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Man sentenced in wife’s beating death on Alaska cruise dies

Man sentenced in wife’s beating death on Alaska cruise dies

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Corrections officials in Alaska say a Utah man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise has died. The Alaska Department of Corrections says Kenneth Manzanares was in the department’s custody, at a facility in […]

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Woman gets new sentence of 30 years in deputy’s 2014 death

Woman gets new sentence of 30 years in deputy’s 2014 death

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman will serve up to 30 years in prison for her involvement with the death of a police officer as a teenager. The Monday sentence comes after the state Supreme Court overturned her original conviction. Meagan Grunwald’s boyfriend fired the fatal shots, but […]

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Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise

Utah man sentenced to 30 years in death of wife on cruise

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise. The federal judge handing down the sentence Thursday described the 2017 crime as violent and brutal. Prosecutors had sought life in prison for Kenneth […]

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Utah man faces sentencing in beating death of wife on cruise

Utah man faces sentencing in beating death of wife on cruise

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The father of a Utah woman beaten to death by her husband on an Alaska cruise in 2017 told a judge he would consider it justice if the man went to prison for the rest of his life. Jeff Hunt spoke at a sentencing hearing Wednesday […]

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Tech worker pleads guilty in death of Utah college student

Tech worker pleads guilty in death of Utah college student

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker pleaded guilty to strangling a Utah college student whose disappearance over a year ago sparked a search that ended with the discovery of her charred remains in his backyard. The pleas entered Wednesday by Ayoola Ajayi came more than a year after […]

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Student death suspect pleads not guilty in child porn case

Student death suspect pleads not guilty in child porn case

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker accused of killing a Utah college student has pleaded not guilty to 19 felony counts linked to child pornography allegedly found on his computer. A judge entered the pleas to sexual exploitation of a minor charges Thursday on behalf of 32-year-old Ayoola […]

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Utah man pleads guilty to killing teen girl to silence her

Utah man pleads guilty to killing teen girl to silence her

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to killing a 15-year-old girl who threatened to tell police he had sex with her. The Deseret News reports 26-year-old Shaun Patrick French pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. French admitted to waiting for 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw to return home […]

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Utah man accused of killing Tinder date pleads not guilty

Utah man accused of killing Tinder date pleads not guilty

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the dating app Tinder has pleaded not guilty to murder. Ethan Hunsaker entered the plea Tuesday during a virtual court hearing held online. Hunsaker’s lawyer says he plans to get a psychological […]

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3 dead in Utah home in apparent murder-suicide

3 dead in Utah home in apparent murder-suicide

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say a father killed his two children and himself at their home in a Salt Lake City suburb. The South Jordan Police Department responded to a medical call Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. at the home. Police Lt. Matt Pennington says officers […]

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Utah man charged with murder in death of woman met on Tinder

Utah man charged with murder in death of woman met on Tinder

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the popular dating app Tinder. Authorities said Wednesday that Ethan Hunsaker called 911 to report the slaying early Sunday morning and told police to shoot him. […]

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