Family members have identified the family killed in an apparent murder suicide over the weekend as a refugee from Myanmar and her children. West Valley City police believe the husband, 42-year-old Dae Reh, shot and killed his 38-year-old wife, Bu Meh, and three of their children before killing himself. The extended family of the victims …
Five members of a Utah family, including three young children, were found shot to death in their home on Tuesday, and a sixth — a 17-year-old boy — was wounded and hospitalized. West Valley City Police believe the shooting was a murder suicide, KSL reported. “A small handgun was found under the body of the …
A Utah man has been jailed after he threw gasoline on a woman, set her on fire, and tried to strangle her. Gregory Youngblood, 57, faces charges of aggravated arson, aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and possession of drug paraphernalia after the incident in Ogden on Friday, according to KUTV. Ogden Police responded …
A Utah man has been arrested on Thursday after he allegedly tried to run over several children with his truck in an community park parking lot. An arrest report for David Earl Holden said that a witness said Holden drove over curbs and onto the grass as he steered toward the children, KSTU reports. Another …
A Virginia sex offender was arrested in Utah this week, accused of playing inappropriate games of “truth or dare” with preteen boys. The victims told police they played truth or dare and another game called the “touch your body challenge” with Robert Paul Walker, which included removal of clothing and performing sexual acts, KUTV reported. …
A Utah judge on Wednesday dismissed a wrongful death suit filed against the Moab Police Department in the 2021 death of Gabby Petito but said an appellate court might have more leeway to pry apart the case’s minutiae. “The existing case law applies governmental immunity and extends the reach of governmental immunity in this kind …
An Amber Alert was issued shortly after midnight Sunday morning after a man allegedly abducted a 12-year-old girl he met online and let police on a chase on Interstate 15. The Bountiful Police Department said family members of the girl confronted the man before he took off with her his Chevrolet Camaro. About eight hours …
A Utah judge on Tuesday denied a bond request from a children’s book author accused of killing her husband. Kouri Richins wrote “Are You With Me?” about dealing the death of a father after her husband, Eric Richins died from a drug overdose in 2022, as CrimeOnline reported. She was arrested in June 2023 and …
The parents of a woman accused of killing her National Guardsman husband have been arrested on obstruction of justice charges. Thomas Ray Gledhill, 74, and Rosalie Christianson Gledhill, were arrested on Thursday and face four obstruction counts, KTVX reported. Police say they helped Jennifer Gledhill, 41, clean her home after the alleged murder of Matthew …
Utah law enforcement found the body of a 77-year-old man Friday in Logan Canyon and on Saturday arrested his son for murder. The Cache County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the Franklin Basin area of Logan Canyon by a hiker in the area he came upon the body. Investigators closed the area and …
A Utah man was arrested late Saturday night after he allegedly held his seven children hostage at a St. George motel while threatening to harm them. St. George Police said they were dispatched to the Quality Inn in that town at 11 p.m. for a domestic incident. When they arrived, they found Jonathan Dayzie fighting …
A Utah man was charged Friday with the death of his corrections officer daughter, who was found dead during a welfare check at the home she shared with her father in Tooele last month. Hector Martinez-Ayala, 54, was previously named a person of interest in the death of 25-year-old Marbella Martinez, who was sworn in …
