel bag about a half-mile from her home near a popular walking path in a residential neighborhood.
The body of Orsolya Gaal, age 51, was found around 8 a.m., Saturday, April 16, in Forest Hills, Queens, by two walkers in the area after a blood trail led to her home at 72-24 Juno St., said the NYPD on Monday, April 18.
Now the family -- a father, and two teenage sons -- is l…
Man Carrying Machete Nabbed Stealing From Cars On Long Island
A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly being caught going through vehicles carrying a machete.
The incident took place around 7:40 a.m, Saturday, April 16, in Levittown.
According to detectives, officers received several 911 calls for a man going through cars and carrying a machete on Jupiter Lane, Hickory Lane, and Mallard Road, the Nassau County Police said.
Police Officers responded and located Vincent Derosa, age 40, of Bethpage, during a search of 539 Central Avenue on Farm Ranch Road South.
During a search of Derosa and his property, items were reco…
Man Found Shot On Street In Area Dies, Police Say
An area man who was found with bullets wounds to his torso after police responded to a call for shots fired on a city street has died.
The incident took place in the city of Poughkeepsie around 3:55 a.m., Sunday, April 17.
The victim, a 29-year-old Poughkeepsie resident, was found shot in the torso in front of 135 Mill St., said Det. Lt. Matt Clark, of the City of Poughkeepsie Police.
He was transported to Mid Hudson Regional Hospital where he underwent surgery but died later in the morning, Clark said.
At the time of the shooting, there were numerous people in the area, Clark added.…
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