Police in Utah are investigating the brutal stabbing attack that killed a woman working alone last week at a Midvale massage parlor. Yuping Jiao, 45, was an Chinese immigrant. She was attacked sometime between 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on January 4, KSL reported. The Unified Police Department said it has identified several persons of …
A 17-year-old foreign exchange student reported missing last week was found safe on Sunday after “cyber kidnappers” extorted $80,000 from his family in China. Riverdale police said Kai Zhuang was “manipulated and controlled” by “cyber kidnappers” who led him to believe that his family was threatened, KSL reported. The family paid the money after the …
A Utah man was arrested after he admitted to being high on drugs when he rolled his Utility Terrain Vehicle on Christmas day, injuring his 2-year-old son who was riding with him. Two passesby pulled the toddler from beneath the vehicle and called 911, according to the Gephardt Daily. Emergency medical personnel took him and …
A Utah man who served two years in prison for breaking a child’s arm was charged last week with killing a 2-year-old boy and seriously injuring the child’s twin sister. Jonathan Allen Dunn as been charged with aggravated murder, aggravated child abuse, and two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, The Associated Press …
A Utah man was charged this week with trying to kill his terminally ill wife two years ago “to ease her suffering.” Arenda Lee McCulla, 47, died the following day from breast cancer, KSL reported. McCulla was in hospice care at the time. Six family members say that on December 20, 2021, DeWayne McCulla, 45, …
A Utah man is facing charges after police say he placed his 4-month-old baby in scalding hot water, resulting in severe burns over 40% of the infant’s body. A probable cause document indicated that the father, identified as 41-year-old Matthew Nielsen Beck, failed to call 911 after allegedly inflicting third-degree burns on his son. He also …
An upcoming hearing in the case against Chad Daybell, accused of murder and conspiracy in the deaths of two of his wife’s children and his first wife, will be livestreamed using the court’s own equipment. Judge Steven Boyce issued the ruling on Tuesday, denying a request by EastIdahoNews.com to record the hearing on November 29, …
A Utah woman was charged this week with falsely reporting a school shooting to divert officers on the verge of arresting her friends. Court records show that dispatchers got a call on May 24 that someone was heading to Lehi High School with an AK-47 “to do some damage,” KSL reported. “This resulted in an …
Days after a Utah teen was arrested for the murder of her newborn boy, searches found the baby’s body along the side of an interstate highway. Estrella Meza-Ojeda, 18, gave birth prematurely on August 6, KSTU reported. The infant spent 22 days in the newborn intensive care and was sent home with oxygen tanks and …
A Utah man has been charged with murder after he called 911 to report he’d just killed his wife. Brent Gilbert, 58, was booked into the Duchesne County Jail on an aggravated murder charge on Thursday, KUTV reported. Deputies responding to Gilbert’s 911 call from Stacy Gilbert dead with multiple wounds at their home in …
A Utah woman has been arrested and charged with abandoning her 2-month-old baby in a driveway in Washington. Police said the woman reportedly drove into a stranger’s driveway and struck the homeowner’s truck, according to KSTU. Three witnesses reported that she said her baby was sick and she had to get to a hospital, then …
Salt Lake City police have arrested a man they chase struck a man on a scooter, killing him, and drove away without stopping. Investigators said they found Robert Johnson Boyatt, 53, at 8 p.m. Thursday night at a campsite in Tooele County, KUTV reported. He is accused of making a U-turn in the early hours …
