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(via GoFundMe) Police say Om Moses Gandhi, 16, was killed by his father in a murder-suicide on May 13, 2023. Months earlier, his mother, who filed for divorce against the father in 2009, had met with a Utah lawmaker to push for more stringent state protections for children at the center of child custody cases.

Mother of teen killed in Salt Lake City murder-suicide pushed for Utah law to protect children

By Jordan Miller | June 20, 2023, 8:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police tape at a recent Salt Lake City crime scene. Salt Lake City police arrested a 25-year-old man Tuesday, June 13, 2023, after authorities say he attacked and robbed a 79-year-old man who was on a morning walk.

79-year-old man attacked, robbed in Salt Lake City while on morning walk

By Kolbie Peterson | June 14, 2023, 7:01 p.m.

(Utah County Sheriff's Office) A head-on crash reportedly prompted by a road-rage encounter killed two people on Sunday, June 4, 2023. The driver and passenger of a car that was not involved in the dispute died.

Utah man charged with manslaughter in road rage crash that killed 2 bystanders

By Kolbie Peterson | June 13, 2023, 6:20 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then wrote a children's book about grieving, looks on during a bail hearing Monday, June 12, 2023, in Park City.

Utah author and murder suspect Kouri Richins denied bail, poses ‘substantial danger,’ judge rules

By Kolbie Peterson | June 12, 2023, 10:48 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Police investigate the scene where multiple shots were fired in the parking lot of the Brickyard Plaza shopping center in Salt Lake City late Friday night, June 9, 2023.

Teen injured in shooting near Brickyard Plaza

By Jordan Miller | June 10, 2023, 6:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police) Officers located a man accused of following children home and looking into their windows at Redwood Road and about 1700 South on Monday, June 5, 2023.

Police arrest man accused of following 3 children home, peering into their windows

By Kolbie Peterson | June 6, 2023, 8:00 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police Department) A Salt Lake City police officer works the scene of a deadly shooting near 60 W. Market St. on Sunday, June 4, 2023. It marked one of four downtown shootings last weekend.

Salt Lake City police ramp up downtown patrols after 4 weekend shootings

By Kolbie Peterson | June 5, 2023, 10:58 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police Department) Two Salt Lake City Police cars parked along West Temple on Sunday, June 4, 2023, as officers investigate a deadly shooting.

Two weekend shootings in the same SLC parking lot leave one man dead

By Kolbie Peterson | June 4, 2023, 6:56 p.m.

(KPCW.org via AP) This photo provided by KPCW.org shows Kouri Richins at the KPCW studio in Park City, Utah, April 12, 2023. Richins is accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas.

Judge orders lawyers in Kouri Richins cases to limit what they say to press

By Jordan Miller | June 3, 2023, 12:46 a.m.

(Jud Burkett | Special to The Tribune) The emergency department at St. George Regional Hospital on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. An Iron County inmate died at the St. George hospital on Sunday, May 28, 2023, three days after he was found unresponsive in his cell.

Man found unresponsive in Iron County jail cell dies 3 days later

By Kolbie Peterson | May 30, 2023, 9:37 p.m.

(KMRI 1550) Gabriela Sifuentes Castilla, 38, was shot multiple times on Oct. 17, 2021. Castilla, who went by her on-air name Gaby Ramos, had worked as a host on Spanish radio station La Más Picosita on 1550 AM since March 2020.

Man suspected of killing Utah radio host Gaby Ramos extradited from Mexico

By Kolbie Peterson | May 27, 2023, 5:37 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Office Building in Salt Lake City is home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

2 men charged with federal hate crime in assault of LDS missionary in Payson

By Melanie Porter | Fox 13 News | May 26, 2023, 9:25 p.m.

(Rick Bowmer | AP) Gabby Petito's mother Nichole Schmidt, wipes a tear from her face during a news conference on Nov. 3, 2022, in Salt Lake City. A letter written by Roberta Laundrie to her late son Brian Laundrie can be used by the attorney for Gabby Petito’s parents in preparation for their negligence lawsuit filed against Laundrie’s parents and their New York-based attorney in their high-profile case involving Petito’s death.

Mother of man who killed Gabby Petito said in letter she would help son ‘dispose of a body’

By Mead Gruver | The Associated Press | May 26, 2023, 8:22 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Officials investigate a home in Layton where police say a man killed his wife and in-laws, as well as three family dogs, before being taken into custody, Friday, May 19, 2023.

Layton man charged in killings of his wife, in-laws, family dogs

By Jordan Miller | May 25, 2023, 6:58 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lance Street in West Valley City, the street on which Keith Klingenberg and his wife lived in 1995, shown on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Nearly 30 years after Klingenberg called police to report that his wife had died by suicide in their home, Klingenberg was charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death Wednesday.

Utah man charged with murder nearly 30 years after he told police wife died by suicide

By Kolbie Peterson | May 26, 2023, 3:29 p.m.

(via Janessa Baldwin) Anastasia Stevens, right, pictured with two friends: Michael Cox, center, and Janessa Baldwin, left. Stevens' husband is accused of killing her, her father and her stepmother at the couple's home in Layton on Friday, May 19, 2023,

Layton woman, whose husband is suspected of killing her, in-laws, remembered as ‘selfless’

By Jordan Miller | May 23, 2023, 12:35 a.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Officials investigate a home in Layton where police say a man killed three people before being taken into custody, Friday, May 19, 2023.

Layton man, worried about himself, gave his guns to a friend days before he reported killing his wife, in-laws

By Jordan Miller | May 20, 2023, 7:17 p.m.

(SLCPD) Salt Lake City police investigate after two people were found dead in an office complex on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Salt Lake City police said Monday that a father is accused of killing his 16-year-old son before killing himself.

Custody battle preceded murder-suicide of SLC father and son

By Chris Arnold | Fox 13 News | May 18, 2023, 6:44 p.m.

(SLCPD) Salt Lake City police investigate after two people were found dead in an office complex on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Salt Lake City police said Monday that a father is accused of killing his 16-year-old son before killing himself.

Father, son found dead in Salt Lake City office building died in apparent murder-suicide

By Kolbie Peterson | May 16, 2023, 5:35 p.m.

(via Greg Skordas) Eric Richins, who died March 4, 2022, is shown in this undated photo. His wife, Utah author Kouri Richins, is suspected of fatally drugging the 39-year-old after the two argued over a multi-million dollar real estate deal.

Eric Richins, whose wife is accused of killing him, ‘hoped to keep his family together,’ spokesperson says

By Kolbie Peterson | May 18, 2023, 6:41 p.m.