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• "She was absolutely a sweetheart. She could light up a room," he said. She had been dating her boyfriend for four or five years, he said, had an infectious laugh and could talk to anyone about anything.
• The police were called Tuesday after Tyrone Smith went to the home of his children's baby sitter, McManus said, then brandished a gun and took the children, both of whom are younger than 2.
• About five minutes after the baby sitter called authorities, police received a call about a car accident about two miles away in the salon parking lot. That's where they discovered Connors shot to death in the red sedan, which had crashed into a parked SUV.
• McManus said Smith released the four employees and two children before barricading himself inside the salon. McManus said the gunman didn't appear to want to hold the employees or children hostage.
• "I don't think they were forced to stay or go," he said. "They left on their own."
APNewsBreak: Lawyer challenges death reporting law
KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A defense lawyer for a South Dakota woman charged under the state's new child death reporting law says it's unconstitutional because it violates his client's right against self-incrimination.
• It's one of the first attempts to question the validity of the new child death reporting laws that have been passed by several state legislatures following the high-profile death of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony in Florida.
• Laurie Cournoyer and her husband, Taylor Cournoyer, 21, are charged with failing to notify police of the death of a 2-year-old girl found in a closet at their rural South Dakota home. They also face five counts of child abuse and drug charges. The Cournoyers are accused of using sleeping pills, methamphetamine and marijuana during the day and a half in July when the child's death still hadn't been reported.
• They are the first people charged under a South Dakota law passed earlier this year that says a parent, guardian or caretaker who knowingly fails to report a child's death within six hours could face a felony charge punishable by up to five years in prison. It was modeled after Florida's "Caylee's Law," which was passed following the death of Caylee Anthony, who wasn't reported missing until 31 days after she vanished in 2008 in Orlando.
• An 11-year-old boy also has been charged in the South Dakota case. Details of (Continued on page 18)
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