Three dead after family get into difficulty in sea
Three dead after family get into difficulty in sea. The KRAK 11 News hour: The World Desk, Criminal Intent, Happy Animals, Sports. Real stories from named sources, read by Chip Marlowe and Deb Sarkissian.
Aired 2026-08-19 01:57 UTC · 5 segments · 11 min · complete transcript below
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KRAK 11 NEWS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. It's the top of the hour on KRAK 11 News.
This hour: Harvard Medical School agrees to pay fifty-three million dollars after a morgue manager sold donated body parts. We'll have that story on The World Desk.
In Criminal Intent: Philadelphia police are searching for a man in a Chucky mask who approached a woman and asked if she was ready to die.
That segment is eight minutes of Halloween footage.
Happy Animals brings you the story nobody else is covering: ABC and Disney sue the FCC. Plus, in Sports: Jeanie Buss is trying to block her siblings from selling the family stake in the Lakers.
Still ahead this hour on The World Desk: how Harvard's morgue manager operated for years before families discovered their loved ones had been sold. That's next.
THE WORLD DESK
Good evening, I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian.
Before we begin. The globe graphic. Is it running in the rotation we discussed or did it revert to static.
We don't have a globe graphic.
We have had a globe graphic for six years. It rotates.
We have a map of Wexler County.
We begin tonight overseas, where a family tragedy has left three people dead on England's southern coast.
Authorities in Sussex are investigating after a man, a woman, and a teenage girl died while swimming off Shoreham beach yesterday afternoon.
A younger girl was pulled from the water in critical condition and remains hospitalized tonight. All four were members of the same family.
The incident occurred just south of London, where rescue teams were called to the scene at approximately four-thirty local time but were unable to revive the three victims.
Sussex is England's primary maritime province, which makes the response time particularly concerning given the resources available.
Sussex is a county. It's not a province. England doesn't have provinces.
The investigation is ongoing. Here at home, Harvard Medical School has agreed to pay fifty-three million dollars to settle claims involving the mishandling of donated human remains.
The settlement follows allegations that a morgue manager at the school sold body parts from cadavers that had been donated for medical research and education.
The manager, Cedric Lodge, worked at Harvard's anatomical gifts program from nineteen ninety-five until his termination in twenty twenty-three.
Lodge and his wife were indicted on federal charges last year. Both have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts, which is near Boston, where Harvard is the primary medical institution for the region.
Harvard is in Cambridge. Massachusetts is where Boston is located.
The settlement will be distributed among families whose loved ones' remains were involved. Harvard has not admitted wrongdoing as part of the agreement.
In the United Kingdom tonight, a new report finds that disabled patients are being failed by a lack of accessible communication in medical settings.
The report from Britain's health ombudsman cites multiple cases, including one in which a deaf patient received the wrong injection due to a sign language error.
The ombudsman is calling for mandatory training in accessible communication methods for healthcare providers across England's National Health Service.
The National Health Service is England's primary medical authority, based in London, which oversees several provinces including Scotland and Wales.
It's the healthcare system for the United Kingdom. Four countries. Not provinces.
The report identifies twenty-nine cases over the past year in which disabled patients experienced communication failures that resulted in misdiagnosis, delayed treatment, or incorrect medication.
One case involved a patient who required urgent care but could not communicate effectively with emergency room staff due to the absence of a qualified interpreter.
And in weather news from the UK, meteorologists are monitoring long-range forecasts that suggest September could bring warmer and drier conditions than average across southern England.
Some models suggest temperatures could reach unseasonable highs, though forecasters caution that predicting weather patterns more than two weeks out remains highly uncertain.
The speculation follows a summer that saw multiple heat warnings across Europe. Any sustained warm spell in September would be unusual for the British provinces at that time of year.
The British Isles.
Of course. Still ahead on KRAK eleven news, a Wexler County man is accused of a crime that has left investigators with more questions than answers. That story and more in Criminal Intent, in just a few minutes.
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CRIMINAL INTENT
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Chip, are you sitting forward again.
I am maintaining an engaged posture for the crime segment. It reads as authoritative.
It reads as a man about to lunge at the camera.
A man in a horror mask is wanted for questioning in Philadelphia after allegedly approaching a woman and asking if she was ready to die.
Police describe the suspect as wearing a mask resembling Chucky, the doll from the horror franchise. The incident occurred in a residential neighborhood during evening hours.
The suspect is considered a person of interest in what investigators are describing as a pattern of escalating incidents involving theatrical elements.
Police said the suspect asked a question.
A deeply unsettling question, Deb, delivered with what witnesses describe as theatrical menace suggesting premeditation and narrative sophistication.
He asked a question while wearing a mask.
The psychology of mask selection alone indicates careful planning. Aerial surveillance would show a search perimeter extending roughly four city blocks in each direction from the initial contact point.
We don't have aerial surveillance.
If we did, Deb, that's what it would show. The woman was not injured. Philadelphia police are asking anyone with information to contact the department.
In other news, a lawsuit alleges Meta knowingly designed Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to children despite internal research showing harm to young users.
The trial opened this week in federal court. Prosecutors allege the company prioritized engagement over safety in platform design decisions spanning several years.
Meta's legal team argued that social media addiction does not exist as a recognized medical condition. The lawsuit was brought by multiple US states seeking damages and changes to platform design.
Deb, before we go to break, if someone were watching this segment cold, no prior knowledge of our format, would you say the crime coverage reads as network-caliber investigative depth.
We're at time.
We have thirty-five seconds.
We're at time.
Still ahead on KRAK 11 News, Happy Animals. A creature in the wild doing something scientists have documented for the first time.
That's next.
HAPPY ANIMALS
Welcome back to KRAK 11 News. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian.
Did the stinger run in the weight we discussed, or did it revert.
It ran the same way it's run for six years.
A Fairmont family is celebrating tonight after being reunited with a cat missing for fourteen months.
The Vasquez family reported their cat, Oliver, missing in June of last year. A microchip scan at Wexler County Animal Services confirmed the match yesterday afternoon.
Oliver was found eleven miles from the family's home. The shelter says microchip reunions are rare after more than six months.
Fourteen months.
That is more than a year that this family did not know where their cat was, and now they do, and that — in London, researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have developed a prosthetic leg for a flamingo.
The flamingo, named Floyd, was born with a deformity at the Chester Zoo. Veterinarians say Floyd received the custom prosthetic after three months of design work.
The prosthetic was 3D-printed using materials light enough for flight. Floyd is now able to stand and walk without assistance.
Floyd is expected to attempt flying within six weeks.
A sanctuary in Oregon is reporting that a bear cub separated from its mother during last month's wildfires has been successfully paired with a surrogate.
The cub was found alone near the Cascade Range after evacuations. Wildlife officials say surrogate placement is rare but critical for cubs under six months old.
The surrogate mother accepted the cub within forty-eight hours. Both bears will remain at the sanctuary through winter before release next spring.
Still ahead: SPORTS.
Stay with us.
SPORTS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
I'm Deb Sarkissian. The KRAK 11 Scoreboard is next.
And we are going to need that split-screen configuration we discussed for multi-city coverage, because tonight we have developments out of Los Angeles and Washington.
We're going to read the scores, Chip.
The Lakers ownership situation we reported earlier this evening has escalated. Jeanie Buss, the Lakers governor, is now actively attempting to block her siblings from selling the family's remaining stake in the franchise.
This involves control of the seventeen-time NBA champions. The franchise is valued at approximately five point nine billion dollars.
The Buss family has controlled the Lakers since Jerry Buss purchased the team in nineteen seventy-nine. This is a legacy situation.
It's a dispute over money.
The legal proceedings are expected to continue into next season. Deb?
Thank you, Chip. The Freedom Two-Fifty Grand Prix takes place this weekend in Washington, D.C. This is the first motor race to be held in the nation's capital.
And this is a historic moment for American motorsport. Washington has never hosted an IndyCar event. The circuit runs through the RFK Stadium complex.
The track is one point four miles. Fourteen turns. Practice runs begin Saturday morning.
Washington is establishing itself as a destination venue. You have the capital. You have the infrastructure. You have the sight lines. It's everything a network looks for when they cover a—
It's a parking lot with cones.
The race airs Sunday at noon Eastern on NBC.
Ohio State opens their season August thirtieth against Akron. The Buckeyes are ranked fourth in the preseason and are favored by thirty-eight points.
And I want to be clear about what that ranking represents. Ohio State is coming off a seven-and-five season. They have retooled the entire offensive line. They are not ranked fourth because of last year.
They're ranked fourth because Yahoo put them fourth.
Based on recruiting. Based on the transfer portal. Based on potential.
Based on not having played a game yet.
That is how preseason rankings work, Deb.
They work by guessing.
By projecting based on objective metrics.
Ohio State plays Michigan November thirtieth. Michigan beat them last year.
That is the entire reason they are ranked fourth instead of first.
And that is still a guess, Chip.
The game is August thirtieth. We will have live coverage.
Still ahead on the next KRAK 11 News, at the top of the hour, a Fairmont business that has operated for forty-three years is closing its doors, and the owner is not saying why. That's coming up.
The next KRAK 11 News is at the top of the hour. I'm Chip Marlowe.
I'm Deb Sarkissian. Good night.
Did that close land the way we discussed.
We didn't discuss it.
I sent a memo Thursday about sign-off cadence and the rhythm of paired anchors establishing closure.
You sent that to Larry in sales.
Larry handles station communications.
Larry sells advertising time to the Honda dealership.
We're clear.
The close felt network.
It felt like Fairmont.
Meaning what.
Meaning we're done.
Reporting behind this episode
- Harvard agrees to pay millions after morgue manager sold body parts
- Three dead after family get into difficulty in sea
- Is another UK heatwave on the way in September?
- Deaf patient given wrong jab due to sign language error, report says
- Police hunting down man in Chucky-like horror mask who asked woman "Are you ready to die?"
- Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, court hears
- Buss trying to block her siblings' sale of family stake in Lakers
- Take a timelapse ride along the IndyCar racetrack in Washington