BOBBI KRISTINA BROWN'S FIANCÉ UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

A possible criminal investigation is underway in the Bobbi Kristina Brown case out of Georgia, this according to sources with CNN and TMZ. Those reports say police are allegedly looking into Nick Gordon, Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend and step-brother, as it relates to foul play.

Bobbi Kristina, who is the daughter of Bobby Brown and the late superstar Whitney Houston, was hospitalized more than a week ago with serious injuries after she was found unconscious in a bathtub.

CNN says a source with knowledge told them authorities are trying to figure out how she ended up “facedown in a tub of water.” In addition, according to the same report, Bobbi Kristina still has injuries to her body that allegedly “need to be explained.”

Roswell Police told CNN when Bobbi Kristina was found on Jan. 31, she did not have a heartbeat and she was not breathing. Since then, according to multiple reports, the 21-year-old has been placed in a medically induced coma.

There has been conflicting information about the health status of Bobbi Kristina since she’s been hospitalized. All anyone knows for certain at this point is she is in fact in the hospital and she is surrounded by family, who some are reportedly at odds with one another.

Lisa Holland, a police spokesperson, told CNN that Nick Gordon, Bobbi’s reported boyfriend / fiancé, and a friend, found her in the bathtub and not only called 911, but performed CPR. Holland also went on to say police consider this a “medical incident” at this point and nothing suggests she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Whitney Houston died in a Beverly Hills hotel bathroom on Feb. 12, 2011. CNN says the coroner ruled her death as an “accidental drowning,” but cocaine and heart disease were also contributors.

Gordon was like a son to Houston, she reportedly raised him since he was 12-years-old. Gordon and Bobbi Kristina grew up in the same environment as brother and sister.

   

by Michelle Sigona

AMERICAN MOM KILLS HER SON BY THROWING HIM OFF A BRIDGE

A mother has been arrested on murder charges after she allegedly threw her six-year-old autistic son from a bridge.

  

Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, of Seal Rock, Oregon, was in custody over the aggravated murder and first-degree manslaughter of her son London, NBC reported.

 

Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, of Seal Rock, Oregon, has been arrested for the murder of her six-year-old son London She allegedly threw the boy from the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Oregon (pictured)

The boy's body was found late on Monday night after a woman earlier reported throwing her son off the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Oregon at 6.30pm, police said on Tuesday.

London McCabe was discovered in freezing waters about a mile from the bridge around four hours after his mother said she had thrown him in from about 100 feet up.

Six-year-old London McCabe, who was diagnosed in 2011 with severe autism, was pictured proudly by his father Matt McCabe who suffers from multiple sclerosis

The six-year-old's cause of death is not yet known. 

According to NBC, Mrs McCabe last year set up an online fundraising appeal to help care for her severely autistic son and husband, Matt, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and having a mass on his brain stem in November 2013.

Detectives were questioning the woman who made the 911 call on Monday evening.

The head of police in the coastal community, Newport's Chief Mark Miranda, was on the scene and said that even if someone survived the fall, the cold water would kill in around 20 minutes.

The Coast Guard and Lincoln County authorities searched for hours after the call came in about 6.25pm on Monday. Officers found a woman at the scene.

The body was found floating near a marina after being spotted by a witness from a restaurant close to the Yaquina Bay Bridge.

Mr McCabe and his son, pictured enjoying a hike in 2012. Police confirmed on Monday that they had found the six-year-old's body and arrested Mr McCabe's wife Jillian

The Coast Guard dispatched two boats and a helicopter to search the water. The county sheriff's marine patrol and county search and rescue teams were also involved.

McCabe is being held on $750,000 bail.

In 2011, Matt McCabe, who works for a marketing firm, posted a message on social media sharing the news that his son was 'severely autistic' but was receiving medication and treatment from therapists.

Coastguard and police teams searched the dark waters after a mother allegedly threw the boy from the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Oregon (pictured) before calling 911
In November 2013, a YouCaring fundraising page called, Help Matt on the long Recovery Road, was set up by Jillian McCabe to help pay for hospital bills and long-term care.

On the page, she wrote: 'My husband went from being able to walk/drive/work/make money/talk/throw our son in the air to being diagnosed with MS, having a mass in the brain stem, he is now walking with a walker, not being able to drive/work/make money, he now slurs his speech...

'Matt went from the sole bread winner and provider to not in a matter of 2 weeks.'

Father and son pictured after Mr McCabe was admitted to hospital last November. Mr McCabe was diagnosed with MS and also began treatment for having a mass in the brain stem

The blog also mentioned a link to another blog, since shut down, called autisticlondon.com.

Mrs. McCabe went on to write that her husband was deeply worried about not having health insurance and medical bills.

She wrote: 'Matt's laying in a hospital bed talking about the email project he was working on, complaining we don't have insurance, we don't have the money for hospital bills, he has a shopping cart website to work on...'

Six-year-old London pictured last year in his father's hospital room as he received treatment after being diagnosed with MS

She closed with the words: 'I NEED YOUR HELP.'

The family raised close to $7,000 of a $50,000 target.

In a blog post earlier this year by Mr McCabe, he wrote that he and his wife were undergoing a trial separation but appeared to have reconciled a few months later.

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JORDANIAN PILOT BURNED ALIVE BY ISIS

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the apparent murder of a Jordanian air force pilot by the Islamic State, and reiterated his pledge to continue Japan’s nonmilitary aid to countries contending with the militant group.

The last part of a 22-minute video posted by the jihadis shows a man who is believed to be the 26-year-old captured pilot being burned alive in a metal cage.

“We feel strong indignation as Mr. Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh was brutally murdered by (the Islamic State group). . . . We feel strong anger over this inhumane, extremely despicable act of terrorism. We resolutely denounce this impermissible outrage,” Abe said in a statement.

“We should never give in to terrorism. Our country, cooperating with the international society, will expand humanitarian assistance and fulfill our responsibility in the international society combating terrorism,” he said.

The video was released while Jordanian King Abdullah II was visiting the United States.

In apparent retaliation, Jordan’s government announced later in the day it had executed two militants on death row.

One of them was Sajida al-Rishawi, whose release the militants had demanded in exchange for Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, a freelance journalist captured by Islamic State last fall. The other was a senior al-Qaida member.

During the course of the negotiations, Amman had asked for proof the pilot was alive.

A government spokesman in Jordan, which is participating in the U.S.-led coalition that has been carrying out airstrikes on areas controlled by the Islamic state, said earlier in the day that Amman would deliver a “strong, earth-shaking and decisive” response, according to Reuters.

“The revenge will be as big as the calamity that has hit Jordan,” army spokesman Col. Mamdouh al Ameri said in a televised statement confirming the death of the pilot, Reuters reported.

Meanwhile, Jordanian state television reported that the brutal killing of the pilot took place on Jan. 3, long before the apparent negotiations started Jan. 24 between Jordan and the Islamic State to free the pilot and Goto in exchange for al-Rishawi, a failed female suicide bomber who attacked an Amman hotel in 2005.

Reports also said that a division may have emerged among the militants that may have nixed any deal.

However, if the allegation by Amman of the pilot’s Jan. 3 death is true, the Islamic State group’s main purpose in the swap negotiations may have ultimately been to shock the world and spread its propaganda, not to free the imprisoned failed bomber as it repeatedly demanded.

Asked about this possibility, a high-ranking Japanese official said that could be the case, suggesting that Japan had unconfirmed information that the pilot had been executed earlier.

“It’s not fully clear yet, but that probably explains a lot” of the extremists’ motivation, the official said.

Goto, a veteran journalist who reported extensively about everyday people suffering in war-torn countries, is believed to have been beheaded by the militant group, as claimed in a video released Sunday.

In a video released Jan. 24, the militants claimed to have killed another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa, a self-styled private military contractor, after Tokyo failed to pay $200 million in ransom.

Experts say the Islamic State group is probably trying to shock the Jordanian public and thereby weaken the country’s military ties with the United States. Many Jordanians reportedly are unhappy with the decision to join the U.S.-led air operations.

Masaki Kunieda, a former Japanese ambassador to Syria and author of a book on the Islamic State, pointed out that some Jordanians have already started criticizing the government for its handling of the hostage crisis.

Islamic State “may be trying to add fuel to that criticism,” Kunieda said in a phone interview with The Japan Times.

It remains to be seen whether the criticism will grow intense enough to pressure the government to withdraw from the coalition. On the contrary, the pilot’s brutal killing could ignite sentiment against Islamic State, Kunieda said.

“Still, you need to keep watching the situation,” he said.

King Abdullah II sought Wednesday to keep Jordanians united by issuing a statement that was carried on national television.

“The brave pilot Mu’ath died in defense of his faith, homeland and nation, and joined other martyrs who fell for the sake of the country, sacrificing their lives for dear Jordan,” the king said, according to the Jordan Times.

“At this difficult time, it is the duty of all citizens to unify their ranks and show the true character of the Jordanian people when they face hardships and plights, which will only strengthen us and reinforce our unity,” he said.

The video of al-Kaseasbeh’s killing immediately drew strong condemnation from world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

“As we grieve together, we must stand united, respectful of his sacrifice to defeat this scourge,” Obama said in a statement.

“Today, the coalition fights for everyone who has suffered from (the Islamic State group’s) inhumanity,” he said.

Meanwhile, Abe admitted Wednesday that Japanese officials could not determine which group had captured Goto until Jan. 20, when the first video showing the two Japanese hostages alongside a masked man appeared online.

“Disappointingly, we could not determine it was ISIL before Jan. 20,” Abe said during the Lower House Budget Committee hearing.

He was responding to questions from Kiyomi Tsujimoto, a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.

ISIL is short for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, another name for the militant group.

Even so, the government did make efforts using several routes to gather information about the hostages before the appearance of the first ransom video, Abe said.

“It’s really regrettable that (the crisis) resulted this way,” Abe said, adding that as prime minister he bears all responsibility.

Abe brushed off criticism that his policy to boost “proactive contributions to peace” is raising the risk of Japanese becoming targets of terrorists.

“There is nothing wrong with proactive contributions to peace, and (the claim that this policy) will put Japanese citizens’ lives at risk is completely the opposite of the truth,” he said.

-The Japan Times
BY REIJI YOSHIDA AND MIZUHO AOKI

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‘Marry My Gay Daughter, I’ll Give You $120 Million’

A property tycoon who offered £39million to the man who could persuade his gay daughter to marry him has said he will double the ‘marriage bounty’.

Cecil Chao’s initial offer two years ago reportedly attracted 20,000 suitors, including 1500 via Facebook, hoping to persuade Gigi to end her nine-year civil partnership with Sean Eav.

The wealthy property developer’s offer of HK$500million made global headlines and he is now reportedly considering increasing his offer.

The 77-year-old tycoon ‘hinted this figure could be doubled if someone could capture her heart’, claimed Malaysian publication The Edge.

‘I don’t want to interfere with my daughter’s private life. I only hope for her to have a good marriage and children as well as inherit my business,’ Chao said.

But this fresh attempt at a financial sweetener has left Ms Eav ‘distraught’, the South China Morning Post said.

‘I don’t think my dad’s offering of any amount of money would be able to attract a man I would find attractive,’ said 33-year Gigi.

‘I would be happy to befriend any man willing to donate huge amounts of money to my charity Faith in Love, provided they don’t mind that I already have a wife. Third and lastly, thank you daddy.’

Gigi is reported to have married Ms Eav in a ceremony in France in 2012, though same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong.

‘I don’t want to interfere with my daughter’s private life. I only hope for her to have a good marriage and children as well as inherit my business,’ Chao said.

But this fresh attempt at a financial sweetener has left Ms Eav ‘distraught’, the South China Morning Post said.

‘I don’t think my dad’s offering of any amount of money would be able to attract a man I would find attractive,’ said 33-year Gigi.

‘I would be happy to befriend any man willing to donate huge amounts of money to my charity Faith in Love, provided they don’t mind that I already have a wife. Third and lastly, thank you daddy.’

Gigi is reported to have married Ms Eav in a ceremony in France in 2012, though same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong.

She has taken her father’s behaviour in her stride, previously telling a newspaper she believed it was an indication of how much he loved her.

But she has repeatedly asked him to stop mentioning the financial reward to the press.

British movie maker Sacha Baron Cohen is reportedly working on a film based on the story.

Chao is a fixture of Hong Kong high society, regularly appearing at public events with his latest young girlfriend and he reportedly once claimed to have slept with 10,000 women.