ユタ州の夫婦が、11歳の息子を拷問して死なせ、首を吊ったように偽装しようとしたとして起訴された。
ブリガム・ヤング・メレル（35）は児童虐待致死罪および児童拷問罪で起訴された。妻のメリンダ・マリー・メレル（36）は、息子のモロニ・メレルを死に至らしめたことに関連し、児童拷問罪1件で起訴されている。トレモントン・ガーランド警察は2025年9月21日、子供の意識がないという通報を受け捜査を開始した。少年は病院へ搬送され蘇生措置が試みられたが、死亡が確認された。
A man and his girlfriend in Utah face charges of desecration of a dead body and obstruction of justice after her husband's remains were found dumped on a rural road. The pair quickly accused one another of killing the victim, police said. Neither has been charged in connection with the death itself.
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A Utah man is accused of attempting to strangle his wife during a domestic incident last week. Aaron Ray Thomas, 27, faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and reckless endangerment. The attack allegedly occurred at the couple's home in Tooele County on May 7.
Joshua Smith pleaded guilty to murder in the death of his 10-year-old son Braxtyn Smith. The boy's mother and grandmother also entered guilty pleas in the case.
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An Arizona woman has been charged with murdering her 15-month-old son after she allegedly threw the child into his crib and later concealed the body in a hotel freezer. Ochra Manakaja, 31, called police from a Flagstaff hotel room and confessed to the killing.