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Joselinne Rivera-Ruiz, whose daughter's brutal murder made national headlines in December and rocked this city of nearly 23,000, was arrested on Monday. According to a Canton Police ...

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Nearly four months after former chief Jeff Lance was forced to resign in the wake of a scathing review of the Canton Police Department's work during the search for a murdered 7-year-old C...

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Two Saturdays ago, more than 100 people strapped on their running shoes to raise money in honor of Jorelys Rivera, the Canton Elementary first-grader who was abducted and killed in Decemb...

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Shanonn Hale was almost abducted as a child. That’s why, in the wake of the murder of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera, she decided to organize a fundraiser in Canton to raise money for add...

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It's been nearly 4½ months since authorities discovered the severely beaten body of 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera in a compacting Dumpster from the River Ridge at Canton apartment community w...

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There are several days that Elizabeth Smart will never forget. Her sixth grade graduation. Entering high school.  Her wedding. And March 12, 2003, the day that police ...