Florida troopers say a 21-year-old woman hit and killed a man who was helping tow her truck from the mud in East Orange County before fleeing the scene. The victim’s family says he was known for always helping others.

A deadly dog attack raises questions why two large dogs that neighbors say were always running loose weren’t taken away from the dog owner sooner.

Detectives are now investigating after a body was discovered on the roof of a local building this week, according to the Melbourne Police Department.

A Brevard County grand jury indicted Lucas Jones, 19, on one count of first-degree murder, along with charges of abuse of a dead human body. Investigators say Jones targeted Colie Lee Daniel, 28, after finding him on the registry of local sex offenders.

Andres Bahamon, who was identified as a person of interest in his father’s disappearance, was arrested on Monday and charged with felony evidence tampering.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier spoke out on Tuesday over a year after a murder convict was sentenced to just four years in prison.

A crash involving a Marion County school bus left a driver dead on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Marion County deputies have reported a “suspicious death” in the Dunnellon area on Tuesday evening.

Newly obtained records by Orange County Community Correspondent, Jayna Manohalal, show another 21 sloths died while under the care of Sloth World, bringing the total number of known sloth deaths connected to the facility to 55.

As investigators with the Florida Highway Patrol work to piece together how a mother ended up walking along State Road 46 carrying her baby in a car seat at 3 a.m., a loved one who spoke with her that night is sharing what she knows about the hours before the deadly crash.

A man was killed on Thursday night after an industrial-sized dryer fell on him, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Newly-released body-worn camera video shows the moment a Volusia County deputy was shot during a call to a Deltona home in March. Luis Diaz Polanco is facing charges of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer for the March 2 shooting.

According to the sheriff’s office, the teens knew the victim through online gaming and traveled from the Tampa area to Deltona to trade an AR-style rifle — one that was later determined to be stolen.

Transcripts of the confession of the man accused of shooting a Volusia County deputy show what he happened leading up to the shooting.

Chadwick Willacy was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 1990 murder of his Palm Bay neighbor who found him burglarizing her home.

A man arrested for killing his ex’s new boyfriend will now spend the rest of his life behind bars, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

A Palm Coast woman accused of giving birth at home, watching her newborn die and burying the infant in her backyard was denied bond Tuesday after her charges were upgraded to first-degree murder.

Years after a man gunned down his roommate and two other victims, he will now spend the rest of his life in prison.

Only about five minutes lasted between a 911 call and a Lake County deputy fatally shooting 38-year-old Timotheus Reed on Sunday in Leesburg.

Two men were taken to the hospital after a shooting erupted in an Orange County neighborhood on Friday night, according to the sheriff’s office.

Months after a chain-reaction crash along Interstate 4 left multiple people dead, troopers announced that the offending driver may have finally been caught.

Two visitors to Central Florida were killed due to a rip current off Cocoa Beach on Tuesday afternoon, according to the fire department.

After a suspect was shot and killed by a Lake County deputy over the weekend, newly released body-camera footage shows more of what happened.

Two months after a 74-year-old ran in his 31st and tragically final half-marathon, the driver police say drove into the runner’s lane on US-1 and killed Albert ‘AJ’ Swann is now behind bars.

A death investigation has kicked off in Titusville after a body was found floating in the Indian River, according to the police department.

A driver was killed after crashing into a building near the Merritt Island Causeway on Monday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A Central Florida mother is now facing a murder charge after her newborn was found buried in a shallow grave behind her home last month, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The young woman who police said told them her boyfriend dismembered a man, stuffed him in suitcases, and dumped his remains in the Compound, told police she was afraid she could be next.

Police said Jones told his girlfriend he wanted to kill sex offenders, and he even printed a listed of registered sex offenders who lived nearby.

The young man police say dumped two suitcases stuffed with human remains in the tall grass at the Compound is now facing a murder charge, too.

Clifford Owen Long, 37, was indicted by a Brevard County grand jury for the 2025 shooting death of 2-year-old Bles’syn Lightner and the attempted murders of her grandparents in South Melbourne.

The vice mayor of Coral Springs was killed in what police described as a “domestic violence incident,” according to the department.

Some neighbors are sickened to hear human remains were found in suitcases in an abandoned area where dead bodies have been found before.

Days after a man was found dead at an apartment complex, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that an arrest has finally been made.

News 6 has obtained newly released body-camera footage showing what exactly happened after a guest was killed on Epic Universe’s Stardust Racers rollercoaster last year.

Port Orange police scoured a property on Thursday in search of evidence related to a case from over 10 years ago, the department confirmed to News 6.

We have a new look at the gunfire that came from a house as police took cover in the middle of a deadly standoff. Three hours later Monday, after officers returned fire, police said the barricaded woman inside the house alone was dead.

A man has been taken into custody after an alleged tire theft left a Mascotte woman dead last week, according to city officials.

A crash in Ormond Beach on Thursday afternoon left a 25-year-old dead, according to the police department.

A man was arrested after a fatal stabbing at a home near Daytona Beach on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Ocala Police have closed SW 3rd Street from S Pine Ave. to SW 7th Ave for a death investigation.

After a small child was killed by a hit-and-run driver this week, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced that the suspect has finally been caught.

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and is being held without bond, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

A Jacksonville man was arrested this week, well over a year after his 5-week-old daughter was brought to the hospital with fatal injuries, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A Central Florida grandmother is demanding justice after deputies say a teenager intentionally ran over and killed her 17-year-old grandson in Orlando last November.

A 17-year-old boy has been accused of first-degree murder after another teen was killed back in November, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Flagler County deputies said a friend who received messages that the woman had secretly given birth called for a welfare check.

A Marion County mother was put behind bars this week after her 3-year-old daughter was beaten to death last month, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man died after being found riddled with gunshot wounds at a Leesburg apartment complex early Wednesday morning, according to the police department.

Investigators said that a good Samaritan recovered the man from the water, though he still ultimately died from his injuries.

A man was killed by a steamroller in Lake County on Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Police are investigating after a man and woman were found dead in the backyard of a Belleview home on Friday, according to the department.

A 74-year-old man died after someone ran over him over along the course of a half-marathon.

A man was fatally struck while walking into the road on Monday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner on a Carnival Cruise ship last fall has sparked a new child custody fight involving the Titusville teen’s stepsiblings, newly filed court records show.

County Road 304 in Flagler County was temporarily shut down on Saturday evening while officials conducted a death investigation involving a freight train, according to a news release.

A pedestrian was struck and killed during a crash involving a 79-year-old driver over the weekend, according to the Ormond Beach Police Department.

A 2‑year‑old died Saturday night after Sanford police found the toddler unresponsive in a retention pond near the Windchase Apartments, according to police.

A husband and wife from Orlando were reportedly killed in a plane crash out of East Texas on Wednesday night.

Police in Palm Bay are awaiting confirmation from the medical examiner after human remains were discovered in a wooded area, a development investigators say could be connected to a missing person who has not been seen alive for about a year.

Police said that the missing person case led them to two places, though it's unclear at this time how it all ties together.

For the first time through the lens of police body cameras, we’re seeing the teenager accused of killing her mother and her mother’s young boyfriend.

A “significant development” has popped up in a decades-old Central Florida cold case.

A man who shot and killed his ex-wife and her 4-year-old daughter in Ocala was tracked by law enforcement to Georgia, where he then took his own life in a traffic stop, according to police Chief Mike Balken.

Troopers said the driver was unable to see the young boy playing in the driveway as she was backing out.

A family member is searching for answers after her father and aunt were found dead in an Apopka general store.

Over two months after the body of 18-year-old Anna Kepner was found stuffed under a bed on a Carnival cruise ship, her stepbrother has reportedly found himself in court.

An elderly woman's body was found in a field on Thursday afternoon, leading investigators to determine what caused her death, according to the Winter Haven Police Department.

Investigators are looking into the circumstances behind a 3-month-old infant's death, according to the Cocoa Police Department.

It has been two weeks since mental health counselor Rebecca White was stabbed to death at her Orlando office. The attack has left therapists across Central Florida shaken, raising concerns about safety and sparking deeper conversations about who supports mental health professionals during times of crisis.

Nearly three months after a Titusville teen was found dead on a cruise ship, records obtained by News 6 indicate the case remains under investigation.

Two women who owned dogs that Volusia deputies say killed an 8-year-old boy in DeLand had a hearing today as they prepare for trial.

A 92-year-old woman was killed after a crash with an Orlando police cruiser earlier this month, according to local attorney Ben Crump.

More people who knew Rebecca White, the licensed mental health counselor who was stabbed to death inside her Orange County office, are speaking out about her compassion and dedication to helping others.

The family of a mental-health counselor who was stabbed to death in Orange County is questioning whether there was proper security in the building where the stabbing took place.

A group counseling patient was stabbed 10 times while trying to save his counselor during a fatal attack at an Orlando office building Monday night.

After a Leesburg man was arrested in 2021 for fatally attacking his coworker with a metal bat, he now faces life behind bars for his crimes, according to court records obtained by News 6.

Florida has plenty of alligators, though state officials have revealed just how many times they've attack people in the state.

Police say 64-year-old Harold Harper was gardening in the front yard of his home on Wednesday afternoon when he was shot and killed.

Months after an alligator mauled a woman to death at Lake Kissimmee State Park, investigators have released a report detailing what exactly happened.

Traffic has been blocked in Ocala after a homicide investigation broke out on Wednesday, according to the police department.

A dead body was reported at a Walt Disney World property on Friday night, just one day after New Year’s, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

A crash in Cocoa left a woman dead and a driver hospitalized early Friday afternoon, according to the police department.

Drivers have been asked to avoid an area of Clermont after a body was discovered on New Year's Day, according to the police department.

For several families in Orange County, the Christmas holiday was marked not by celebration, but by devastating loss.

A 17-year-old was fatally shot during what might have been an attempted robbery, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A 13-year-old girl was fatally shot in Orange County on Thursday afternoon, leading to the arrest of a teen suspect, according to the sheriff’s office.

A crash along Interstate 95 on Thursday left a 52-year-old woman dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

A woman was killed earlier this week in what appears to be an unprovoked attack at a Barnes & Noble store, according to police.

A 17-year-old was shot to death near a condominium complex in Orange County on Wednesday afternoon, according to the sheriff’s office.

A five-car crash in Clermont on Tuesday evening killed a Groveland woman and left three others injured, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Over 100 pages of texts and emails were released last week as part of an ongoing child custody dispute linked to the mysterious death of 18-year-old Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival Cruise ship.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed when a mini-bike pulled out in front of him in Deltona, and for the first time in Central Florida, authorities are considering criminal charges in such a case.

A new search for any trace of a young mother missing since two days before Christmas two years ago.

Police say a woman was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami.

Family and friends of 21-year-old Taj Palmer say they are outraged and heartbroken. His mother says she wants answers and to know who is responsible for her son’s death.

Investigators announced that the death investigation is closed, with a newly released report detailing what exactly happened on the ride.

Universal Orlando removed a reference to “pre-existing conditions” in a report about a roller coaster rider’s death after a Florida government agency intervened, a News 6 investigation has uncovered.

A bill bringing a special day of observation for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk just passed its first hurdle in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday.

An 86-year-old Indialantic man struck and killed an elderly pedestrian while driving along State Road A1A on Thursday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.