Homicide
Charges filed in ongoing dispute with neighbor that culminated with shooting
— A 53-year-old man was charged with shooting a 21-year-old neighbor in the leg near Scofield Reservoir following a decade-long property dispute between cabin owners. The victim was airlifted to a hospital; the shooter…
Case finally declared closed in West Valley cold case
— Police say they have resolved the 21-year-old murder case of Sheree Allen, whose body was found in a West Valley City dumpster, though no charges will be filed.
Surveillance images and License Plate Readers help find driver in hit-and-run
— Salt Lake City police identified a driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run using surveillance footage and license plate readers, after 20-year-old Juan Ottoniel was fatally struck while in a crosswalk near 15 West and…
Body of one missing woman recovered from Sand Hollow Reservoir
— The body of one of two women missing since Tuesday from Sand Hollow Reservoir has been recovered; the search continues for the second woman. A 23-year-old man faces automobile homicide charges in connection with their…More: ABC 4 , ABC 4 , ABC4 (YouTube) , ABC4 (YouTube) , ABC4 (YouTube) , Cedar City News (Iron County) , Fox 13 , Fox 13 , KJZZ , KJZZ , KJZZ , KSL , KSL , KSL , KSL News (YouTube) , KSL News (YouTube) , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News (YouTube) , KUTV 2News (YouTube) All 23 reports
INTERROGATION: Iowa inmate admits to killing Ogden man decades later
— An Iowa inmate serving life for a 2001 murder confessed to Ogden detectives that he killed Richard Billmayer with a hammer in 1997 after being offered transactional immunity, solving a decades-old cold case.More: Fox 13 , KJZZ , KSL , KSL News (YouTube) , KUTV 2News All 6 reports
Driver in fatal auto-pedestrian crash went home and ate, didn't call for help, charges state
— A South Salt Lake man, James Shama Pualale, has been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash after allegedly striking and killing pedestrian Tewelde Mekonen, then going home to eat and sleep instead of calling…
Driver in deadly Salt Lake hit-and-run located, cooperating with investigation
— Salt Lake City police have located the driver involved in a fatal downtown hit-and-run at 400 South and Main Street, and the driver is cooperating with the investigation. The victim, a man in his 20s, died from…More: ABC 4 , Fox 13 , Fox 13 , Fox 13 (YouTube) , KJZZ , KJZZ , KSL , KUTV 2News All 9 reports
Lost evidence should result in dismissal of Douglas Carter's death penalty case, attorney argues
— Attorneys for Douglas Carter, on death row for 41 years, seek dismissal of his aggravated murder case citing lost or mishandled evidence, while a judge denied him bail ahead of a Sept. 22 hearing to set a new trial date.
Utah man charged with hiring hit man while awaiting trial for the same crime
— A Magna man already jailed for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill his ex-wife and her mother is now charged with soliciting murder again from jail, offering an informant $50,000 for the killings.
Coroner's report released on Utah mother's murder-suicide in Las Vegas
— A newly released coroner's report provides new details on the murder-suicide of a Utah mother and her daughter at a Las Vegas hotel earlier this year.More: ABC 4 , KSL All 3 reports
Moab woman critically injured in apparent attempted murder-suicide shooting
— A Moab woman was critically injured after a man forced his way into her home and shot her before killing himself; police believe the shooting was an apparent murder-suicide attempt.More: ABC 4 , ABC 4 , Fox 13 , KJZZ , KJZZ , KJZZ , KSL , KSL , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News , KUTV 2News (YouTube) , Moab Sun News , The Times-Independent (Moab) All 14 reports