9-Year-Old Eliciana “Lici” Gonzales was the 4th child in the world diagnosed with CAMK2B.Photo:LiciStrong/Facbook LiciStrong/Facbook A Wisconsin family held a fundraiser over the weekend for a 9-year-old girl who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder years ago. In 2017, Eliciana “Lici” Gonzales was diagnosed with CAMK2B — making her the fourth person in the world at the time to receive the diagnosis, according to local stationCBS 58. Less than 300 people have since received the diagnosis....

Otho and Grace McEntire.Photo: Family Photo After spending decades together, an Oklahoma couple died 16 hours apart. Otho McEntire, who died on April 26, was able to spend his last moments with his beloved wife of over 70 years, according to hisobituary. Hours later, on April 27, his wife Grace McEntire followed “him into rest,” the post said. “Mom had constantly been asking for dad, for days and days and days, and I said, ‘Mom he can’t make it, he’s going to go to heaven before you, but he’ll be waiting for you,'” daughter LaReva Mandeville told the outlet....

Wongel Estifanos.Photo: gofundme Wongel Estifanos.GoFundMe Before her death, Wongel was on vacation with her family, which marked the first trip they’d taken since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “They haven’t gone anywhere in two years. And it was supposed to be a joyous occasion, a fun getaway and itturned into the ultimate tragedy,” Mekonnen previously toldCBS4. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free weekly newsletterto get the biggest news of the week delivered to your inbox every Friday....

Photo: FaceBook A female hiker was pronounced dead Sunday after sliding down an estimated 500 to 700 feet on a steep and icy hillside at Baldy Bowl, Mount Baldy, Calif., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD). “She’s known in the community for her fearless hikes, and daily dose of inspiration,” Rosado wrote. “More importantly she was an amazing mother of four, a sister and a friend to everyone she met....

Photo: Facebook Koltyn, who was nearly 2, was pronounced dead later that day. “In the beginning, it was stated as a suspicious death, meaning he could have possibly been sick or it was accidental. We knew in our hearts that was not true,” the boy’s paternal grandmother Tracy Gulcynski told the newspaper. Five months after Koltyn’s death, the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office completed its autopsy report and stated the boy died from blunt force trauma....

Ciaya Jordan Whetstone.Photo: ciayajordan/Instagram With so many questions left unanswered surrounding New Orleans studentCiaya Jordan Whetstone’s death, her family is praying for answers. Whetstone, 21, was dropped off at a hospital via “private conveyance” just before 7 a.m. on Saturday, the New Orleans Police Department said in a statement according to NBC affiliateWYFF. Emergency medical personnel declared her “deceased” soon afterwards. The student’s “unclassified death” is now the subject of an ongoing police investigation....

Jo Acker. The two people killed Monday in a shooting at an Idaho mall have been identified, and one was a security guard who was killed moments after confronting the gunman. The Ada County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday named the shooter, Jacob Bergquist, 27, and the two victims who were slain during the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting, which injured five others, including a police officer. According to relatives, Acker was born in Seattle, and had served with the U....

Photo: James Cook UniversityThanks to a pet owner’s passion and a doctor’s talents, Bubbles will live to swim another day.The koi, who’s been a pet of the Dare family of Australia for upwards of five years, underwent a 10-minute procedure recently to remove a large, potentially dangerous tumor,according to theTownsville Bulletin.“If the tumors are small we don’t do surgery, if they’re large we choose to remove them,” veterinarian Dr. Ingrid Danyiyk ofJames Cook Universitytold theTownsville Bulletin....

Photo: Facebook A 17-year-old teenager from California was found dead this weekend, in the same river where his older brother died six years ago. According toKTXL, Melino Liu’s body was retrieved from a 20-foot deep channel in the American River in Rancho Cordova this weekend. The high school senior, who was scheduled to graduate in June. “He’s too young,” his mother, Sosefina Liu, told the news station. “I’m sad, but at the same time, I’m happy,” Sosefina, who is religious, continued....

One family’s Christmas festivities took a nightmarish turn when they discovered the tree they bought was also home to a venomous snake.Rob and Marcela Wild were in for a surprise when they found a boomslang — one of South Africa’s most venomous snakes — in their Christmas tree,CNNreports. The couple, who lives in the Western Cape, had to call in a professional to wrangle the animal safely.“The cats were peering into the tree, and my wife said, ‘There’s probably a mouse in there somewhere,’ " Rob told CNN....

Mary and Elwyn Crocker.Photo: Effingham County Sheriff’s Office Five family members of thetwo Georgia children whose bodies were found buried in the yardof their father’s mobile home in late December have been indicted in both of their horrific deaths. On March 18, a grand jury in Effingham County indicted the family members ofMary Crocker, 14, and her brother, Elwyn Crocker, Jr., for allegedly torturing and killing them, theSavannah Morning Newsreports....

Rish Karam and Monica Vaswani in ‘Family Karma’.Photo:Monica Schipper/Bravo via Getty Images Monica Schipper/Bravo via Getty Images Monica Vaswani and Rish Karam are engaged! TheFamily Karmastars announced their happy news on Instagram Sunday and shared a series ofsweet snapsfrom the proposal. In the carousel of photos, Karam got down on one knee with a ring to Vaswani, who fittingly wore a white dress. Another pics was snapped as the couple celebrated Vaswani saying yes with a kiss and an embrace....

The lawyer representingBrian Laundrie’s family is addressing rumors that Brian’s parents planted evidence found at a Florida nature park this week before his body was discovered. “It’s nonsense,” family attorney Steven Bertolino tells PEOPLE. On Wednesday, authorities joined Brian’s parents, Chris and Roberta, in searching the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park for signs of their son. Within an hour of beginning their search, looking in areas that Brian was known to frequent, Chris and Roberta found a white bag and another unspecified item, Bertolino toldtold Fox News Digital....