A Utah man was charged Monday with stabbing his wife to death nearly two weeks earlier. John Erickson, 41, was charged with murdering Utahna Erickson, 41, at their Salt Lake County home on October 28. Responding officers observed blood all over the home and discovered Utahna Erickson’s body in a master bedroom, according to The …
A babysitter kidnapped a 4-month-old Utah boy and fled with him to Colorado, where she was taken into custody 580 miles away in Denver. Peyton Everett Caraballo-Winston’s mother called Cedar City police at about 10 p.m. Friday, telling them that she had allowed all three of her children to stay the night with their babysitter, …
A Ugandan activist’s widow filed a $270 million wrongful death lawsuit against the National Park Service last month, claiming they were responsible for his wife’s decapitation at a Utah park. As NBC News reports, Ludovic Michaud, 26, and Esther Nakajjigo, 25, were reportedly exiting a parking lot at Arches National Park on June 13 when …
A Utah man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly seriously burning two toddlers with hot water. Austin Woolsey, 24, is accused of intentionally burning the two boys, ages 2 and 3, while watching them on October 1. Hurricane Police Officer Ken Thompson told St. George News that their investigation began the following day when someone who …
The man who admitted earlier this month that he killed of 23-year-old University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, KSL reported. Third District Judge Vernice Trease delivered the sentence to Ayoola Ajayi, who pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and abuse of a human body …
A six hour standoff ended early Sunday morning when police shot and killed a Utah man who had taken a woman and a boy hostage after violating a protective order, KSL reported. Tooele Police Lt. Jeremy Hansen said that the man, who has not been identified, released the boy “several hours” before the situation ended. …
The slain woman’s family had offered a $100,000 reward for information
The accused killer of University of Utah student Mackenzie Lueck pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated murder and abuse or desecration of a human body in a plea agreement that will let him avoid the death penalty. Ayoola Ajayi, 32, was initially charged with aggravated murder, kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body …
A Utah man has been jailed on charges of producing child pornography from his home and sexually abusing a 4-year-old boy — and filming it — at a church. Thomas Michael Wallin, 21, faces three charges of felony sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree …
A Utah woman will spend a year in jail for the death of her 2-year-old foster son. In 2018, Lisa Jo Vanderlinden was arrested after her foster son was found unresponsive in a home near Roosevelt, Utah. The boy, identified as Lucas Call, passed away from his injuries. Medical examiners determined his death was due …
Utah police on Tuesday arrested a man for firing into a vehicle that attempted to drive into a protest against police brutality in Provo, the Daily Herald reported. Police said Jesse Taggart, 33, was charged with several crimes, including first degree attempted aggravated murder and second degree aggravated assault. Police also arrested Samantha Darling, 27, …
A Utah man was arrested Saturday after he allegedly tried to force a woman to have sex with him and refused to let her leave his apartment, the Orem Daily Herald reports. Police were called to John DeHaven’s basement apartment in Orem when his upstairs neighbors called to report hearing a woman screaming. The woman …
