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Missing Maryland man found dead in Salisbury river
A Maryland man who had been reported missing was found dead in a river on Monday, according to Salisbury Police.
According to officers, Deaquan White, 29, was reported missing on Saturday, Sept. 6. His body was found in the Wicomico River on Monday, Sept. 8.
Police responded to the area near Mill Street and Main Street around 9:30 a.m. to recover his body.
Detectives are still investigating how White’s body ended up in the water.
His body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy to determine the cause of his death.
Missing Maryland woman found dead
White’s death comes shortly after a similar situation played out in Prince George’s County.
In that case, 19-year-old Dacara Thompson, who had been reported missing, was found dead along a highway in Anne Arundel County.
Hugo Hernandez-Mendez, 35, was charged with her death and is being held on no bail. Court documents show that he was living in the U.S. unlawfully.
Thompson was reported missing on August 23. Her family said she left home that night, telling her dad she was going to get gas, and never returned. Her body was found nearly a week later, on August 31.
An investigation revealed that Thompson got into Hernandez-Mendez’s car in Hyattsville and went to his home in Bowie, where she was allegedly killed.
According to charging documents, Hernandez-Mendez dropped Thompson’s body off the U.S. 50 bridge.
The investigation also revealed that Hernandez-Mendez had been arrested by U.S. Park Police for a DUI charge nearly five months before Thompson’s alleged murder. He was released from custody.
A Republican-backed proposal to tighten oversight of nonprofits that receive taxpayer funding is moving forward in Annapolis, marking what supporters describe as a rare win for House Republicans.
The measure comes as recent estimates show about 9,000 Maryland nonprofits are listed as noncompliant with the state, despite many of them still receiving taxpayer dollars.
The proposal is not final. It still must pass the Senate before it can reach the governor’s desk.
David Williams of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance joined the broadcast to weigh in on the measure.
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The Water Lantern Festival is underway at Maryland’s National Harbor, where hundreds of people turned out Friday to participate in the opening event.
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Hundreds of people took part in the first night of a weekend Water Lantern Festival at National Harbor in Maryland.
According to organizers, the festival is a community-centered experience where you can decorate a floating paper lantern with personal messages of love, hope, remembrance or intention, and release them onto the water.
Jack Hawkins came all the way from Richmond, Virginia, to take part in the event.
“You’re with friends, family and loved ones. You can put your dreams and hopes and everything in the lantern and, hopefully, they come true,” he said.
Hawkins wrote a special wish for his children on his lantern which read, “The kids to have a bright and meaningful life with all the happiness in the world.”
A woman named Tee said the lantern release represents hope for her. “Life has been hard the last couple of months, and just the thought of being able to write it down and watch it flow away kind of connected with me,” she said.
One of the lanterns quoted scripture from the book of Psalms: “God is with her, she will not fail.”
Alyssa Bailey expressed gratitude on her lantern.
“I actually just served a mission for my church and so I wrote about how Jesus loves me and how he cares for me and loves other people,” she said.
Jessica Hawkins sees the event as a way to express what’s inside.
“I like the idea of getting your hopes and wants out, and putting it out in the world and watching what the future brings from there,” she told WTOP.
The festival runs through the weekend, with water lanterns launched each night at about 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online.
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