Stabbing

Plantar fasciitis. If you haven't had to deal with it personally, just ask around. Chances are you know lots of people who can describe it in great detail: stabbing heel pain and agonizing steps followed by a frustratingly slow recovery. Plantar fasciitis - an inflammation of the plantar facsia, a thick band of tissue that runs along the arch from the heel to the toes - has become so ubiquitous that podiatrists can practically make the diagnosis before a patient even sets foot in their office.

A 12-year-old boy made his first appearance in Juvenile Court on Wednesday after being charged with murder in the death of his 8-year-old sister, Leila Fowler. Attorney Mark Reichel said his client, who did not enter a plea, faces a second-degree murder charge along with a special allegation that he used a dangerous weapon in the Valley Springs, Calif., stabbing. Reichel declined to go into detail about the case until after he and his legal partner have reviewed the evidence, but said they "have the same questions as everyone.

Authorities in Northern California on Saturday announced the arrest of a 12-year-old boy in the stabbing death of his younger sister, whose killing last month sparked a manhunt for a supposed intruder who the boy had said committed the crime. Following a two-week investigation, Calaveras County sheriff's detectives arrested the boy in connection with the death of his sister, 8-year-old Leila Fowler. The boy, whose name was not made public, will be charged with murder, the county sheriff announced at a news conference, according to the Associated Press.

Authorities in Northern California on Saturday announced the arrest of a 12-year-old boy in the stabbing death of his younger sister, whose killing last month sparked a manhunt for a supposed intruder who the boy had said committed the crime. Following a two-week investigation, Calaveras County sheriff's detectives arrested the boy in connection with the death of his sister, 8-year-old Leila Fowler. The boy, whose name was not made public, will be charged with murder, the county sheriff announced at a news conference, according to the Associated Press.

VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. - On any given day, this is a quiet, rural town surrounded by miles of hills stacked with golden hay bales. But on Sunday, the sun was hot and weeks of fear had pivoted into confirmation of a sickening suspicion: the brother of a slain 8-year-old girl, Leila Fowler, was now the suspect in the April 27 stabbing death. The community of 7,500 southeast of Sacramento let out a collective breath now that a suspect was in custody. Longing for normalcy, most people took their children to the nearby lake.

Police say a man with a knife chased his wife through their Chino Hills neighborhood Tuesday and stabbed her to death in the street. Samir Wahid, 39, was arrested at the scene in connection with the death of his wife, Iman, 33, according to San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. The couple emigrated from Lebanon, and Samir Wahid owned a construction company. Beavers said the attack began inside the couple's home in the 15700 block of Sedona Drive on Tuesday afternoon when Samir Wahid, who had not been living at the residence, walked in and began stabbing his wife.

A man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office at a Boston medical building Tuesday and was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard who happened by, police said. The attack took place at a high-rise affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. The doctor, identified by hospital officials as Dr. Astrid Desrosiers, was in serious but stable condition. Police said the man died of gunshot wounds. He was identified as Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading, Mass.

Beverly Hills police Wednesday announced the arrest of three suspects in the stabbing of the 21-year-old son of a Japanese filmmaker who was found fatally wounded outside a spacious hillside home in Trousdale Estates. The deadly stabbing occurred in an exclusive Beverly Hills neighborhood unaccustomed to such violence. The three suspects were booked on suspicion of murder and were being held Wednesday evening in the city jail, the Beverly Hills Police Department said. Their names were not released.

A 23-year-old German Muslim was convicted in Frankfurt, Germany, and sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stabbing a rabbi in the stomach last year. Sajed Aziz was convicted of serious bodily injury in the September attack on Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Zalman Gurevitch on a Frankfurt street. But Judge Klaus Drescher said there was not enough evidence to support the original charge of attempted manslaughter. Aziz admitted he stabbed Gurevitch but called it self-defense, saying the rabbi had grabbed him by the collar.

VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. - In this rural town southeast of Sacramento, small-town neighborliness and distance from urban life made many of its 7,500 residents feel safe. Locals say many residents still don't lock their doors. But feelings of security have been shattered by the killing of an 8-year-old girl over the weekend. Authorities have revealed few details about the crime, but local media have reported that the girl's older brother told detectives an intruder got into the home while their parents were away and fatally stabbed her. Leila Fowler's slaying prompted a sweeping manhunt across the rugged terrain of Calaveras County and left residents searching for answers.

Los Angeles police said they relied heavily on students and their social media skills in tracking down and arresting a trio of suspects Thursday in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old at a Reseda high school. Using tweets from students, police said they were able to identify and ultimately arrest the suspects - two of them reputed gang members - in a Van Nuys neighborhood. Kevin Orellano was stabbed to death Wednesday as he was playing handball on campus, which he had attended before transferring to an occupational center last fall.

An adult school student was stabbed Wednesday afternoon in an altercation at Cleveland High School in Reseda and later died of his wounds, law enforcement authorities said. The victim was a student at West Valley Occupational Center in Woodland Hills, according to Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Sharon Papa. He was believed to be 18. The student was attacked on one of the school's handball courts about 4 p.m. after an argument with two men who were described as being between 18 and 20, authorities said.

A musician and a retired attorney were found fatally stabbed Monday inside their home in Davis. Oliver “Chip” Northrup, 88, and 76-year-old Claudia Maupin were found dead Monday morning inside a home on Cowell Boulevard. Officers initially went to the house to do a welfare check, as the two had not been seen or heard from all day. Northrup played guitar in a group called the Putah Creek Crawdads. They performed Saturday at the Davis Farmers Market. Northrup was also a retired attorney, dealing with court of appeals-level cases.

A 19-year-old Lancaster man was in jail Thursday after allegedly stabbing a woman multiple times and later leading deputies on a short foot chase. When deputies responded to a “family disturbance” call Saturday, suspect Jaquain Smith had already fled the scene, Sgt. Ronald DiGiovanni of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lancaster station said in a statement. Wednesday afternoon, while the 20-year-old stabbing victim was at the sheriff's station telling deputies she had received threats from the suspect, she spotted Smith standing at a bus stop nearby.

CYPRESS, Texas -- A male student from Lone Star College in Texas has been arrested in connection with a mass stabbing attack on campus that injured 14 people, two critically. The student, whose name was not released, is believed to be about 21 years old and is suspected of acting alone in what one official described as a "building-to-building" attack at the community college.  The campus was put on lockdown and then closed for the day after the late morning attack. Twelve of the victims were hospitalized with laceration injuries, including four who were taken to the hospital by helicopter.

Several East Los Angeles residents who witnessed the robbery and stabbing of an ice cream vendor Sunday chased down the two alleged assailants and held them until police arrived. Jose Torres, 18, and Macareo DeJesus, 21, are being held at the East Los Angeles sheriff's station on suspicion of attempted murder and robbery, according to a sheriff's spokesman. Encarnacion Garcia, 50, the vendor who suffered multiple stab wounds in the 7:30 p.m. attack at Atlantic Boulevard and Repetto Street, was in serious condition at Santa Marta Hospital.

Before last May, neighbors in the upscale Ventura County community of Faria Beach didn't have much reason to think they were unsafe. On one side, they were guarded by electronic gates. On the other side, the ocean lapped at their sea walls. At low tide, strollers greeted one another on the magnificent shoreline six miles up the coast from Ventura. But on the night of May 20, an intruder walked through an open terrace door and stabbed a man and his pregnant wife to death. Their two children, ages 9 and 11, were in the house when the attacker entered.

The case of a convicted felon who allegedly stabbed a woman to death at a Fontana park-and-ride has exposed flaws in Gov. Jerry Brown's controversial plan to give local governments responsibility for nonviolent prisoners, San Bernardino County authorities said Tuesday. David Mulder, 43, a transient with a history of drug-related convictions, was shot and killed Sunday night by a California Highway Patrol officer responding to a report of a woman being attacked in a car near the San Bernardino Freeway.

At least 11 people were stabbed at a Houston-area college Tuesday, which was on lockdown after the attacks, officials said. At least four victims at the Cy-Fair campus of the Lone Star College system in a northwestern Houston suburb were taken by helicopter to local hospitals, and more were taken by ambulance, the school said in a statement. The Harris County Sheriff's Office reported that a suspect had been taken into custody after the incident at the school's Health Science Center.