Tayanna Manuel was reported missing on Christmas Eve.

DENVER — The family of a 16-year-old girl found dead on Monday morning believes she was killed days earlier in a shooting that sent her boyfriend to the hospital.
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Tayanna Manuel’s body was discovered Monday morning outside an apartment complex in the 4900 block of North Salida Street in Denver. That is near 60th Avenue and Pena Boulevard.

​DENVER (TCD) -- A 16-year-old girl was found dead the day after Christmas in what police are now investigating as a homicide.

On the morning of Dec. 26, Denver Police tweeted they were conducting an outdoor death investigation near the 4900 block of N. Salida Street. Police said the victim, Tayanna Manuel, was a juvenile female and that her death was determined to be a homicide.

They did not reveal her cause of death.

​DENVER (KDVR) — A local family is searching for answers after their 16-year-old loved one was found dead by a dumpster in Green Valley Ranch.

The mother and two sisters of Tayanna Manuel spoke about who she was and the frustration surrounding the initial stages of the investigation. They believe the investigation is connected to a shooting from Friday night involving someone Manuel knew.

DAYTON — Its been over 48 hours since a 5-month-old boy was taken away from his parents.
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Kason Thomas and his suspected kidnapper Nalah Jackson, have yet to be located.

​COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — As of Wednesday afternoon, authorities had not located 5-month-old Kason Thomass, the woman accused of abducting him and his twin on Monday, or the stolen vehicle she drove away.
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City detectives on Tuesday evening filed kidnapping charges against the suspect, 24-year-old Nalah Jackson, who is believed to have stolen the car belonging to the twins’ mother while her children were inside. A nationwide warrant was issued for her arrest.

Adam Conn and Mark Feuerborn

Police asked anyone with any information regarding the case to call 911 immediately.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – The search for a missing child who was inside a vehicle stolen Monday night continued into Wednesday morning, with still no sign of the child, the vehicle or the woman who is accused of taking both.
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​Céilí Doyle
The Columbus Dispatch

​The search for missing 5-month-old Kason Thomas drags on Thursday morning — with a focus on Montgomery County.

The baby remains unaccounted for after he and his twin brother, Kyair, were left in a running car while their mother picked up a Door Dash food order from a Donatos Pizza restaurant in Columbus' Short North neighborhood around 9:45 p.m. Monday.