Crime

Photo of crash scene...
Pat Reavy

Man taking family camping near Utah Lake hit and killed; driver criminally charged

The driver of a pickup truck who police say hit and killed a man while on a dirt road in Utah County on Friday night is now facing criminal charges.
12 months ago
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Madison Swenson

UPDATE: Suspect arrested for shooting two people at SLC park

Two people were injured Monday night following a shooting at 17th South River Park in Salt Lake City.
12 months ago
Larry Woodcock speaks to a crowd of media cameras and microphones...
Larry D. Curtis and Lauren Steinbrecher

Victim’s grandfather says evidence ‘unequivocal’ in Lori Vallow Daybell trial

As Lori Vallow Daybell entered the fifth week of her trial facing charges of first-degree murder, a victim's grandfather, Larry Woodcock, said the documentation in the case is "unequivocal."
12 months ago
Tammy Daybell...
Larry D. Curtis and Lauren Steinbrecher

Utah’s ME testifies Tammy Daybell was restrained in hours around her killing

Utah's chief medical examiner testified in Idaho today that Tammy Daybell was restrained around the time of her death and was killed by asphyxiation in late 2019.
12 months ago
FILE - Lori Vallow Daybell, appears in court in Lihue, Hawaii, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. The only s...
Larry D. Curtis and Lauren Steinbrecher

Lori Vallow Daybell’s DNA used as evidence for first time in her murder trial

For the first time, Lori Vallow Daybell's DNA has been entered as evidence into her murder trial. A hair found attached to adhesive that is understood — but not clearly stated in court — to be part of the layers of tape found with her son JJ Vallow's body was tested and found to be a match for her.
12 months ago
FILE: Salt Lake City Police...
Michael Houck

Man arrested after armed standoff at a Salt Lake resource center

A man was taken into custody for refusing to give up his firearm at a resource center, causing it to evacuate residents Friday night.
12 months ago
This "vampire straw," designed as an inconspicuous self-defense weapon, was confiscated at Boston's...
Zoe Sottile

‘Vampire straw’ confiscated from traveler at Boston airport

A traveler at Boston Logan International Airport was arrested after he was found to have in his carry-on luggage a so-called "vampire straw," which can be used as a weapon.
12 months ago
U.S. Army staff sergeant Amber Oaks. (KSLTV/Jay Hancock)...
Andrew Adams

Army staff sergeant helps to save man wounded in SLC shooting

A U.S. Army staff sergeant found herself unexpectedly giving life-saving aid to a man who was shot during a road rage incident earlier in April.
12 months ago
The newest images of Francisco Oropesa. (FBI Houston)...
Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Nouran Salahieh

‘He could be anywhere now:’ Police manhunt continues for suspect in Texas mass shooting

A police manhunt is continuing for a Texas man, considered armed and dangerous, who allegedly shot his neighbors on Friday after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard.
12 months ago
Overnight crime scene...
Cary Schwanitz

2 stabbed, shots fired early Sunday in Downtown SLC

Two people were stabbed, one critically, and a window was damaged from a gunshot in Downtown Salt Lake City overnight police said.
12 months ago
This image provided by the Bay St. Louis Police Department shows Cameron Brand, who is charged with...
Associated Press

2 killed, 4 wounded in Mississippi shooting; man arrested

Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting.
12 months ago
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KYW Staff

2 Philadelphia teens charged, victims identified in triple murder

Two teenagers have been charged in the quadruple shooting that killed three people Friday afternoon in the city's Lawncrest neighborhood, police say.
12 months ago
A portion of the "booby trap" device hidden in bushes and connected to the walkway wire, as shown i...
Logan Smith, KCNC

Colorado Man accused of setting trap which injured door-to-door salesman skips court

A Douglas County District Court judge recently issued a warrant for a Highlands Ranch resident accused of constructing a "booby trap" on his home's front steps which injured a door-to-door salesman.
12 months ago
Handcuffs in a jail cell FILE PHOTO (Ravell Call/Deseret News)...
Associated Press

Arkansas woman indicted in $11,000 sale of stolen body parts

An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she sold 20 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers.
12 months ago
(Salt Lake City Police Department)...
Waverly Golden, KSL NewsRadio

Suspect arrested after threating convenience store staff with knife, barricading himself inside apartment

A man was arrested by SLCPD SWAT Team in conjunction with SLCPD patrol officers after threatening to kill a convenience store worker Friday night.
12 months ago
Scott and Jodi Roberts (Courtesy Kassi Bybee)...
Mike Anderson and Larry D. Curtis

Neighbors say family dispute could be behind fatal shooting and house fire

A family disagree could be what led to a fatal shooting and house fire in North Ogden. Two men are dead.
12 months ago
FILE - An officer with the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) Multidisciplinary Accident Investigati...
Associated Press

Jury: Man guilty of 3 killings after ‘ding dong ditch’ prank

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A jury found a Southern California man guilty Friday in the killings of three teenage boys after they played a doorbell-ringing prank on him in 2020, according to a newspaper report. The victims were among six teens inside a Toyota Prius on Jan. 19, 2020 when Anurag Chandra intentionally rammed their […]
12 months ago
suspicious death...
Cary Schwanitz

Body found, police call woman’s death suspicious

The death of a woman found inside a home near 100 South 800 West Friday morning is being called suspicious.
12 months ago
courtroom sketch...
SAMANTHA HERRERA and Hugo Rikard-Bell, KSL NewsRadio

Idaho murder trial shifts from child victims to Utah mother and wife Tammy Daybell

Testimony in the murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell Friday, shifted from the death of her children to the death or her current husband's late wife, Tammy Daybell.
12 months ago
House with a hole burned in it as seen from above...
Karah Brackin

Victims in Utah shooting and house fire identified as married couple

Scott and Jodi Roberts were identified as the homeowners in a fatal shooting and house fire Thursday night. 
12 months ago
For months, the KSL Investigators have examined why only a small fraction of reported sexual assaul...
Daniella Rivera and Keira Farrimond

The challenge of consent: Utah’s rape law & low prosecution rate

“Listen up,” Rayley Wadsworth pleaded with social media users in a video filmed inside a stationary car last month. “If you’re in Utah, or a woman in Utah, please listen for just a second.”
12 months ago
North Ogden fire...
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com and Andrew Adams, KSL TV

North Ogden shooting and house fire leaves 2 dead, 1 hospitalized

Two people are dead and one is hospitalized after shots were fired and a house caught fire in North Ogden on Thursday.
12 months ago
Burglar surveillance...
Mike Anderson

Burglar hits several Utah city hall buildings

Investigators believe a thief is targeting small town City Halls. It's confusing to some of those cities because they don't keep a lot of cash inside.
12 months ago
A collection of witness portraits from Thursday, April 27, 2023. (Pool)...
SAMANTHA HERRERA, KSL NewsRadio

Forensics show link from Chad Daybell and Alex Cox to burial of Tylee and JJ

The biggest news out of Thursday’s testimony came with the news of victim's blood and DNA was announced as found on tools in Chad Daybell's garage and when an analyst announced that a latent fingerprint from Alex Cox, Lori’s late brother, was found a plastic bag that wrapped JJ’s body.
12 months ago

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