After 3-Year-Old's Decomposing Body Was Found, Grandma Said It Was an Accident. Then Police Found Blood Spatter

Becky Vreeland and her granddaughter, Riley Lynn Nolan.Photo:Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office;Dignity Memorial Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office;Dignity Memorial An Oklahoma grandmother was sentenced to life in prison for killing her granddaughter and leaving her decomposing body in a trash can for several days so her son could enjoy Father’s Day, court records show. Becky Vreeland, 63, was charged with murder in the first degree — child abuse in connection with the 2022 death of her 3-year-old granddaughter, Riley Lynn Nolan,The Oklahomanreports.

After Being Buried for Hours in 2004 Tsunami, Survivor Says Next Generation Needs to Know What Happened (Exclusive)

Soffie Modin was on holiday on Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, when the tsunami hits the islands.Photo:National Geographic/Charlie Laing/Alec Davy National Geographic/Charlie Laing/Alec Davy Soffie Modin can’t forget the horrors she endured after she survivedthe Dec. 26, 2004, tsunamibut says fewer young people know about the world-changing disaster. “Maybe it’s hard [for the younger generation] to understand,” she tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. Without the ubiquity of cellphone cameras to record what happened 20 years ago, younger people now may not grasp the scale of the horror.

After Being Found Under a Bed, 77-Year-Old Slice of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s Wedding Cake Sells at Auction

Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their Nov. 20, 1947 wedding day.Photo:Getty Images Getty Images A slice of wedding cake from the nuptials of the futureQueen ElizabethandPrince Philip— a full 77 years ago — has sold for over four times its expected value at auction. After being found under a bed in a suitcase, the piece of fruit cake netted over $2,800 after it was estimated to pull in about $650, according to theBBC.

After Cancer, Woman Was Told She Had a '0% Chance' of Pregnancy. While Pursuing Surrogacy, She Got a Surprise (Exclusive)

Mia Donahue Sjoman and her family.Photo:Mia Donahue Sjoman Mia Donahue Sjoman A long journey to building a family has come with double the happy ending for one family. “I had a large, cancerous mass behind my cervix, so I had to have a surgery called a radical trachelectomy. It’s basically like a half of a hysterectomy, in hopes of preserving some fertility,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively. “We actually found out from some of the reproductive endocrinologists that due to the surgery, I was unable to get pregnant naturally.

After Family Lost Cherished Photos of Dead Son During Hurricane Helene, a Detective Makes Incredible Find

A photo of the Moss brothers.Photo:Asheville Police Department/Facebook Asheville Police Department/Facebook A family in Asheville, N.C., who lost their home toHurricane Helenewas able to recover photographs featuring their late son, thanks to the work of a diligent police detective. AsThe New York Timesreported on Saturday, Nov. 9, the Moss family’s home floated down the Swannanoa River during the late September hurricane that hadclaimed the lives of 102 people in North Carolinaas of Tuesday, Nov.