Flight tracking sites showed the jet suffered a rapid descent, dropping at a rate of more than 30,000 feet per minute.

"It descended at 20,000 feet a minute, and nobody could survive a crash from that speed,” the donor told The New York Times.

The FBI visited the mother of a pro-life activist without offering an explanation for the visit, which has been denounced as intimidation.

“Intimidation and violence - especially against public servants - has no place in our society," one senator said.

"I don't understand what happened to my son because he had a life with many plans for him," the boy's mother said.

"This is an important reminder that life can change in an instant," the police department said in a news release about the incident.

The potential for fraud is exposed as thousands of dead people are discovered to be registered to vote in Virginia.

Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton made the announcement in a video that was posted to her social media account.

The victim’s cellular phone was stolen by the knife-wielding suspects but It was returned to him by a deputy.

MNPD confirmed that the FBI’s Homicide and Behavioral Analysis Units were continuing to study the “writings” to determine a motive.