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A former owner of the iconic “Home Alone” home was found d£ad from a suspected su!cide at an Illinois nature preserve days after he was hit with child p0rnography charges.

John Abendshien’s body was discovered in the Lake Forest Open Lands: Derwen Mawr Nature Preserve in Lake Forest just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, NBC Chicago reported.

The 79-year-old was identified the next morning and “asphyxia in a manner consistent with being self-inflicted” was ruled the preliminary cause of d£ath, according to the outlet.

Police have opened an investigation into his d£ath.

“This is believed to be an isolated incident with no threat to the community at this time,” the Lake County Coroner’s Office said.

Abendshien was the longtime owner of the famed house featured in the beloved 1990 Christmas film.

Abendshien had lived in the “Home Alone” house while the movie was being filmed.

He later released a memoir, “Home but Alone No More,” detailing life inside his home that was turned into the iconic Christmas movie backdrop.

His family sold the five-bedroom home in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka back in 2012 for $1.585 million, according to Chicago Agent Magazine.

Earlier this month, the Lake County State Attorney’s Office launched an investigation into Abendshien over alleged child p0rnography possession.

Officials had received multiple cyber tips reporting an online account linked to Abendshien being used in the possession, manufacture, or distribution of child s£xual abuse material, officials said.

The Lake Forest Police Department executed a search warrant at his home on April 16 and seized electronic evidence.

Abendshien was later charged with seven felonies: three counts of possession of child s£xual abuse material (Class 2 felony) and four counts of possession of child s£xual abuse material (Class 3 felony).

He was released with conditions after he attended a detention hearing on April 17.

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Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has announced his appointment as head of youth mobilisation for Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke’s re-election campaign council.

Naijapunchnews reports that Davido made this known in a post via his 𝕏 on Tuesday.

While expressing optimism for Adeleke’s victory at the polls, Davido said he is looking forward to a smooth campaign.

He wrote, “I have been appointed by the Governorof OSUN STATE @AAdeleke_01 and flag bearer of the ACCOD PARTY 01 as HEAD YOUTH MOBILIZATION OF CAMPAIGN COUNCIL! We look forward to a smooth campaign and you RE – election your EXCELLENCY! 4+4”

Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Osun State Chapter has responded to allegations by Governor Adeleke that the party’s council officials have hijacked funds meant for local government council staff.

Adeleke, during a stakeholders’ meeting in the State, disclosed that his administration’s shouldering of LG workers’ salaries stalled some of his ongoing projects, as APC council officials have hijacked the funds to the tune of ₦300 billion.

He lamented that the state has to shoulder the responsibility of paying local teachers, health workers, pensioners and local government workers for more than one year now.

“If Osun APC lacks conscience by diverting funds meant for local workers to their personal use, I cannot do it. I cannot abandon local workers who the court sacked APC chairmen intend to punish by criminally hijacking and diverting LG funds in open violation of local government finance laws. The workers have families and their own needs. Why should a party decides to hate and punish workers for no just reason? So the state government has been footing the bills all along.”

However, the APC, in a statement by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, accused the governor of inciting senior local government workers not to release payment vouchers to blackmail the party.

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Disc jockey Kudirat Gbemisola, popularly known as DJ Kulet, has disclosed that she was once involved in prostitution before turning her life over to Christ.

She made the revelation during a testimony session in a church service on Sunday, where she spoke about her past experiences and personal transformation.

Kulet said her former lifestyle in Surulere, particularly around the Lawanson area of Lagos, was widely known, adding that she had lived a turbulent life during that period.

In a post shared on Instagram on Monday, she described her journey as one that moved “from a mess to a message,” noting that she was once homeless and engaged in prostitution while living on the streets of Lagos.

She recounted how her living conditions gradually improved over time, beginning with a single-room apartment rented for her by a man, followed by a self-contained apartment also sponsored by another benefactor before she was able to sustain herself through her work as a disc jockey and rent a room-and-parlour self-contained apartment.

Kulet also said she once lived for two years in a building without a toilet facility due to incomplete construction by the landlord, forcing her to rely on external facilities.

She added that her circumstances later improved further, allowing her to move into a four-bedroom en-suite apartment funded through her DJ career.

She said she bought a house in Surulere in April 2024 and paid in full, including agent fees, without funding it through sex work.

She said, “How Jesus bought me my own house in Surulere, the same Surulere where the devil once messed me up. Jesus Christ turned my mess to a message (His gospel).

“I was once homeless, and sleeping around. Of course you know me because I was very popular then. I was into prostitution. I was roaming the streets of Lagos homeless. Then a man rented a face me I slap for me. My cheap asewo work now elevate me to a room self-contained with a man’s money until Jesus Christ now elevated me to a room and parlor self-contained, then my DJ work don dey pay but the landlord frustrated me. He did not do the toilet for two years, I was going around to defecate.

“After two years of living in a house without a toilet, I was elevated to a four bedroom ensuite apartment where I’m currently living through my work as a DJ. Fast-forward to April last year, God bought a house for me here in the same Surulere. I did not sleep around to pay, and I paid in full with agent money.”