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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say they have found a body believed to be a 5-year-old Utah girl taken from her home and killed by her uncle five days ago. Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen said Wednesday that the body believed to be Elizabeth "Lizzy" Shelley was found in a heavily wooded area less than a block from her home. Jensen said her 21-year-old uncle told his lawyer where the body was hidden. A positive identification is pending.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Family, friends and politicians are honoring deceased Navajo Code Talker and state Sen. John Pinto at a memorial procession and service. Hundreds of mourners gathered inside the New Mexico state Capitol on Wednesday to hear tributes to Pinto. Democratic Senate majority leader Peter Wirth said colleagues of Pinto were awed by the stamina that carried the World War II veteran through 42 years as a legislator.
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. (AP) — Officials in northern Minnesota have ordered a temporary halt to construction on land linked to a man who led a secretive polygamous sect's compound in South Dakota. Cook County officials issued the cease-and-desist order Friday to a company tied to Seth Jeffs. KARE-TV reports the order was issued after officials visited the 40-acre property west of Grand Marais and found apparent wetland violations. Jeffs applied in August to build a 5,760-square-foot building on the Minnesota land.
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman been charged with murder and child abuse after prosecutors say she acknowledged suffocating her 3-year-old stepdaughter. Vernal police charged 24-year-old McKenley Yadon last Friday with aggravated murder and child abuse in Arianna Stout's March 14 death. An autopsy determined the child died from asphyxia caused by smothering. Family members recall Stout as a fearless and kind child. Court records do not list a defense attorney for Yadon who could comment on her behalf.
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