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RABBIT MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FREEZER ON UNITED FLIGHT

A 3- foot giant rabbit that died last month following a United Airlines flight from London may have mistakenly been placed in a freezer by airline employees, a DesMoines attorney announcedMonday.

Simon, the rabbit, was found dead following a United flight from London to Chicago.

Des Moines trial attorney Guy Cook announced at a press conference on Monday that the owners are demanding an independent investigation into Simon’s death. At least one airline employee has reportedly said that Simon may have been inadvertently locked in a freezer for up to 16 hours after arriving in Chicago.

The rabbit was cremated by United following its death, making an autopsy impossible, Cook said. That action by the airline was tantamount to “destroying evidence” in the case, he said. TRIAL BEGINS IN TULSA OFFICER’S KILLING OF UNARMED BLACK MAN

Jury selection began Monday in the manslaughter trial of Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby, whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man along a quiet, twolane Oklahoma roadway last September was caught on video and witnessed by her husband.

The shooting prompted protests outside Tulsa police headquarters and a call for calm from Gov. Fallin.

Now the case again draws the spotlight, and a citywide “Prayer and Call for Justice” featuring Al Sharpton is scheduled forWednesday.

Shelby, who is white, says she shot Terence Crutcher after he repeatedly ignored her commands to show his hands and kneel down.

SERIAL KILLING SUSPECT ARRESTED IN DEATHS OF SEVEN

A serial killing suspect accused of fatally shooting seven people last year and wounding two others in attacks that terrorized a Phoenix neighborhood was arrestedMonday, authorities said.

Aaron Juan Saucedo, 23, was charged with the deaths of the people and other felony charges, said Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams. All but one of the killings took place in a predominantly Latino neighborhood between March and July of 2016.

The shooter stalked victims after dark, police have said, picking victims who were either outside of their homes or sitting in cars.

JEFF J. MITCHELL, GETTY IMAGES French president- elect Emmanuel Macron and outgoing president Francois Hollande attend a ceremonyMonday at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe over Nazi Germany inWorldWar II.