SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors filed murder charges Monday in slaying of a bookstore owner 10 years ago. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says DNA evidence played a key role in solving the homicide of Sherry Black, including a sample collected secretly by investigators. Still, the Deseret […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Utah have identified a suspect who was arrested in connection with a woman’s homicide 10 years ago. KUTV-TV reported 29-year-old Adam Durborrow was taken into custody at his home in Orem Saturday. Authorities say 64-year-old Sherry Black was found stabbed and beaten to […]
A new Utah law will enable family members of crime victims to request a review of cases that have been stalled for more than a year. KUTV-TV reported the law allows family to check on the progress of felony cases including homicides and missing persons. Under the law, families or […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Northern Arizona have arrested a man accused of sexual assaults in Arizona and Utah more than 15 years ago. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that DNA analysis led detectives to 58-year-old David Louis Slade of Eagar, Arizona. He was arrested on Thursday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Nebraska man has been arrested in a cold-case killing of a Salt Lake City woman in her apartment. The South Sioux City Police Department said 55-year-old Bryan Reed awaits extradition to face Utah charges of murder and aggravated burglary in the Aug. […]
CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — An Ogden man has been accused of sexually assaulting three women in Clearfield nearly two decades ago. Clearfield police say 69-year-old Mark Douglas Burns was arrested Wednesday after an investigation using familial matching DNA samples. The Standard-Examiner reports the Davis County Attorney’s Office has filed 17 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah organization dedicated to closing unsolved crime cases plans to launch what it says is the first DNA testing lab operated by a nonprofit. The Salt Lake Tribune reports The Utah Cold Case Coalition announced Thursday it has leased space in Salt Lake City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are reviving a 1998 cold case they say may be connected to a convicted Colorado serial killer. Investigators said Tuesday that circumstantial evidence points to Scott Kimball. State Bureau of Investigation Agent Brian Davis says that includes a complicated rope knot like one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors have identified a pair of suspects from a nearly 40-year-old killing but don’t know where they are now. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sam Gill on Friday announced plans to file murder charges against 60-year-olds Hector Brito and Pascual Alfonseca in the 1979 […]
