InvestigateTV+: A mission to save the lives of those who protect and serve
(InvestigateTV) — InvestigateTV+ takes an in-depth look at the growing crisis of veterans, first responders and mental health, and a mission to save lives among those who protect and serve.
Plus, hackers gained control of her Facebook page and used it to dupe her friends.
We examine this conniving con and provide solutions to keep your social media accounts safe.
We Walk the Line: Turning loss into a lifeline
A growing number of veterans and first responders are dying by suicide, struggling with the invisible wounds of service.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates an average of 22 veterans take their own lives each day, and hundreds of first responders die by suicide annually.
Two Michigan nonprofits are working together to help, providing free therapy and service dogs to veterans and first responders.
Hackers hijack Arizona woman’s Facebook page, defraud her friends
An Arizona woman says her Facebook account was hijacked. Now, the hackers are scamming her friends out of thousands of dollars and even sending the victims to her home.
Melissa Stombaugh is fed up with Facebook after hackers reportedly took over her account.
Posing as her, they posted messages claiming she had to put her father in assisted living, and she was forced to sell his stuff.
“My dad sent me a text, trying to be funny,” she said.
“Like, ‘hey, you’re not going to wait till I’m dead to start selling all my things?’ And I’m like, what are you talking about?”
That’s when Melissa checked her Facebook account and saw a post with a list of items for sale, all very cheap.
“Everything from a truck, (to) a Peloton. Pretty big-ticket items,” she said.
Melissa’s friends started sending money, thinking they were helping, but all the funds ended up in the hacker’s Venmo account.
When Melissa’s friends started arriving to pick up their new belongings, they were surprised to learn that the items didn’t exist, and it wasn’t Melissa they had been communicating with.
“She showed up and I was like, hello? She’s like, ‘oh, my husband’s out here looking at the truck.’ And I said, the truck? ‘Yeah, the one that we put the deposit on that you have for sale.’ I had no idea.”
Virginia man gives animals a second chance, creates custom prosthetics
Prosthetics have been helping people without limbs enjoy fuller lives for thousands of years.
One pioneering engineer decided to pivot and create them for animals – everything from a sloth bear to an emu.
Debra Alfarone shows us how his inventions are rejuvenating animals and humans alike.
Vermont veteran finds healing through music and drumming
At the age of seven, a Vermont man discovered his passion after picking up a pair of drumsticks.
At Taylor Park in Saint Albans, the Knobby Reed Project is getting ready for an evening of the blues.
Knobby Reed may be the lead singer, but Kent Blackmer keeps the beat, setting up his drums, mics and a mixing board.
“Modern technology just blows me away,” Blackmer said.
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