Utah

High school teacher shot ex-husband’s girlfriend dead as she decorated Christmas tree with suspect’s twin toddlers: Report

 High school teacher shot ex-husband’s girlfriend dead as she decorated Christmas tree with suspect’s twin toddlers: Report
Murder

A high school teacher in Utah reportedly shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend as she decorated the Christmas tree with the teacher’s 3-year-old twin children. In a Facebook post, the victim’s mother, Tawny Williams, wrote that Lisa Williams, 26, was hanging homemade ornaments she made with the two toddlers when her boyfriend’s ex-wife, Chelsea Cook, 32, fatally …

High school teacher kills ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of her two toddler children: Police
Murder
November 26, 2018

High school teacher kills ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of her two toddler children: Police

A high school teacher with a reported history of domestic violence is now facing aggravated murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of her 3-year-old twins. Citing a probable cause affidavit, KUTV reported that police said Chelsea Cook, 32, fatally shot Lisa Williams, 26, at her ex-husband’s apartment Sunday evening. Travis Cook said …

Father of 4 dies from rabies weeks after removing bats from home: Reports
Animal Crimes
November 9, 2018

Father of 4 dies from rabies weeks after removing bats from home: Reports

A Utah man reportedly died from rabies Sunday, weeks after handling bats at his family home. Per KSL, Gary Giles, 55, died after the slow—but devastating—virus infected his brain and other vital organs. His wife told the news station that they would often remove bats from their home, not realizing that they were possibly a vector …

Teen admits to buying rope, tying noose & filming classmate’s hanging suicide
Suicide
October 24, 2018

Teen admits to buying rope, tying noose & filming classmate’s hanging suicide

A Utah man has admitted to not only helping but filming his 16-year-old friend die by suicide in May 2017. Tyerell Przybycien, now 19, agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of child abuse homicide in connection with Jchandra Brown’s death. Przybycien provided the rope Brown would use to hang herself—and also tied the noose and set up the makeshift …

Man guns down city official, torches neighbor’s home over code violation complaints: Cops
Murder
August 10, 2018

Man guns down city official, torches neighbor’s home over code violation complaints: Cops

Authorities in Utah say a 64-year-old man shot and killed a code enforcement officer before burning her truck and his neighbor’s home. The incident was allegedly rooted in a series of complaints about apparent code violations on Kevin Wayne Billings’ West Valley City home as reported by the Miami Herald. Emergency personnel responded to the …

UPDATE: Parents to face death penalty in case of abused toddler girl who reportedly resembled a ‘Holocaust victim’ when she died
Child Abuse
July 26, 2018

UPDATE: Parents to face death penalty in case of abused toddler girl who reportedly resembled a ‘Holocaust victim’ when she died

Utah prosecutors will seek the death penalty against two parents who allegedly starved their 3-year-old daughter to death last year and filmed themselves taunting her with food before she died. In recently filed court papers obtained by The Associated Press, the state filed a notice seeking the death penalty against Odgen parents Miller Costello, 25, and …