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OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A man arrested in the 20-year-old murder of a woman at an Ogden retirement home has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. The Standard-Examiner of Ogden reports that 42-year-old Stephen Ellenwood was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Authorities solved the case after they discovered DNA evidence that linked Ellenwood to the sexual assault and beating of 92-year-old Grace Mae Odle in 1993.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A kidnapping conviction won't be dismissed against a Burmese refugee who in January was found guilty in the death of a 7-year-old girl. Esar Met's attorneys say there's no proof he kidnapped the girl who was from his South Salt Lake neighborhood, held her against her will and meant to keep her from leaving the basement of his apartment.
ROY, Utah (AP) — Roy police say they've arrested a daycare operator in the death of an 8-month-old boy she was caring for. Authorities say Tisha Morley was arrested on suspicion of child abuse homicide and is being held in the Weber County jail. Doctors determined the child had a skull fracture and brain trauma that apparently came from shaking.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As temperatures climb across the Southwest, researchers have found some species will win but others stand to lose — and lose big. The U.S. Geological Survey released a report this week that says the pinyon jay stands to lose nearly one-third of its breeding range, while other birds could lose as much as 80 percent by the end of the century.
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