Frankie Muniz knows exactly what he wants. During his appearance on the “Lightweights Podcast with Joe Vulpis,” the “Malcolm in the Middle” actor recalled getting the chance of a lifetime when he was younger, but refused the offer because of his crush on another child star.

Frankie Muniz Had A Massive Crush On Amanda Bynes When He Was Younger

Muniz built quite a resume as a child actor, starring in “My Dog Skip” and “Agent Cody Banks.” The one show he wanted to be on, however, was “All That” with Nickelodeon stars Drake Bell, Josh Peck, and, of course, Amanda Bynes.

Muniz called being on the show a “dream” of his as a child, particularly because of his massive crush on Bynes, who later starred in her own show, “The Amanda Show.”

While Muniz wasn’t part of either show’s cast, his dream of meeting and working with Bynes came true a little while later when he was asked to host the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

“And Amanda Bynes was one of the other co-hosts. And I was like, ‘I’m gonna meet Amanda Bynes, right?’ It’s this huge deal. So I’m so excited, right? I’m like, this is my chance, you know?” he said.

Frankie Muniz Turned Down The Chance Of A Lifetime To Meet Bynes In The Early 2000s

Before the ceremony, however, Muniz said he received an offer to host “Saturday Night Live.”

“[My mom] goes, ‘You got asked to host Saturday Night Live,’ and I’m like, ‘What’s that?’” he recalled. “And she’s like, ‘It’s huge. You’ll be one of the youngest people ever [to host], it’s this big deal. Blah blah blah.’ I’m like, ‘When?’ She’s like, ‘April 3rd.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, hell no! I am going to the Kids’ Choice Awards. I don’t care. I’m meeting Amanda Bynes at the Kids’ Choice Awards.’”

Muniz already had a strong work ethic, he said, which is why he told his mom he wouldn’t be able to accept the offer.

“I committed to it, I’m not going to back out of the kitchen. They’ve been airing my commercial saying I’m going to be co-hosting,’” Muniz added.

Muniz got even closer to Bynes years later, when the pair starred in the comedy film “Big Fat Liar,” which followed a 14-year-old compulsive liar whose school assignment is stolen by a Hollywood producer and turned into a feature film.

Frankie Muniz Was Intimated By Bynes While Working With Her

In an interview with PEOPLE, Muniz looked back on the film with Bynes, calling it a “full-circle moment.”

The movie, which also starred Paul Giamatti, grossed $53 million at the box office and won Bynes an award for “Favorite Movie Actress” at the Kids’ Choice Awards in 2003.

While he’d been on set before, Muniz recalled being nervous for this role because he was working with Bynes so closely.

“I actually remember being fairly intimidated by her on set, because she was just so naturally funny. I wasn’t really someone who did a lot of ad-libbing and all that kind of stuff,” he said.

However, the pair “got along great,” Muniz said.

Muniz Worked With Another Childhood Star In The Early 2000s

And Bynes isn’t the only megawatt star Muniz worked with as a young kid. He also worked with “Lizze McGuire” alum Hilary Duff, calling her one of the “first friends” he made in Los Angeles.

“She was living at the Oakwood Apartments, which is where all the, I don’t want to say just child actors, but a lot of people come for pilot seasons and stuff,” he said.

Muniz explained that he used to visit the apartment complex many times because of his connections there.

His bond with Duff grew even more once they both began starring in their own sitcoms. “I was on an episode of her show on Lizzie McGuire, and I got to do the film with her and had a blast,” he said.

Muniz Is Back In The Spotlight

And while “Malcolm in the Middle” concluded in 2006, Muniz reprised the titular character in the Hulu reboot, “Life’s Still Unfair.”

“When I was Malcolm 20 years ago, I was a kid,” Muniz told PEOPLE about portraying the character again after 20 years. “I was playing a kid, and it made sense to be in the situations he was in a little bit. And kind of the same thing now. I am 40 years old. I do have a kid at home.”

The series is now available to stream on Hulu, and Muniz boasted about how “proud” he was of the finished product.

“I haven’t said that many times when I leave a set. Normally, I’m kind of like, ‘I probably could have done that better. I could have tried this. I could have done that.’ But every day I left the set on this revival, I was really proud of what we were making,” he said.

Let’s be honest — when Bethenny Frankel, Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan all agree on something, we’re listening. The former Real Housewives of New York City stars have spent years in front of cameras, so they know exactly what it takes to keep skin looking smooth and lifted. However, the real shocker is that their go-to wrinkle cream isn’t some luxury splurge — it’s a $28 drugstore staple.

The trio reunited in partnership with RoC and didn’t hold back about what they actually use. Their top pick? The brand’s Deep Wrinkle Rich Cream, a formula designed to target dryness, firmness and fine lines all at once. Given that the reality stars are 55, 62 and 69 respectively — with skin that still looks incredibly youthful! — we’re definitely taking notes.

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Since Stephen King has written a massive number of books, he’s also, quite naturally, had to write a huge number of endings, and some of those endings aren’t exactly well-loved. Even if you want to look at his best works, you’ll find people who have issues with how those books end up wrapping up, as can be seen with the likes of The Stand, It, and the final book in The Dark Tower series.

In the eyes of this writer, those endings are all good, actually. And then there are also books like 11/22/63 and Pet Sematary that have genuinely great endings, or at least endings where most people are like, “Hey, yeah, that wasn’t bad.” The following novels, on the other hand, do not conclude very well, and all of them have some of the worst endings Stephen King has written to date.

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‘Cell’ (2006)

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The best part of Cell is how it opens, and that’s not too controversial an opinion to have, by any means. This is one of a fair few Stephen King stories where the author expresses his displeasure with cell phones, but while such “old man yelling at cloud” moments are usually relegated to little one-off moments, here, the whole book has that kind of energy. The phones turn people into zombies, basically, or zombie-like creatures.

And when it’s all starting to go down, early on, it’s kind of thrilling, with Cell being one of many Stephen King books that the author manages to get off to a good start. But it becomes increasingly harder to stay invested, even with the novel not exactly being an epic, by any means (there are longer books by King that stay entirely interesting throughout). It’s a novel that gets slowly worse as it trudges along to an eventually merciful ending, but at least the book still manages to be a potentially decent (or not entirely irredeemable) read, unlike the movie adaptation of Cell.

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‘The Tommyknockers’ (1987)

The Tommyknockers sees Stephen King getting very weird, even by the standards of a King book released in the 1980s, and there are probable reasons for that there isn’t time to get into here. Let’s just stick to the basics, as much as that’s possible, for such a wild and chaotic book. In The Tommyknockers, the people of a small town all become affected by an object discovered in the woods, and said object seems to be of an extra-terrestrial origin.

Stephen King isn’t the best at sci-fi, but he’s helmed some good ones a little more recently than The Tommyknockers, like 11/22/63 and Under the Dome (the ending to the latter isn’t quite as disastrous as some people make it out to be). With The Tommyknockers, though, you get the sense he really wasn’t in control, and while the wildness of it all can be sporadically fun, the whole thing eventually collapses under its own weight, especially near the end. Finding a final page and getting through it feels like a mercy kill; like The Tommyknockers finally being Old Yeller’d. Takes a while to get there, but better late than never, right?

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‘Holly’ (2023)

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If you read everything Stephen King has ever written, you’re going to run into the character of Holly Gibney a fair few times. She was introduced in Mr. Mercedes, then played a supporting role in the following two books centered around Bill Hodges, all before having another supporting role in The Outsider, and then going on to be at the center of one of the novellas featured in If It Bleeds.

All these stories ended up better than Holly, which is, unfortunately, the character’s first protagonist role in a full-blown novel, and the novel itself is a bit of a mess. After If It Bleeds, which explicitly takes place at the end of 2020, Holly is all about COVID and the main character dealing with it, while taking on a case, which wouldn’t feel jarring if If It Bleeds had mentioned it. But it couldn’t, since King wrote it before COVID, and then he decided that Holly’s world would have COVID anyway, just not the sort that anyone worried about in 2020, anyway. Even beyond that, Holly is a fairly weak novel, and pretty half-hearted, with an ultimately laughable pair of antagonists who are brought down in a boring and predictable fashion, by the book’s (eventual and merciful) end.

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‘Lisey’s Story’ (2006)

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Of all the dozens upon dozens of novels King has written, the man himself considers Lisey’s Story as his best, and he’s welcome to feel that way, even if it’s a little strange he does. Okay, okay, Lisey’s Story is an undeniably personal novel, and for better or worse, you do really feel that while reading it, since it’s about mortality, grief, and writing, all centered around a recently widowed woman dealing with the loss of her husband, who was a writer.

She grapples with memories of him while uncovering things he’d written, and then there’s also some stuff involving a different realm or something, and everything kind of merging and getting messy and, look, it’s a really annoying read. The way the characters talk to each other, and the way it just goes on and on… it’s infuriating, and beyond self-indulgent. If someone who wasn’t King tried to get Lisey’s Story published, it would almost certainly not have been accepted without radical edits. That it ends badly isn’t massively disappointing, in all honesty, since it also starts and progresses throughout (all before the ending) badly, too.

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‘Desperation’ (1996)

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There’s a sister novel to Desperation called The Regulators, and that’s probably the worse book overall, but Desperation ends up being a little more disappointing when it comes to its ending. The Regulators (one of King’s Richard Bachman books) is a mess throughout, but Desperation does have a pretty great start that’s heavy on mystery, involving various people who are all abducted and held captive in a small town by a potentially possessed – or perhaps just deranged – police officer.

Once the truth of what’s happening starts to get revealed, things suddenly become less interesting. Without going into too much detail, Desperation is kind of just another rather fantastical/supernatural battle of good vs. evil, in the end, and one that King had done better before, and with more interesting characters, too. If you read the first half of Desperation and make peace with a lack of conclusion, you’ll probably come away more satisfied than if you stick it out and actually finish the dang thing.

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‘Elevation’ (2018)

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One of two novels about rapid weight loss that Stephen King has written, Elevation is a good deal more optimistic than Thinner, which is the other one, and also, Elevation is a bit of a fantasy (or magical realism) novel compared to the horror focus of Thinner. In Thinner, a man is cursed to lose weight, while in Elevation, a man gradually gets lighter and lighter, all to the point where it seems like he might just float off into the atmosphere, at a point.

And… uh… that’s what happens. This is barely a novel, and sometimes gets called a novella, which feels more accurate. Elevation has been spoiled here, but you’re better off knowing about how silly the ending is (and also, the ending happens so soon after the beginning of the story, so it’s all very slight, in any event). But hey, it’s got that Castle Rock setting. That’s always a somewhat fun town to go back to, right?

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‘Gwendy’s Final Task’ (2022)

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Like Elevation, Gwendy’s Final Task makes for a pretty short read, and it’s also one of several books King has co-written, with the other author here being Richard Chizmar. It would be nice to feel sincere appreciation for the Gwendy trilogy and highlight it as being underrated, but nah, it’s kind of messy. The first book is a nice (but slight) coming-of-age/fantasy/horror book, and then the second, which was written solely by Chizmar… okay, that one’s not great.

But King came back for the third book, Gwendy’s Final Task, and his return did very little. This book concludes the whole trilogy in an admirably baffling fashion, so that makes it more memorable than book #2, albeit maybe not for the reasons you want a book to be memorable. The titular character goes to space, and also, she has Alzheimer’s. In the first book, she was a child, and in the second book, she was a young politician. This is skimming over a lot of stuff, but even in context, reading the whole bleeding thing, it doesn’t really make all that much more sense. Wild ending to a wild and messy trilogy, really.

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‘The Colorado Kid’ (2005)

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If you’re willing to go with The Colorado Kid being an anti-mystery book, in effect, then maybe the ending is defensible. Just that one sentence might already be a spoiler, but also, The Colorado Kid is so very short, so there’s not a great deal to spoil. Also, it’s obscure, and you’re probably only going to feel compelled to read it if you’ve already dedicated yourself to reading everything King ever wrote. If you’re okay with sitting out a few books of his (life is finite and all), then The Colorado Kid is one of the skippable ones.

The narrative here largely concerns the discovery of a dead body, and a large number of questions that come about while trying to identify the person whose body it was, and figure out why he might have died. But then also, so much is not known, and The Colorado Kid intentionally ends with whatever the literary equivalent of a shrug is. It’s pretty lackluster, for a crime/mystery novel, even a short one (thankfully, King’s later works within the genre – including Mr. Mercedes, Joyland, and Later – are all better and more satisfying).

Blueface and his daughter Journey Porter, who many now love to call “Pinkface, “have been taking over the timeline with their viral daddy-daughter moments. One thing about Pinkface, she’s going to speak her mind no matter who’s watching. This time, she clocked a little bit of her dad’s tea.

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Blueface & Journey Share A Cute Daddy-Daughter Moment At The Park

Last month, Blueface had the internet’s hearts melting as he spent time on daddy duties with his son Javaughn Porter and daughter Journey. During their trip to the park, Journey got upset because no other kids wanted to play with her. Blueface stepped into daddy mode and coached his baby girl, telling her, “Say hey, how you doing… you looking like a freaking little demon,” as he encouraged her to fix her face and try again. With her dad’s advice, Journey got up and walked over to another girl, asking if she wanted to be her best friend. In the cute moment, the other little girl accepted and played with Journey.

Journey Clocks Blueface’s Personal Tea 

When it comes to his kids, Blueface stays active, but drama isn’t too far behind. The internet has been trying to keep up so far. The rapper currently shares Javaughn and Journey with Jaidyn Alexis. There has also been ongoing paternity debate surrounding Chrisean Jesus, the child he shares with Chrisean Rock. He is currently dating Nevaeh Akira, and the two are expecting a son together named Solar.

In Blueface’s latest stream, it looks like Journey decided to take matters into her own hands and get her own tea. She tapped into her investigative journalist era as she questioned her dad about his personal life. While in the car with Blueface and her brother, she asked, “Is that your daughter?” and “Is that your son?” After he said yes, she followed up by asking, “Is that all of your kids?” Before he could fully respond, she laughed and said, “You got too many kids, right? Too many kids, you dummy,” before quickly apologizing.

Social Media Reacts To Clips Of Blue & Journey

Folks gathered under The Shade Room Teens comment section as they reacted to these viral, cute moments of Blueface and Journey. Many even gave Blueface his flowers for being a good dad.

Instagram user @highoffcandyy wrote, “I like Blueface when he’s being a good dad”

Instagram user @scarface_123456 added, “I like how he gave her confidence to go make a friend. She really a cutie pie”

While Instagram user @s7yvin wrote, “Her voice can DEFINITELY be on a cartoon 😍😍”

Instagram user @simtookie wrote, “Journey is the family manager, she be getting everybody together. She don’t play no games😭🤣🤣”

.Instagram user @elkiriaa.j added, “she just repeating what she hear Jaidyn say…”

While Instagram user @reegigil wrote, “SHE TOLD NO LIES 😂😂😂 Pinkface will be Blue’s karma 😂💕”

Instagram user @slay.omii added, “You dummy” is definitely Karlissa 😂😂😂”

Instagram user @antoinettegabri3lle wrote, “ At least she said sorry 😂😂”

While Instagram user @beloved_ke wrote. “I’m glad he didn’t say “yea that’s all of em” 👏🏾 

Instagram user @prettyanyiaaa wrote, “😂😂😂I  wish y’all stop saying her mama y’all would be surprised what these little kids say n feel chile😭”

Instagram user @albaj814 added, “The funniest toddler on the internet 😭😭😭”

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Prince Harry is facing a defamation lawsuit from Sentebale, the organization he helped establish nearly two decades ago, over claims of a coordinated media campaign that allegedly damaged its reputation.

The surprising case comes after a highly publicized internal dispute that led to resignations and regulatory scrutiny.

The fallout has deepened tensions within the charity and left Prince Harry reportedly distressed, as questions continue to swirl around its leadership and governance.

Prince Harry is facing a defamation lawsuit brought by Sentebale, the charity he helped establish nearly two decades ago. Court filings at the High Court of England and Wales list both the duke and former trustee Mark Dyer as defendants in the case.

According to a statement released by the charity’s leadership, the legal action stems from what it describes as a “coordinated adverse media campaign” that allegedly harmed its reputation and disrupted operations.

Sentebale claims the campaign, which it says began in March 2025, spread misleading narratives about the organization, strained relationships with staff and partners, and triggered waves of online abuse directed at its leadership.

The charity says the situation forced it to divert significant “time and resources into managing a reputational crisis not of the charity’s making.” While the claim was filed on March 24, detailed court documents have not yet been made public.

Prince Harry Stepped Down As A Patron In 2025 Alongside The Co-Founder, Prince Seeiso

The dispute comes after a turbulent period within the African charity organization.

Both Harry and co-founder Prince Seeiso of Lesotho stepped down as patrons in March 2025, citing a breakdown in relations between trustees and the chair of the board, Sophie Chandauka.

Their resignation followed a wider fallout that saw several trustees also leave their roles.

In a joint statement at the time, the two founders said they stepped aside “with heavy hearts,” describing the situation as irreparable and deeply damaging to the charity’s governance.

The UK Charity Commission Conducted An Investigation Into The Organization

The controversy surrounding Prince Harry’s charity drew the attention of the UK Charity Commission, which led to an investigation into the organization.

Its findings criticized all parties for allowing internal disagreements to escalate publicly, calling it a “missed opportunity” to resolve issues privately and warning that the situation risked undermining trust in the wider charity sector.

However, the regulator said it found no evidence of systemic bullying or harassment, though it acknowledged that some individuals felt they had been treated unfairly.

The Charity’s Chair Sophie Chandauka Levels Allegations Against Prince Harry

Sentebale, which operates in Botswana and Lesotho, focuses on supporting young people affected by HIV and AIDS.

Tensions were further heightened by public comments from Sophie Chandauka, who alleged in media interviews that scheduling conflicts linked to Harry’s commercial commitments, including his Netflix deal, disrupted a planned fundraiser. She also suggested that an incident involving Meghan Markle contributed to friction within the organization.

Chandauka has previously claimed she reported concerns about governance to regulators and filed legal action to challenge her removal, alleging misconduct within the charity without naming individuals. She described Harry’s resignation as unexpected and characterized it as “an example of harassment and bullying at scale.”

A source later indicated that the situation had taken a personal toll on Harry, who was said to be deeply affected after nearly 20 years of involvement with the charity, originally founded in honor of his mother, Princess Diana.

Prince Harry Was Reportedly Crushed By The Alleged Sentebale Takeover Crisis

Meanwhile, the situation is said to have taken a personal toll on Harry. He has reportedly been deeply affected by what he views as a “hostile takeover” of the charity he helped build.

According to Rebecca English, the duke has been “utterly devastated,” spending long hours on calls from California speaking with supporters and allies.

Sources cited in reports last year claimed that Harry and those close to him believe Chandauka “cajoled her way” into a position of influence and has resisted stepping down despite criticism of her leadership.

The fallout has reportedly created a deep divide, with one insider suggesting there is little chance of Harry working with the organization again under its current structure.

Despite the turmoil, a spokesperson for Harry told Page Six that while the duke does not recognize the origin of some of the claims, it is fair to say he is “deeply upset” by the situation.

The statement emphasized that he remains committed to the mission that inspired the charity nearly 19 years ago, supporting young people in Lesotho and Botswana affected by HIV/AIDS and mental health challenges.

Ashley Hebert found love with J.P. Rosenbaum on season 7 of The Bachelorette — but their marriage wasn’t meant to be.

“I know I have to take a leap of faith. All the time that we spent together, it’s been the happiest time of my life,” Rosenbaum said before getting down on one knee during the 2011 finale. “All I know is that I’m madly in love with you. I love everything about you.”

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The reality TV couple wed in 2012 and went on to welcome two children: son Ford and daughter Essie. In October 2020, Rosenbaum and Hebert announced they were getting divorced.

Despite their split, Rosenbaum told Us Weekly in April 2022 that he and Hebert should be considered a Bachelor Nation success story. “We were together, I mean, nine years, 10 years, whatever it was,” he shared. “And we got two amazing, amazing children out of it. I wouldn’t change anything, obviously.”

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For a family that grew up sharing one Arkansas compound, the Duggars are spreading out fast.

From California to Rhode Island to Texas, several of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s adult children are building lives far from home in the Midwest. Keep scrolling for more:

Jill Duggar Heads to Virginia and Rhode Island

Jill Duggar and her husband, Derick Dillard, announced via their family’s blog in April 2026 that Derick joined the Marine Corps.

“Derick has joined the Marine Corps! He has been selected for Marine Corps Officer Candidate School (OCS),” Jill wrote, noting Dillard “ships out for active duty” to Virginia later that same month. “Lord willing, he will commission as an officer at the end of OCS and then go on to a couple of other trainings before getting his assignment as a Marine Corps JAG officer.”

Jill and the couple’s three sons — Israel, Samuel and Freddy — plan to follow Derick to the East Coast after his initial training.

“After Derick’s 10 weeks of intense training at OCS, Jill and the kids will move to join him in Virginia, and then Rhode Island for the remainder of his training,” the blog post added.

Derrick, who recently served as an attorney in Arkansas, and Jill briefly relocated to Central America for a volunteer mission. They returned to the United States in 2017.

Jana Duggar Settled in Nebraska

Jana Duggar made her own move out west after marrying Stephen Wissman in August 2024, settling in Wissman’s hometown in Nebraska.

Weeks later, Jana shared YouTube footage of the “fixer-upper” house they renovated. The expansive home was upgraded to feature two floors, five bedrooms and multiple bathrooms across both levels.

“He has a little house we bought that we’ve been fixing up and getting pulled together, and so that’s been fun,” Jana told People in an interview at the time.

Jana and Stephen welcomed their first child, son Archie, in December 2025 after the house was fixed up.

Jinger Duggar’s Life in Los Angeles

Jinger Duggar moved to Laredo, Texas, after marrying Jeremy Vuolo in 2016, and the couple relocated to Los Angeles nearly three years later so Jeremy could pursue further theological training.

Despite the cross-country distance, Jinger has maintained close ties with her parents and siblings. She and Jeremy, with whom she shares three children, traveled back to Arkansas for Christmas 2025 for the first time in almost a decade.

“We have not been back to the Duggar house since we’ve been married in nine years for Christmas,” Jinger said on her podcast in December 2025, explaining that they typically spend the holiday with Jeremy’s relatives. “Throughout the years, we’ve decided, ‘Like, OK, that’s going to be the time that we spend with the Vuolo family over Christmas.’ My family [is] always together a lot, and so it’s easy for us to pop back. We [recently] went back three times in one year for weddings

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Justin Duggar Settled in the South

Justin Duggar married Claire Spivey in February 2021, soon planting roots in the bride’s native Texas.

“We’ve decided to settle down in Texas, kind of around Claire’s parents and their hometown,” Justin said in an April 2021 video for TLC. “Something new that I’ve learned about Claire is that she can’t go in the mornings without a cup of hot tea. She always has to have her hot earl grey tea and done a certain way, which I’m figuring out. But, I think it’s cute.”

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Just days after a body was found in a lake in Newport News, Virginia, the remains have been identified as a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for three weeks.

Police confirmed on Thursday, April 9, that the body discovered in Mariners’ Lake on Monday, April 6, is Marwa Barakzai.

She was last seen on March 19, and a large-scale search that involved officers, volunteers, boats equipped with sonar and K-9 units that combed through wooded areas followed.

Police said that Barakzai was last seen when she asked her school bus driver to drop her off at a different location than usual, according to 13 News Now. Investigators noted that she left behind her laptop, which raised concerns and led investigators to intensify the search efforts.

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Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew said during a news conference on April 9 that Barakzai’s body had been in the water for weeks. Additionally, Drew said she was still in the same clothes she was wearing at the time she went missing.

Her remains were not in good condition when she was found, so the identification was made by using dental records.

Drew added that the medical examiner found no signs of foul play.

“There were no signs of struggle, no strangulation, no sexual assault and no trauma,” he said. “We asked if there were any signs of foul play, and the answer was no.”

Authorities have not determined Barakzai’s cause of death, adding they would not comment on if her death involved suicide due to the ongoing investigation.

“Out of respect for the family and what we’ve uncovered, we’re going to wait until the detective finishes their work,” Drew said.

A toxicology report is currently pending, which police said could take six to eight weeks to complete.

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New details have continued to emerge following the death of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra. The Suffolk County Police Department confirmed the swimsuit designer’s identity on August 5, after a body was found on a boat at the Montauk Yacht Club just after midnight. She was 33 years old at the time of her death. ABC News reported […]

Drew said that the case was emotional both for investigators and the community, and he told reporters that he personally helped carry Barakzai’s body when she was located.

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“When you connect with a family, that matters,” he said. “We want them to know how much we care.”

While her body has been found, authorities acknowledged that there are still several unanswered questions when it comes to her disappearance. However, they said that locating Barakzai’s body will hopefully allow the community and her loved ones to begin the healing process.

Barakzai’s family held funeral services for the teen on the afternoon of Friday, April 10.