A young woman's body was chopped up for science — as her mother desperately fought to bring her home

Aurimar Villegas’ family fought to bring her body home to Venezuela. Instead, it was sent to the University of North Texas Health Science Center, where it was cut up for science.

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Mother of girl operated on by disgraced surgeon says hospital 'gaslit' her

Jodee Seeley tells BBC Newsnight she is considering legal action against Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Mother of Idaho murder victim opens up: ‘I see her in dreams’

Karen Laramie, mother of University Idaho murder victim Madison Mogen, sits down with TODAY to open up about her grief and shares memories of her daughter including the matching rings they both ...
NBC News - 1d
Harshita Brella told family her husband would kill her, mother tells BBC

Harshita's body was found in the boot of a car in east London last month.
BBC News - 6d
Nicole Kidman on Watching ‘Babygirl’ and the Loss of Her Mother

Between her experience on “Babygirl” and her mother’s death, the star has come to understand a lot about women in unfulfilled lives.
The New York Times - Dec. 11
Mother of murdered boy 'loses' her son every day

Max Dixon's mum appeals for people to reject knife crime, saying her family was destroyed by it.
BBC News - Dec. 10
On secret military island, a mother strives to raise her children normally

Shanthi tried her best to create a sense of normality for her children on the remote British island Diego Garcia.
BBC News - Dec. 8
Police find body of US woman who fell into sinkhole while looking for her cat

Police had been searching for four days for Elizabeth Pollard, who fell into a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. The remains of a Pennsylvania woman who fell into a sinkhole were recovered ...
The Guardian - Dec. 6
Mother confronts her son's killers in court

The mother of Darren Williams asks his murderers "was it worth it?" as they are sentenced.
BBC News - Dec. 5
36 years after teen's body found in river, her killer is identified

Decades after a Washington teenager's brutal murder, law enforcement identified her killer using genealogical DNA testing.
CBS News - Dec. 2