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Police: Child of tech execs reported missing in California
The teenage child of two tech executives has been reported missing in California, according to authorities.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Thursday that Mint Butterfield, the 16-year-old child of Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Flickr founder Caterina Fake, was reported missing by Fake on Monday. Mint's pronouns are they/them.
Fake told police she last saw Mint around 10 p.m. Monday at their home in Bolinas, a coastal city roughly 30 miles from San Francisco. According to police, Fake realized the next morning that Mint was not at home, and discovered a note indicating Mint had left with a suitcase at some point late in the night or early in the morning.
The sheriff's office says it is unclear how Mint left the area, as they did not have access to a vehicle or phone. Police said Fake and Mint also share a home in
San Francisco, and Fake indicated that Mint may have left for the Tenderloin District of San Francisco.
The sheriff's office said it is working in collaboration with the San Francisco Police Department and that detectives from both agencies have attempted to find Mint, but have been unable to locate them.
Mich. woman out on bond after boat crash that killed 2 children
A Michigan woman facing eight charges stemming from a crash that killed two children at a boat club was released Thursday on a $1.5 million bond, according to the jail and her attorney.
Marshella Chidester, 66, is accused of slamming an SUV into the Swan Boat Club, where a birthday party was taking place about 30 minutes southwest of Detroit on April 20. Two children died and over a dozen others were injured, with several still hospitalized.
The Newport, Michigan, woman was released two days after she was arraigned in Monroe County District Court on the charges, which include two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of driving while intoxicated, causing death.
Two siblings, 8-year-old Alanah Phillips and 4-year-old Zayn Phillips, were killed. Their mother, Mariah Dodds and her 11-year-old son survived, though he's facing serious injuries including broken legs and ribs and a fractured skull.
Officials: Tesla that hit Wash. man may have been in autopilot
A Tesla that fatally hit a motorcyclist in Washington state was on the company's autopilot driving system, the surviving driver told authorities, who have not yet verified the claim.
Jeffrey Nissen, 28, of Stanwood, Washington, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Friday after he was hit by a Tesla Model-S and thrown from his bike on State Route 522 in Maltby, Washington, about 25 miles northeast of Seattle.
Nissen had slowed for traffic while the Tesla diver did not, police said.
The Tesla's 56-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and told police that he had been using the car's autopilot program at the time of the crash.
NTSB: Pilot on Alaska flight tried to return to airport before crash
A pilot in the plane crash that killed two people in Alaska attempted to return to the airport before hitting the ground.
The two people onboard the vintage military plane Tuesday were delivering 32 gallons of heating fuel when one the aircraft's wings caught on fire, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The aircraft took off from Fairbanks International Airport at 9:55 a.m. and was headed around 300 miles away to Kobuk, Alaska before signaling an emergency. The plane crashed about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday into the Tanana River, about seven miles south of the airport, the NTSB said in a statement Wednesday.
“On its return to the airport, it experienced an explosion on the wing and crashed on the frozen Tanana River,” NTSB said.