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'Wife Swap' son charged with murder of mom and younger brother in Ohio

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A man that formerly appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap," has been charged with two counts of murder for allegedly killing his mother and younger brother, according to multiple reports.

Jacob Stockdale, 26, reportedly shot his mother, Kathryn, as well as his 21-year-old brother, James in 2017. According to TMZ, they died instantly and Stockdale later then turned the weapon on himself, firing one shot into his head. However, he survived and was immediately hospitalized so that doctors could repair the damage through surgery and rehab.

According to the Canton Repository, he faces 15 years to life for each of the charges which are only being brought now because authorities wanted to allow him time to heal and be coherent enough to stand trial for his alleged crimes. So far, the Stark County Sheriff's office has not released details on a potential motive.

The remaining Stockdale family, which includes Jacob, his father and two brothers, were known throughout the area for their bluegrass band, which performed at fairs and local venues. However, they were also known for their part in an episode of "Wife Swap" from 2008.

Billed as a " devoutly religious " family that was homeschooled and kept under a strict watch by their mother to ensure that they don't succumb to the dangers of pop culture and dating, Kathryn switched places for a period of time with the mother of a different family.

According to TMZ, Stark County Prosecutor John Ferrero presented the case to a grand jury, which ultimately decided not to pursue the death penalty for Stockdale.

Neither Ferrero nor Stockdale's attorney, Wayne Graham, were immediately available to respond to Fox News' request for comment.

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'Wife Swap' son charged with murder of mom and younger brother in Ohio: report

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A man that formerly appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap," has been charged with two counts of murder for allegedly killing his mother and younger brother, according to multiple reports. Jacob Stockdale, 26, reportedly shot his mother, Kathryn, as well as his 21-year-old brother, James in 2017.

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Melania Trump's plane forced to return to military base after smoke in cabin

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First lady Melania Trump's plane landed safely after it was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews due to a "mechanical issue" Wednesday morning.

A few minutes after takeoff, those aboard the plane observed a thin haze of smoke coming from the cabin and smelled something burning. Secret Service agents rushed to the front of the plane, and press were handed wet towels to hold over their faces in case the smell was too strong.

The plane landed safely at Andrews shortly after 9 a.m. ET. Trump was on her way to the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia to meet with families affected by neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's spokeswoman, confirmed "everything is fine and everyone is safe" after the plane returned. She said the team is "evaluating" whether to make other arrangements to travel to Philadelphia.

The plane FLOTUS was traveling on was a Boeing VC-35A, the military version of the 757. According to Planespotters.net, the airframe is 20 years old and was built in 1998
Fox News' John Roberts and Jennifer Bowman contributed to this report.

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First lady Melania Trump's plane landed safely after it was forced to return to Joint Base Andrews due to a "mechanical issue" Wednesday morning. A few minutes after takeoff, those aboard the plane observed a thin haze of smoke coming from the cabin and smelled something burning.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees keeps adding accomplishments to his resume.
Brees threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 24-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens and his first one, to Benjamin Watson, moved him into an elite club of quarterbacks. He joined Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Tom Brady as the only signal-callers to throw for 500 touchdowns in their careers.

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees keeps adding accomplishments to his resume.

Brees threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 24-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, and his first one, to Benjamin Watson, moved him into an elite club of quarterbacks. He joined Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and Tom Brady as the only signal-callers to throw for 500 touchdowns in their careers:

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Brees finds Benjamin Watson for a 1-yard touchdown - No. 500 of his career! #NOvsBAL https://t.co/tA0sLWKRLs

This isn't the first time Brees has made history this season.

He became the NFL's all-time passing yardage leader Oct. 8 against Washington when he surpassed Manning's 71,940 career yards. Manning, the former Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos great, said in June, per of the Jeff Duncan Times-Picayune: "I don't think it's a matter of if [Brees breaks the record]; it's just a matter of when."

Brees also surpassed Favre's record of 6,300 career completions during the Sept. 23 contest against the Atlanta Falcons.

Herbie Teope of NFL.com noted the Purdue product is the only quarterback to throw for 5,000 yards in five different seasons and holds the career record for completion percentage at 67.1.

The victory over the Ravens gave him another accomplishment outside of individual success:

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As for the touchdowns mark, the fact that Brady is still active complicates Brees' chances of retiring with the all-time record, although he is two years younger (39 to 41) than the New England Patriots quarterback. Brees already has 13 touchdowns in six games this season, so Manning and Favre are well within his reach if he continues to play at an elevated level.

He is a Super Bowl champion, 11-time Pro Bowler, two-time Offensive Player of the Year and surefire future Hall of Famer who continues to ascend up the record books as he puts the finishing touches on a brilliant career.

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Drew Brees Throws 500th Career Touchdown Pass in Win vs. Ravens

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New Orleans Saints Scott Polacek Patrick Smith/Getty Images @@ScottPolacek Twitter Logo Featured Columnist New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees keeps adding accomplishments to his resume. Brees threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 24-23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, and his first one, to Benjamin Watson, moved him into an elite club of quarterbacks.

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Chiefs clap Bengals on Sunday 45-10. Now 6-1

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An 18-year-old man wanted in the murder of a Georgia cop was shot and killed by police Monday after they encountered him holding a lawnmower blade in a shed, police said, ending a massive manhunt two days after the 30-year-old officer was murdered.

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An 18-year-old man wanted in the murder of a Georgia cop was shot and killed by police Monday after they encountered him holding a lawnmower blade in a shed, police said, ending a massive manhunt two days after the 30-year-old officer was murdered.

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An 18-year-old man wanted in the murder of a Georgia cop was shot and killed by police Monday, two days after authorities launched a manhunt for him and just hours after a "credible sighting."

Tafahree Maynard was shot and killed by police Monday after officers began investigating a tip the suspect was spotted in the Snellville area within the last 12 hours. Officers encountered Maynard in a shed and he "failed to comply with verbal commands," authorities said. An officer reportedly deployed a Taser and found Maynard was holding a weapon behind his back, leading to a second cop firing his gun.

Maynard is accused of shooting Gwinnett County police officer Antwan Toney, 30, who was responding to a suspicious vehicle parked near Shiloh Middle School on Saturday.

The bullet missed Toney's bulletproof vest and hit him directly.

"Other responding officers returned fire and pulled Ofc. Toney to cover," police said Saturday. "The suspect vehicle fled the scene; it is unknown if anyone in the vehicle was struck by return fire."

Toney was taken to the hospital where he later died.

Maynard remained at large after the shooting while a second suspect, 19-year-old Isaiah Pretlow, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault related to a separate incident following Toney's fatal shooting.

Police said Maynard was considered "armed and dangerous."

Toney was six days away from celebrating his third year with the department when he was killed. Originally from Southern California, he previously worked as a security guard before joining the Gwinnett County Police Department in 2015.

"Atwan knew he wanted to be a police officer since he was a child. He had cop figurines, police cars. He used to roll around the house all the time," Toney's sister Carla Johnson told FOX5 Atlanta.

A visitation will be held Tuesday and a funeral Wednesday for Toney.

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Suspect, 18, accused in murder of Georgia police officer is shot, killed by cops

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An 18-year-old man wanted in the murder of a Georgia cop was shot and killed by police Monday, two days after authorities launched a manhunt for him and just hours after a "credible sighting." Tafahree Maynard was shot and killed by police Monday after officers began investigating a tip the suspect was spotted in the Snellville area within the last 12 hours.

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Travelers are calling for a boycott of Ryanair after a white male passenger was filmed using racist language against an elderly black woman and allegedly suffering no consequences for his tirade. The footage, shared by U.K. resident David Lawrence, was taken before takeoff on a flight from Barcelona to London on Thursday, and shows the male passenger speaking aggressively to a 77-year-old woman seated in his row.

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Travelers are calling for a boycott of Ryanair after a white male passenger was filmed using racist language against an elderly black woman - and allegedly suffering no consequences for his tirade.

The footage, shared by U.K. resident Briton David Lawrence, was taken before takeoff on a flight from Barcelona to London on Thursday, and shows the male passenger speaking aggressively to a 77-year-old woman seated in his row. According to the woman's daughter, who spoke with Huffington Post U.K., the altercation allegedly began after the elderly woman took a little while to rise from her seat and allow the man into the row, as she suffers from arthritis.
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The woman's daughter, who is also seen arguing with the man in Lawrence's footage, says she is never flying with Ryanair again, claiming that if the situation were reversed, she and her mother "would have been kicked off the flight" by police.
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The video clip, which has been viewed more than 4.6 million times on Lawrence's Facebook page, appears to show the woman's daughter exchanging words with the male passenger, who repeatedly insists that the 77-year-old woman be moved.

"I tell you this: If you don't go to another seat, I'll put you to another seat," he says to her at one point.

When the elderly woman responds with a Jamaican accent, the man says, "Don't talk to me in a f---ing foreign language, you stupid ugly cow," and later calls her an "ugly black bastard."
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A male flight attendant can be seen trying to intervene, telling the man he is "acting super rude" and needs to "calm down."

Other passengers can be heard urging the flight attendant to find another seat for the woman, and to throw the male passenger "off the flight."

The video ends with the elderly woman moving back to sit nearer to her daughter, and the flight attendant telling the male passenger he is going to go speak with his supervisor about the incident.

Travelers have since taken to social media to condemn Ryanair for moving the woman rather than the aggressive male passenger, and for allegedly taking no action to detain or remove the man from the flight. British politician Karl Turner, too, tweeted about the incident, saying he feels the man should have been handed over to police "immediately," the BBC reported.

In a statement obtained by Fox News, Ryanair has said the issue is now a "police matter" and declined to comment further.

"We have reported this to the police in Essex and as this is now a police matter," the airline stated.
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Essex Police also told the BBC that they are investigating the incident, and encourage anyone with information to come forward.

The elderly woman's daughter, meanwhile, wants an apology from Ryanair.

"I don't know how to go forward or where to take this," she told HuffPost U.K. "I'm not even sure what I want done to resolve the situation, beyond an open apology to my mother for the way that the things were handled."

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Ryanair slammed for not removing racist passenger filmed complaining about seatmate

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Dallas Cowboys long snapper LP LaDoucer got penalized for an illegal ball movement that caused a 5-yard backup. The penalty set up a 52 yard field goal that goes up and off the left upright as time expired to give the Washington Redskins a 20-17 victory. LaDoucer did that same movement for all fourteen years that he was in the NFL and never got flagged.

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From missed opportunities in the red zone or botched kicking attempts, Sunday's action in Week 7 produced wild finishes, including the Dallas Cowboys' 20-17 loss to the Washington Redskins.

The Cowboys lined up to attempt a potential 47-yard game-tying kick with three seconds remaining in the game, but long snapper L.P. LaDouceur was flagged for a false start. The 5-yard penalty made it a 52-yard attempt, resulting in kicker Brett Maher hitting the left upright as time expired.

After the game, LaDouceur, who is in his 14th season, was left in bewilderment that he drew an infraction for something he has done his entire career as part of his pre-snap routine.

"Never had that before," LaDouceur said, via the Cowboys' official website. "I do the exact same thing every time, so when that happens, that's what I was telling the ref, 'I do the exact same thing.'"

The veteran long snapper said he attempted to position the ball, which was on the ground, to his comfort level before snapping. LaDouceur added his understanding of the rule is he is allowed to adjust the ball as long as it isn't picked up off the ground.

Nevertheless, the official on the field didn't see the play the same way LaDouceur did. And Al Riveron, the league's senior vice of president of officiating, backed up the call, categorizing LaDouceur's actions as "illegal ball movement" on Twitter with a video replay.

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Still, it was clear the Cowboys long snapper didn't necessarily agree with the penalty.

"I just adjust it down so I can put my hands on the bottom of it so I can snap it in the right direction," LaDouceur said. "The exact same thing I've been doing for 14 years."

Ultimately, the penalty resulted in a longer field goal attempt.

Maher, however, refused to place the blame on his miss on the infraction, pointing out he pulled it and the elements of the outdoor stadium might have contributed.

"That penalty had zero impact on the result of that kick, I can promise you that," Maher said. "L.P. and [holder] Chris [Jones], like they've done all year, they made my job easy, and it was the same in that situation. I felt like I was very capable of making that kick, just didn't get it done."

The loss dropped the Cowboys to a 3-4 record and a tie with the Philadelphia Eagles for second place in the NFC East. The Redskins improved to 4-2 and currently sit in first place in the division.

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L.P. LaDouceur on penalty: 'Never had that before'

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From missed opportunities in the red zone or botched kicking attempts, Sunday's action in Week 7 produced wild finishes, including the Dallas Cowboys' 20-17 loss to the Washington Redskins. The Cowboys lined up to attempt a potential 47-yard game-tying kick with three seconds remaining in the game, but long snapper L.P.

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Dozens of injuries were reported after the floor of an apartment clubhouse collapsed during a party in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Dozens of injuries were reported after the floor of an apartment clubhouse collapsed during a party in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, world's longest sea-crossing, finally opens

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CNN 14 hrs ago By James Griffiths and Sarah Lazarus, CNN

A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend a ceremony in Zhuhai on Tuesday, along with top officials from Hong Kong and Macau, with the bridge opening to public traffic Wednesday.

The 55-kilometer (34-mile) bridge was originally due to open in 2016, but repeated delays pushed that to this year.

It is a key element of China's plan for a Greater Bay Area covering 56,500 square kilometers (21,800 square miles) across southern China, and encompassing 11 cities, including Hong Kong and Macau, that are home to a combined 68 million people.

Proponents of the idea say the bridge will cut journey times between the cities from three hours to 30 minutes, which they say will enable commuters and tourists to easily move around the region.

"With the bridge, the traveling time between Hong Kong and the Western Pearl River Delta region will be shortened significantly, thereby bringing the Western Pearl River Delta region within three hours' drive from Hong Kong," the city's transport secretary, Frank Chan, said Friday.

Despite the focus on drive time however, private car owners in Hong Kong will not be able to cross the bridge without a special permit. Most drivers will have to park at the Hong Kong port, switching to shuttle bus or special hire cars once they are through immigration. Shuttle buses cost $8-$10 for a single trip depending on the time of day.

Fierce criticism

The bridge project has come in for fierce criticism in Hong Kong, where there was little public demand or appetite for greater links to either Macau or Zhuhai, and fears the city will be swamped by tourists from mainland China.

In 2016, Hong Kong saw 56.7 million tourist arrivals, compared to 37.6 million for the UK, a much larger country.

For critics of the Chinese government, the bridge is seen as a tool to drag the city -- which boasts a semi-democratic legislature and independent judiciary and has seen numerous mass protests in recent years -- closer into Beijing's grip.

"You can't see the existing transport connections -- in a literal way. But this bridge is very visible ... you can see it from the plane when you fly in to Hong Kong, and it's breathtaking," lawmaker Claudia Mo told CNN earlier in the year.

"It links Hong Kong to China almost like an umbilical cord. You see it, and you know you're linked up to the motherland."

Mo and other critics also point to the huge amount of money spent by Hong Kong -- upwards of $9 billion -- while the city is dealing with an acute lack of public housing and widespread poverty.

"Hong Kong has had to fund a lot of the bridge, but we won't see many benefits here," Mo said.

Huge engineering effort

Built to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, a super typhoon and strikes by super-sized cargo vessels, the bridge incorporates 400,000 tons of steel -- 4.5 times the amount in San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

It also includes a 6.7-kilometer (4-mile) submerged tunnel to help it avoid the busy shipping paths over the Pearl River Delta. The tunnel runs between two artificial islands, each measuring 100,000 square meters (1 million square feet) and situated in relatively shallow waters.

While an impressive engineering feat, the building of the bridge brought its own controversies. The Pearl River Delta is home to an endangered Chinese white dolphin population that has been buffeted by massive land reclamation efforts in Hong Kong and other cities.

Conservation experts previously told CNN they feared the bridge, as well as ongoing expansion of Hong Kong airport, could be the final nail in the dolphins' coffin, sending the local population into terminal decline.

In response to environmental concerns over the bridge, the Hong Kong government has provided for the creation of extra marine parks to protect dolphins and other aquatic life, but some experts say this may be too late to reduce the effect of the construction already carried out.

The bridge has also faced considerable public criticism over safety standards. Seven workers died in constructing the bridge, and another 275 were injured. Hong Kong officials have previously blamed the death toll on lack of manpower, and earlier this year a court fined several subcontractors over the issue.

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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge, world's longest sea-crossing, finally opens

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CNN 14 hrs ago By James Griffiths and Sarah Lazarus, CNN A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began.

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In North Carolina a waitress was given a 10,000 cash tip by a person who only ordered water.

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A server at a restaurant in North Carolina was given a $10,000 cash tip by a patron who ordered two waters.

Alaina Custer, an employee of Sup Dogs in Greenville and student of nearby East Carolina University, was shocked when she discovered the stack of bills left on the table Saturday.

"I literally didn't think it was real. I picked it up and it was a giant stack of hundreds, I was shaking and just kept asking, 'What is this?' I thought someone was playing a joke on me," she told The News & Observer.
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The large tip was left with a note that said "thanks for the delicious water," according to Sup Dogs owner Brett Oliverio, the Observer reports.

When Custer found the tip, there were two men at a nearby table filming her reaction because the person who left the money is a YouTube personality known as Mr. Beast.

"They just told me about their YouTube channel and how they were going around blessing servers' days," Custer said.

Mr. Beast, who has over 8.8 million subscribers on his channel, came back into the restaurant to join his crew and Custer said she "hugged them all."

Custer said most of the people who work at Sup Dogs are "broke college kids" so she decided to share the tip with her coworkers.
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"I was so blessed to have that money. We got to all split it up, which will help a lot of people," she said.

This isn't the first time Mr. Beast has given away a large chunk of money and recorded it for YouTube. In another video on his page, he gives away $10,000 to a "random homeless man" and shares the encounter online.

As of Monday morning, the video of Custer's reaction had yet be posted on Mr. Beast's account.

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North Carolina restaurant server given $10,000 cash tip by patron who ordered water

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A server at a restaurant in North Carolina was given a $10,000 cash tip by a patron who ordered two waters. Alaina Custer, an employee of Sup Dogs in Greenville and student of nearby East Carolina University, was shocked when she discovered the stack of bills left on the table Saturday.

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A man that formerly appeared on "Wife Swap" has been charged with two counts of murder. He has been charged with the murder of his brother and mother. He shot his mother and brother before shooting himself. However, he survived the shot after being immediately hospitalized.

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A man that formerly appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap," has been charged with two counts of murder for allegedly killing his mother and younger brother, according to multiple reports.

Jacob Stockdale, 26, reportedly shot his mother, Kathryn, as well as his 21-year-old brother, James in 2017. According to TMZ, they died instantly and Stockdale later then turned the weapon on himself, firing one shot into his head. However, he survived and was immediately hospitalized so that doctors could repair the damage through surgery and rehab.

According to the Canton Repository, he faces 15 years to life for each of the charges which are only being brought now because authorities wanted to allow him time to heal and be coherent enough to stand trial for his alleged crimes. So far, the Stark County Sheriff's office has not released details on a potential motive.

The remaining Stockdale family, which includes Jacob, his father and two brothers, were known throughout the area for their bluegrass band, which performed at fairs and local venues. However, they were also known for their part in an episode of "Wife Swap" from 2008.

Billed as a " devoutly religious " family that was homeschooled and kept under a strict watch by their mother to ensure that they don't succumb to the dangers of pop culture and dating, Kathryn switched places for a period of time with the mother of a different family.

According to TMZ, Stark County Prosecutor John Ferrero presented the case to a grand jury, which ultimately decided not to pursue the death penalty for Stockdale.

Neither Ferrero nor Stockdale's attorney, Wayne Graham, were immediately available to respond to Fox News' request for comment.

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'Wife Swap' son charged with murder of mom and younger brother in Ohio: report

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A man that formerly appeared on the ABC series "Wife Swap," has been charged with two counts of murder for allegedly killing his mother and younger brother, according to multiple reports. Jacob Stockdale, 26, reportedly shot his mother, Kathryn, as well as his 21-year-old brother, James in 2017.

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2 year old boy, Sage Wilson was seriously injured after he was dragged for 35 feet beneath a car while he was playing outside. A large potion of the left side of his scalp was ripped off.

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A toddler is lucky to be alive after he was dragged for 35 feet beneath a reversing car while playing outside his home and was partially scalped.

Sage Wilson, 2, was seriously injured when a large portion of his scalp was ripped off as a family friend accidentally drove over him in her Volkswagen Jetta.

Mom Jamie Wilson, 29, was watching the tot and her other children play on a swing set in their front yard with her friend when she went inside to use the bathroom.

In the five minutes Wilson was away, the friend decided to leave and reversed over Sage, pulling him along the road for 35 feet before driving off without realizing.

Assembly worker Wilson was horrified when she came outside to find a screaming Sage - who must have wandered into the driveway - covered in blood with his skull exposed on the left side.
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She bundled the kids into the car and got the attention of her husband, electrical supervisor Blake Wilson, 28, who was inside the house, by honking the horn.

While rushing to the hospital, the parents were advised by emergency services to pull over and wait for an ambulance, which transferred Sage to an emergency helicopter.

The tot was airlifted to Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, where he underwent emergency surgery to treat his gruesome wound and a skull fracture.

Since the accident on Sept. 27, Sage has undergone three surgeries, including one to cut a portion of his skull which had gravel embedded in it.

Sage has also undergone a graft which transplanted skin from one side of his scalp to the other, but is scarred for life and will never grow hair on that part of his head again.

"There was blood everywhere and the skin had been completely pulled off a part of the left side of his head, so much so that I could see a large part of his skull," Wilson said. "I screamed when I saw Sage's injuries. I put everyone into the car and immediately began to honk the horn and screaming to get the attention of my husband. We rushed towards the hospital in the car but 911 told us to pull over and wait for the ambulance."

"He was conscious in the car but everything was covered in blood," she said. "My mom had to fly with him in the air ambulance because I needed to calm down. I was too panicked. When I gathered myself and got to the hospital the doctors said they urgently needed to get him into surgery to remove the gravel and debris from his skull and wound. They were pushing on his brain."
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"They said he was lucky because if a rock had hit a major blood vessel the situation would have been so much worse," she said. "He went into surgery for three hours and they cleaned out his wound. On Oct., 4 he had a skin graft from one side of his head to the other to help close the wound. He will never grow hair on those parts of his head again. He also fractured the back of his skull."

After two weeks in the hospital, Sage returned home with this family on Oct. 9, but he faces years of further surgeries to correct his injuries and could be scarred for life.

The toddler currently has to wear a wound vac 24 hours a day, a device which will help his would heal cleanly.

Wilson, who is also mom to son Pepper, 5, and daughter Parslee, 4, said: "He will have to have a few more surgeries in the next year and then after that."

"I do feel that it could have been so much worse. He is a little miracle," she said. "He's in high spirits despite everything he's been through. He doesn't understand what has happened."

Despite Sage's horror injuries, Wilson said she doesn't blame her pal - who she doesn't wish to name - for the accident.

"After my son had gotten the helicopter I text my friend to tell her she had run him over, she had no idea," she said. "It was a complete accident and I know that. We are still friends. She feels terrible."
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"Don't ever take your eyes off your children when they're outside because things like this can happen in an instant," Wilson said. "I will always pay attention from now on."

Grayson County Sheriff's office who attended to the scene confirmed that they have deemed the incident an accident.

"After attending the scene we have ruled this incident as an unfortunate accident and there is no follow up scheduled," Lieutenant John Holloway said.
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Texas boy, 2, partially scalped after being dragged under car

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A toddler is lucky to be alive after he was dragged for 35 feet beneath a reversing car while playing outside his home and was partially scalped. Sage Wilson, 2, was seriously injured when a large portion of his scalp was ripped off as a family friend accidentally drove over him in her Volkswagen Jetta.

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that there are 155 patients under investigation this year for acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that that can cause paralysis and mostly affects children. Of these, 62 have been confirmed by the CDC in 22 states, and the remainder continue to be investigated.