FBI: Letter found near Brian Laundrie's body states he was responsible for Gabby Petito's death

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — After reviewing new evidence, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office has determined a Cottonwood Heights police officer was not legally justified in using deadly force with his patrol car against a 19-year-old man in 2018. While the controversial shooting and killing of Zane Anthony James...

SALT LAKE CITY — A supervisor was charged Friday with shooting at one of his employees and shooting three of the tires on the employee's vehicle. Esekielu A. Tuigamala, 45, of West Valley City, is charged in 3rd District Court with four counts of discharge of a firearm, a second-degree felony and three third-degree felonies; aggravated assault, a third-degree felony; criminal mischief, a class A misdemeanor; and unlawful discharge of a firearm, a class B misdemeanor.

SANDY — In the nine years after her husband was hit a killed by a suspected distracted driver, a Utah woman has been on a mission to educate drivers and strengthen the state's distracted driving laws. "I don't want anybody to go through that tragedy again of walking down...

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake police announced Thursday that they have solved a 48-year-old cold case. And the suspect is the same man named a few years ago as being responsible for a 39-year-old cold case homicide in Summit County. James Bednarik, 39, was shot and killed on...

AMERICAN FORK — A Payson man was ordered Tuesday to spend up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to enticing a minor. Brayden Eric Tousley, 28, was charged in January after officers met up with him in an undercover operation where he believed he was arranging a meeting with a 13-year-old girl. After looking at his messages, police later learned that he had illegal sexual relations with a high school student, according to charging documents.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake man was charged Wednesday with stabbing another man nine times, killing him, outside a Salt Lake concert venue earlier this month. Kevin Tommy Neal, 36, is charged in 3rd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony, and obstructing justice, a second-degree felony.

SALT LAKE CITY — A homeless woman who police say set fire to an abandoned apartment building already scheduled to be demolished because she was mad has been arrested. Stephanie Nicole Hurst, 30, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of arson. Emergency crews responded Wednesday...

SPRINGVILLE — A Springville woman has been arrested and accused of shooting and killing her elderly stepfather. For the normally quiet community of Springville, the incident Wednesday marks the city's third homicide and fourth death in a week due to gun violence. Krista Lynne Mortensen, 33, was booked into...

WEST JORDAN — A 13-year-old girl who went missing from West Jordan Saturday has been found and "returned to her family unharmed," police said Thursday. Isabella Kidman, who police believed to be endangered at the time, was seen leaving in a light blue-colored SUV with an "unknown male" described as "possibly Hispanic with dark hair." Police have not said whether the male has been located.

PLEASANT GROVE — A Provo man now faces a murder charge accusing him of shooting his mother multiple times — including after she was already on the ground — and killing her following an argument over money. Gage Anthony Dinehart, 21, is charged in 4th District Court...

TAYLORSVILLE — A man wanted in connection with an armed carjacking was arrested Wednesday after police say he fled from officers in the stolen vehicle and drove over lawns and into oncoming traffic in the process. Xavier Contreras, 29, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation...

SANDY — A crash in Sandy on Friday morning left one person dead and several others injured, and prompted officials to close State Street for several hours. About 8:30 a.m., a Toyota 4Runner was traveling north on State Street at an "excessive speed" when it entered the intersection at 10600 South during a red light, Sandy police said in a statement. The 4Runner collided with a Ford F-150, and both of the vehicles then "redirected" from the crash and hit seven other vehicles that were stopped southbound at the signal on State Street.

SALT LAKE CITY — Two more counties in Utah — Salt Lake and Weber — were moved up this week to a medium level of risk for COVID-19 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as cases continue to rise in the state. Summit County had...

SALT LAKE CITY — Jordin Petersen Seamons's husband, Devin, died about three and a half years ago, but she can still remember well the last moments of his life. Standing about a foot from a large photo of their happy family, she wasn't far from where the young couple planned on going on Dec. 23, 2018. They were living in Logan and had just started their journey with their 2-year-old daughter south to Temple Square to view Christmas lights in Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah health officials reported 5,611 new COVID-19 cases and 12 additional deaths over the past seven days. The daily average for new cases was just under 802 per day, according to the latest data from the Utah Department of Health. That is an increase of about 159 cases per day compared to the previous week.

LEHI — As he was building a new home in Lehi, Jared Hadley was eager to heed the calls to put in landscaping that uses little or no water. "We saw it as an opportunity to be like, hey, we could really make a difference in the environment," he said.

SALT LAKE CITY — State wildlife officials are now letting anglers catch up to 16 fish a day at a pair of locations within the High Uintas ahead of a planned water treatment project in the area. The announcement Friday comes days after it announced a similar limit increase...

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SANDY — Bell Canyon is a popular destination, likely because you don't have to hike very far to find yourself emersed in an unbelievable mountain vista behind the small Bell Canyon Reservoir. Those who venture further into the canyon are rewarded with the satisfying breeze near a waterfall at...

PROVO — Game 2 of the 6A state softball championship series was hardly perfect, with dropped balls, base running errors and even a coaching mistake that cost defending champion Spanish Fork a run. At the very least, it certainly didn't have the explosive fireworks of Thursday's 14-0 win in...