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    A man is accused of brutally beating a transgender woman to death and mutilating the body a week after being released from jail and put on probation, police said. The body of 37-year-old Andrea Dorias Dos Passos was found near the Miami City Ballet on Tuesday. Miami Beach Police said they were able to obtain surveillance video showing a man using a metal pipe to beat Dos Passos, who was sleeping near the entrance of the ballet. Police said Dos Passos was found with lacerations to the...
  • Belgian Whose Body Brews Alcohol Beats Drink-driving Rap

    A Belgian man with a very rare metabolic condition that causes his body to produce alcohol had a drink-driving charge against him dismissed in court on Monday.The 40-year-old proved that he has auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), which causes carbohydrates in his stomach to be fermented, increasing ethanol levels in his blood and resulting in signs of intoxication.His lawyer, Anse Ghesquiere, confirmed the unusual case to AFP after Belgian media reported on it.She said scientists believe that the...
  • Murder charge laid in death of man whose body was found in Hamilton park

    Investigators say they have charged a suspect in connection with the death of Jason Gallant, a Hamilton man whose body was found in a park just over two weeks ago. Gallant’s body was found at Pier 4 Park on the morning of April 2. Police deemed the 50-year-old’s death suspicious and the Homicide Unit was called into investigate. Police said Friday that they executed two search warrants in Hamilton on Thursday evening in connection with the investigation. They said that 36-year-old...