A woman drew her ex-husband outside his apartment with a message about dropping off cold medicine for their 3-year-old twins, then sneaked inside and fatally shot his girlfriend while she and the children were decorating a Christmas tree, a Utah prosec… Continue reading →
{FD} Woman’s family feared boyfriend’s ex-wife before slaying
The family of a woman killed by her boyfriend’s ex-wife while decorating a Christmas tree is sounding a warning about the devastating consequences of domestic violence that goes beyond two people. Continue reading →
{FD} Woman slain by boyfriend’s ex had been harassed, family says
The family of a woman killed by her boyfriend’s ex-wife while decorating a Christmas tree is sounding a warning about the devastating consequences of domestic violence that goes beyond two people. Continue reading →
{FD} Police arrest passenger in car that fatally struck officer
A man who was a passenger in a car that fatally rammed a police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb has been arrested on suspicion of murder, burglary and other charges, police said. Continue reading →
{FD} Utah woman shot ex’s girlfriend in front of kids, police say
A Utah woman shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of the former couple’s children, police said in jail documents released Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Prosecutors looking beyond courtroom amid reform, scrutiny
Prosecutors are traditionally focused on courtrooms and guilty verdicts, but their roles are changing amid criminal-justice reforms, a changing crime rate and increased public scrutiny. Continue reading →
{FD} Smart outraged by planned release of 1 of her kidnappers
Elizabeth Smart is set to discuss the surprise announcement that one of the people who kidnapped her when she was 14 will be released from prison earlier than expected. Continue reading →
{FD} Idaho probing prison fire crews after rape accusation
Idaho is scrutinizing its program for temporarily releasing prison inmates to help battle wildfires after an inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a remote base camp in Utah. Continue reading →
{FD} Idaho prisoner helping fight fire in Utah accused of rape
An Idaho prisoner sent to help fight a wildfire in Utah raped a woman who also was working to support firefighters, prosecutors said Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Man says he killed city worker over yard rule ‘harassment’
A Utah man who shot and killed a city worker, torched her truck and set his neighbor’s house on fire told witnesses that he did it after “years of harassment” over laws requiring cleanup of trash and weeds outside his home, police said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} 3rd-party hopeful brings cash to race with Utah congressman
A candidate for a new, moderate third-party is bringing a trove of cash and a little Mormon humor to a northern Utah congressional race against a longtime Republican incumbent. Continue reading →
{FD} Dad recalls finding girl with fingers severed by escalator
A 4-year-old Utah girl whose fingers were severed in a grocery store escalator last year is learning to color pictures again, but she could be facing more surgeries as her small hands grow. Continue reading →
{FD} Apple CEO, Imagine Dragons headed to festival for LGBT youth
Apple CEO Tim Cook is among those headed to Salt Lake City for a music festival organized by Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds to support LGBT youth in the Mormon church. Continue reading →
{FD} No endangerment charge for gun left on baby changing table
A Utah woman won’t be charged with reckless endangerment after leaving a loaded gun on a baby changing table in a suburban Salt Lake City aquarium bathroom, authorities said Monday. Continue reading →
{FD} Mormon church wants 1984 rape case against leader tossed out
The Mormon church has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing leaders of brushing aside rape allegations against a former missionary training center director dating from 1984. Continue reading →
{FD} Judge tosses lawsuit by Utah imam involving no-fly listing
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Utah Muslim leader who said he was wrongly placed on a government watch list and temporarily blocked from leaving Kenya with his family last summer. Continue reading →
{FD} Teenagers in love found slain at bottom of old mine shaft
The desperate search for a teenage couple who disappeared after Christmas is over, but their families are only beginning to comprehend the horror of what police say happened before their bodies were found months later inside an abandoned Utah mine shaft. Continue reading →
{FD} After bodies found in mine, man arrested in teen deaths
A Utah man tied up two teenagers, stabbed them to death and dumped their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft before they were reported missing nearly three months ago, police said Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Police: Couple may have planned murder-suicide together
A couple who recently moved to Utah from Switzerland may have planned a murder suicide together that left them and two children dead, according to newly unsealed search warrants. Continue reading →
{FD} Ex-teen bride wins $16 million case against polygamous group
A woman who was married to her cousin at age 14 in a ceremony overseen by polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has won a $16 million lawsuit against the group. Continue reading →
