Investigators in Utah are working to determine what to do after a 9-year-old boy shot his father in the back of the head and then attacked him with a hatchet last month. The 31-year-old father was taken a hospital and later died. Newly released police documents, including a frantic 911 call, provide fresh information on …
A man wanted in a strangulation case in Virginia was arrested this week in Utah, where he has been charged with human trafficking for forcing a woman he was with to perform sex work in exchange for money, food, and hotel rooms. Washington County deputies began searching for Denzel Waddy, 33, on March 8 when …
A Utah man was arrested for violating protective orders after police received a text from a woman who said she had been “kidnapped by ex, held captive, was at [address], now in white van.” Police said they went to the St. George address, which was the man’s home, in the text but found no one. When …
Utah officials investigating the disappearance of two men last month now say the case is a homicide. Christopher “Topher” Owens, 28, and William “Drew” Bull, 29, were last seen on February 26, according to their roommate — who has now been arrested for obstructing justice after a search on their home, according to KSL. A …
A Utah couple was arrested this week after police found their 8-year-old daughter with autism chained to a bed by her ankle. Benjamin Sorensen, 45, and Emily Sorensen, 40, have been charged with abuse of a child with a disability, KTVX reported. Court documents say police were called to the home in Provo on March …
A Utah couple was arrested this week after their teenage daughter called police on Thursday to report that “her father had been raping her for the last year and a half.” Provo officers questioned the couple — the teen’s stepfather and mother — and they admitted they’d been having sex with her for more than …
A 5-year-old Utah girl is dead after a drunk driver, traveling more than twice the 35-mph speed limit, slammed head-on into a family’s car as they drove to a hair appointment earlier this month. Court documents say Charmayne Huerta-Guzman, 25, has been charged with manslaughter, negligent operation o a vehicle resulting in death, and negligetnoperation …
Police in Utah are asking for help finding a 14-year-old girl last seen in Sandy on Saturday, wearing a black and white checked sweater, green and red plaid pajama bottoms, and slippers. Heavynne Lee Jackson has died brown hair (not blonde as seen in the photographs) and two nose piercings — one in each nostril, …
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 …
