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Authorities believe a custody dispute amid a disintegrating marriage triggered a murder-suicide in South Carolina earlier this summer, after 36-year-old Jessica Edens shot and killed the woman whom she believed was her estranged husband ’s girlfriend. Edens then killed her two young children and, finally, shot herself, according to police. She left behind a scathing suicide note for her spouse. Here are four things to know about the tragedy. 1. Edens’ Spree Began with Husband’s Suspected Girlfriend On July 13, police believe Edens fatally shot 28 -year-old Meredith Leigh Rahme at a parking garage at Rhame’s apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, before fleeing the scene in her Jeep. Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller said Edens believed Rahme was dating her husband, Benjamin Edens , who had reportedly filed for divorce from her after their separation in April. But officials later said Ben and Rahme were co-workers and described them as acquaintances. According to auth...

pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February." /> Stuart Wright, 32, pleaded guilty to a hate crime after defacing a Loop synagogue with swastikas in February. View Full Caption Chicago Police Department COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — The man who defaced a Downtown synagogue with swastika stickers in February has been sentenced to mental health treatment and 200 hours of community service. Stuart Wright, 32, will also be required to enroll in a one- year rehabilitation program at Life After Hate, a Near West Side nonprofit devoted to combating violent extreme -right movements. Wright must pay the organization $3,500, court records show . That's in addition to the $4, 500 Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Wright to pay the Chicago Loop Synagogue at 16 S. Clark St. Wright earlier this month pleaded guilty to a hate crime after smashing a window at the Downtown synagogue on Feb. 4 before defacing the buildin...

Three of the four men charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl are also behind bars. The men are from Honduras, immigrants who found a home at the Heatherwood Apartments. The complex, near Peoria and Colfax in Aurora, is a racial melting pot , one that came to a boil on August 7, when a girl trying to leap to womanhood in a single summer got a very adult lesson. The violence bred more violence -- and more victims. News accounts the next day reported that a seventy-person mob had delivered street justice to one of the accused rapists. Although the reports weren't quite right -- nothing in this saga is -- street justice may be the only justice here. Anna grew up in the neighborhood and has a huge family of siblings and half-siblings. Anna has another daughter who was also taken away by Social Services when Anna went to prison. The girls have a baby brother, too, a child Anna gave birth to after she got out of prison two years ago. That baby has a different father w...

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) Q2 2017 Earnings Call August 03, 2017 1:00 pm ET Executives Jason Reilley - AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Timothy J. Naughton - AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Sean J. Breslin - AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Matthew H. Birenbaum - AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Kevin P. O'Shea - AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Analysts Nicholas Joseph - Citigroup Global Markets , Inc. Nick Yulico - UBS Securities LLC Richard Allen Hightower - Evercore ISI Juan Sanabria - Bank of America Merrill Lynch Andrew T. Babin - Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. Austin Wurschmidt - KeyBanc Capital Markets , Inc. Dennis Patrick McGill - Zelman & Associates Wes Golladay - RBC Capital Markets LLC Alexander Goldfarb - Sandler O'Neill & Partners LP Vincent Chao - Deutsche Bank Conor Wagner - Green Street Advisors , LLC Richard Hill - Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Robert Stevenson - Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Operator Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to AvalonBay...