Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 

Annie Knox

KSL-TV
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The West
Utah deputy twirling lasso in search for Black man prompts calls for training, accountability
“This triggers generational trauma for me,” Rae Duckworth, with Black Lives Matter Utah, said through tears as she watched the video.
By Daniella Rivera and Annie Knox
Jaunita Martinez visits the gravesite of her son, Jeffrey Vigil, who died while in the Utah State Prison. 
Utah
Utah allowed rival gangs to mingle in prison; families say violence followed
In 2019, Utah prison officials stopped alternating recreation times for men belonging to two rival gangs. Now, some inmates’ families blame the change for new reports of violence.
By Daniella Rivera and Annie Knox
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill confirmed prosecutors are reopening an investigation into a 2018 police shooting.
Utah
Criminal investigation reopened for ex-Cottonwood Heights officer in 2018 shooting
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says new information has surfaced in the shooting death of 19-year-old Zane James in 2018 by former Cottonwood Heights officer Casey Davies.
By Annie Knox and Matt Rascon
Kaytri Flint, who says Utah State University mishandled her report of rape, speaks about her experience.
Utah
USU student says school mishandled her report of rape after it promised to do better
Federal suit against the university alleges it has not made good on its promises to do better after a 2020 U.S. Department of Justice report found reports of sexual assault went unaddressed on the Logan campus.
By Annie Knox and Daniella Rivera
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.
Utah
3 officers justified in killing Kearns man who fired at them, review says
Two West Valley police officers and a Unified police officer adhered to a plan they’d made to return fire if the shot in their direction, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said, after they arrived to find him shooting toward his wife.
By Annie Knox, KSL-TV
Nate Calaway is photographed in Provo on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021.
Utah
How a Utah mother’s urging led to heftier charges for her son’s abuser
Springville man, who plead guilty to forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony, as part of a plea bargain is sentenced serve 3 1/2 months in jail, four years of probation and to undergo treatment. The judge suspended a prison sentence of up to 15 years, meaning it won’t take effect unless he violates conditions of his supervised release. Yet he likely would have faced a lesser penalty if the teen’s mother hadn’t intervened in the case by poring over the state code and consulting lawyers she knows.
By Annie Knox, KSL-TV
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Utah
Judge tosses out James Huntsman’s lawsuit seeking return of tithing
By Annie Knox, KSL-TV
Sun Cha Warhola appears in 2nd District Court in Farmington on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010.
Utah
Decadelong case for Utah mom charged with killing her 2 kids could be paused again
A trial for Sun Cha Warhola was set to begin in September, but her attorney says her physical and mental health have deteriorated in the last three weeks, although, it’s not exactly clear why. She has pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, in the deaths of her son James, 8, and daughter Jean Marie, 7. Authorities say she strangled the children in James’ bedroom in their Layton home on Sept. 8, 2010.
By Annie Knox, KSL-TV