Dec 31, 2019

In Brookside, Alabama, police arrested a kidnapping suspect and rescued his victim, after a car chase and an armed standoff. The suspect allegedly forced a female victim into his van, which had a cage in the back, blacked out windows, and chains securing the back door.In Boston, a mother allegedly threw her children off the roof of a parking garage, then jumped off herself, in a suspected murder-suicide on Christmas Day.Finally, Oregon authorities suspended the search for 20-year-old Allyson Watterson, who was reported missing last Monday. Initially, police believed that Watterson vanished while hiking near North Plains with her boyfriend, Ben Garland. However, investigators now say there is no evidence that Watterson had been hiking in the area. For this reason, the search of the local area has been halted, while the investigation continues.