Motwani’s death due to accidental drowning, say US police

October 6th, 2009 Coroner: Pa. boy, 4, found in septic tank drownedHOOKSTOWN, Pa.

September 19th, 2009 PANAJI - Twenty tourists, including three medical students from Maharashtra's Ahmednagar town and a family from Delhi, were saved by lifeguards from drowning off the popular Baga beach along the north Goa coast Saturday. The tourists, three of whom were allegedly drunk, were caught in the dangerous riptide which swept them off their feet and dragged them farther into the sea.

September 7th, 2009 AGRA - Family members of an Agra businessman Monday beat up two cops after a post-mortem proved their contention that he had been killed. Police, who had earlier termed it a case of accidental death, are now pressing charges against the attackers.

August 19th, 2009 Mother, boyfriend arrested in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — The mother of an 8-year-old boy found dead in an Idaho canal and her live-in boyfriend have been indicted by an Ada County grand jury on first-degree murder charges. Thirty-year-old Melissa Jenkins and her boyfriend, 36-year-old Daniel Ehrlick Jr., were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Jenkins' son, Robert Manwill.

August 19th, 2009 Mother's boyfriend jailed in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho newspaper is reporting that police have made an arrest in connection with the disappearance and death of 8-year-old Robert Manwill. The Idaho Statesman says Daniel Ehrlick Jr.

July 22nd, 2009 Woman found dead at Calif. food processing plantINDUSTRY, Calif.

July 21st, 2009 RAIPUR - The toll in the accidental grenade blast in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Chhattisgarh Tuesday rose to three, with one more trooper succumbing to injuries while being taken to hospital, police said. Two troopers had died on the spot after a grenade went off accidentally during a mock drill at a CRPF camp.

July 11th, 2009 JAMMU - A 15-year old shepherd was killed and two of his teenaged friends were critically injured in an accidental landmine explosion in Mendhar area of Poonch district along the border with Pakistan Saturday morning, officials said. The shepherd Wakar and his friends were grazing cattle in the Bhatta forest area in Mendhar, about 180 km north of Jammu close to the Line of Control that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, when the explosion occurred, police officials said here.

July 3rd, 2009 Texas woman to serve 9 years in infant's drowningSAN ANTONIO — A Texas woman will serve at least nine years in prison for drowning her 3-month-old granddaughter in what the defense said was a misguided effort to teach the infant to swim. Gabriella Sigler must serve half of the 18-year sentence imposed Thursday before being eligible for parole.

July 1st, 2009 Montreal woman gets 15 years in son's Vt. drowningNORTH HERO, Vt.

June 22nd, 2009 Texas teen charged in shooting death of sisterGALVESTON, Texas — A 16-year-old Texas girl faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in what investigators say was the accidental shooting death of her 12-year-old sister. Galveston police say the teenager was playing with a gun Sunday morning at home when it accidentally fired, striking her sister in her upper torso.

June 16th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Karnataka police are awaiting the chemical analysis report to determine the exact cause of death of Kaiga Atomic Power Plant scientific officer Loganathan Mahalingam, whose body was fished out from Kali river June 13, a police official said Tuesday. "We're waiting for the chemical analysis report from the Forensic Science Laboratory, Bangalore, to find the exact cause of death of Mahalingam," Uttara Kannada district superintendent of police Raman Gupta told IANS by phone from Kaiga, about 500 km from here.

June 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US police is waiting for an autopsy before investigating the apparent accidental drowning death of Rajeev Motwani, IIT-educated, Stanford professor who inspired the co-founders of Google and influenced a generation of computer scientists. "We're kind of in limbo," Atherton, California police Sgt.

May 8th, 2009 Drew Peterson indicted in 3rd wife's deathLOCKPORT, Ill. — Authorities say former Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson is being held on $20 million bond and faces two counts of murder in his third wife's death.

March 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron is in talks to star in the big screen adaptation of novel "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud." The story of the film revolves about a caretaker at a cemetery who manages to have weekly meetings with a younger brother whose accidental death he feels was his fault, reports Variety.