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The Yankees’ bullpen carousel took another spin on Tuesday.

Blue Heron Farm had been off the market for more than a decade, following a massive transformation by its now-former owners, Lord Norman Foster and his wife.

A CONSTRUCTION worker has opened up about the moment he reportedly spotted a fugitive accused of murdering four family members.

Ricardo Contreras helped bring an end to the tense week-long manhunt for 28-year-old career criminal Austin Robert Drummond after reporting the sighting on Tuesday.

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Austin Drummond has been arrested after he was accused of murdering four family members[/caption]

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Drummond was seen stalking through Jackson, Tennessee the night before he was arrested[/caption]

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The victims were named as 21-year-old Matthew Wilson (top right), 20-year-old Adrianna Williams (top left), Williams’ mom 38-year-old Cortney Rose (bottom left), Williams’ brother 15-year-old Braydon Williams (bottom right)[/caption]

Drummond was captured by US Marshals after a construction crew saw him darting into the woods in Jackson, Tennessee, about an hour and a half outside Memphis.

The suspect spent a week evading officials after he allegedly kidnapped a seven-month-old baby, abandoned her in a stranger’s front yard, and then murdered four people.

Two of the victims, Adrianna Williams, 20, and Matthew Wilson, 21, were the baby’s parents. The other two were Adrianna’s mom, 38-year-old Cortney Rose, and Adrianna’s younger brother, 15-year-old Braydon Williams.

Moments after the mystery finally came to an end, Contreras revealed the bizarre behavior that ultimately revealed Drummond’s identity.

Speaking to local radio station WNWS, the worker said that people spotted someone walking into the woods while they were on a job and found it odd.

“We thought, ‘Nobody wants to walk in the middle of the woods, in the middle of this stuff,'” he said.

Because of the strange area, Contreras said that he felt “very sure” the man was Drummond.

The brave bystander said that first responders raced over before he even had the chance to hang up after calling 911.

He called the law enforcement “heroes” and said, “I’m really glad they got him.”

TENSE SEARCH

Searches heated up on Monday night after Drummond was spotted on surveillance stalking around Jackson, about an hour and a half away from Dyer County, where the baby was found.

The town was put on lockdown, as the suspect, armed with a rifle, was seen trying doors and seemingly attempting to break into buildings.

Little is known about the motive for the crime or Drummond’s relationship to the victims. However, some family members have claimed that he dated one of Rose’s sisters.

Drummond served 13 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping and was released in September 2024.

In December, he was slapped with an attempted murder charge over a fight with an inmate that he had behind bars, but he was bailed out of jail.

He’s also faced charges for allegedly having drugs in prison and is said to be a part of the dangerous Chicago-based gang Almighty Vice Lords.

Three other people have been arrested and accused of helping Drummond pull off the sick crime.

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Drummond served 13 years in prison for robbing people at gunpoint[/caption]

VICTIMS MOURNED

Wilson and Adrianna were remembered as dedicated parents who loved their new baby girl, according to a GoFundMe started by Wilson’s sister.

Rose was a single mother and sole provider to her children.

Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box said that Tuesday’s arrest came after the “tireless work and dedication of our local, state, and federal partners.”

The sheriff’s office said that they were mourning with the families who had suffered such an immense loss.

“Our focus now shifts to honoring the lives lost and providing support to their grieving families,” Box said in a statement.

“We urge the community and the media to respect their privacy as they navigate through this tragic loss.”

A WOMAN has been left with tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills after a surprising encounter with a bat.

The Massachusetts resident was traveling during the incident, which quickly turned dangerous not long afterward.

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A woman has been forced to pay thousands in medical bills after a bat encounter (stock image)[/caption]

While in Northern Arizona in August 2024, Erica Kahn decided to take photographs of the night sky near where she was staying, per NewsNation.

In the middle of the snapshots a bat happened to fly between her and her camera, getting trapped, and partially flying into her mouth.

Bats happen to be the primary vector for rabies in the United States when comes to human infections, accounting for about 90% of them, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Not to mention, their bites can be so small they’re almost unnoticeable at times.

Additionally, rabies is almost 100% fatal after symptoms begin, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

That means those exposed, who interact with a bat, or who find one in their home must get post-exposure rabies vaccines almost immediately.

In Kahn’s case, she recently became unemployed and decided not to elect for Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA) from the US Department of Labor.

COBRA allows Americans who lose employer-sponsored health insurance to extend it for a short period, typically around 18 months, still paying premiums and a 2% administrative fee.

Those who want it must sign up within 60 days, but Kahn didn’t because she was in good health and didn’t want to pay the costs.

After the bat encounter, Kahn opted for a private policy and went to get the rabies vaccine, being seen at a hospital in Arizona, Colorado, and Massachusetts for the series of shots given at different times.

She’d also confirmed with the insurer of the private policy that the emergency services were covered.

Still, Kahn started getting bills worth more than $20,000.

So, what happened?

Kahn signed up for the new policy so quickly to take care of the rabies vaccine that there wasn’t enough of a buffer for a 30-day waiting period of coverage on the plan.

Some health insurance companies have waiting periods because they prefer that people don’t buy plans until after something, like a bat in the mouth, occurs.

PAYMENT, PLEASE

Even so, it leaves unique situations like Kahn’s vulnerable to bills that can be worth thousands.

Waiting 30 days to start the vaccine process could’ve killed her, as rabies incubation can be as short as seven days.

Not to mention, experts have cited that healthy bats typically don’t fly into humans, making it highly likely the one that interacted with Kahn was infected.

Kahn has since gotten a new job, and was able to negotiate one of the several bills down by a few hundred dollars, but had to set up a payment plan for another.

Her appeals for the rest of the coverage denials are ongoing.

PROMISING PLATFORM

The US Sun also spoke with exclusively with Andy Schoonover, CEO of alternative health insurance provider CrowdHealth, earlier this year concerning outrageous hospital bills.

CrowdHealth specifically helps those who don’t have coverage and assists those looking for doctors, negotiating costs for services through a peer to peer approach.

So far, the company has helped some Americans save $40 million in outstanding medical bills.

Starting the company was personal for Schoonover, who was forced to pay $8,000 out-of-pocket for his daughter’s 15-minute procedure.

He also faced a $20,000 bill for an IV drip he bought on Amazon for $8.

Schoonover seeks to remind patients that they can negotiate.

“Patients have leverage to negotiate lower payments since hospitals are willing to accept lower payments over time to avoid a total loss,” he told us.

The CEO also slammed emergency room processes.

“Going to an emergency room and being charged an arbitrary amount is strikingly similar to price gouging during a natural disaster,” Schoonover argued.

“The key similarity is coercion under duress. In both cases, people are not making free-marketing decisions; they are making life-or-death decisions with no ability to negotiate or walk away.”

Millions of Americans are also in debt limbo after a judge blocked a popular policy involving medical bills last month.

Several patients have also been hit with new “facility fees” at the doctors office recently worth up to $1,000.

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