WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Members of a Utah community gathered at a weekend vigil to mourn the loss of a couple police believe were killed by an intruder. The Saturday night vigil was held to commemorate 30-year-old Katherine Butterfield and 31-year-old Tony Butterfield. Police say the Butterfields were killed […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah jury has acquitted a man charged with murder after finding he shot and killed an acquaintance in self-defense. The Deseret News reports jurors in Provofound 20-year-old Elbert John Paule guilty of a single charge of obstructing justice. The obstruction charge was also related to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House of Representatives has passed a bill reduce the prosecution and incarceration of young children and instead connect them with counseling. The House passed the legislation Tuesday that would end prosecution of children younger than 12 and direct them into mental health treatment, […]
IMPERIAL, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of involvement in the disappearance and slaying of a woman in southwest Nebraska. The North Platte Telegraph reports Russell Mann, of Enders, had been charged with two accessory counts. The charges can be refiled later. The charges stemmed […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A man pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska. Kenneth Manzanares had previously said as part of a plea agreement that he struck his wife with a closed fist, saw blood and struck […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his wife during a 2017 cruise to Alaska. The plea agreement signed by Kenneth Manzanares states he and his wife, Kristy Manzanares, had been arguing about his behavior when she told […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A judge set bail at $4 million Monday for a Utah teenager who authorities say “methodically” killed his mother and three younger siblings. The bail amount was requested by prosecutors: $1 million for each victim. Sixteen-year-old Colin “CJ” Haynie is charged as an adult with aggravated murder. Authorities […]
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — The older brother of a Utah teenager who authorities say killed his mother and three younger siblings says the teenager is still loved and part of the family. Danny Haynie spoke Friday at a funeral the small town of Grantsville, Utah, west of Salt Lake City. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friends and family were set to gather Friday afternoon in a small Utah town for a funeral to remember a mother and three of her children who police say were killed by her teenage son. Prosecutors say 16-year-old Colin “CJ” Haynie “methodically” killed his mother […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawyer says the killing of a Utah mother and three of her children by a gunman identified by police as her 16-year-old son is “nearly unbearable” for the father who survived. Attorney David Isom represents the husband and father and wrote in a statement […]
