Dave Cawley
Uinta Triangle: Rescue in the Uinta Triangle
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted June 5 - 5:44 p.m.
When a person goes missing in the mountains, minutes matter. This was clear when 3-year-old Benjamin Myrup disappeared from the area of Haystack Lake, just west of the Mirror Lake Highway.
Uinta Triangle: Investigation of Australian hiker's 2011 disappearance in Utah's backcountry
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted May 20 - 12:05 p.m.
Most people who go missing in the Uinta Mountains emerge, eventually, alive or dead. A smaller number are never found.
New COLD podcast experiment tries to identify metal evidence in Susan Powell cold case
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Dec. 6 - 3:00 p.m.
An experiment by KSL's COLD Podcast has revealed the likely source of a key piece of evidence in the death of Susan Cox Powell, 15 years after she disappeared.
Parole board calls Ogden sex offender a 'substantial threat' after he allegedly stalked woman
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Nov. 19 - 8:01 a.m.
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has decided an Ogden sex offender presents a "substantial threat to public safety" after finding he stalked a woman while out of prison.
Woman tells parole board convicted sex offender stalked, harassed her
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Oct. 8 - 10:03 a.m.
A Weber County woman urged the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole on Monday not to release convicted sex offender Cary Hartmann for a second time.
Ted Bundy myths: Folklore surrounds case of first Utah victim, 50 years later
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Oct. 1 - 10:03 a.m.
The first person outside law enforcement to review the case of Nancy Wilcox in almost five decades quickly realized the story was different than accounts she'd seen other places.
Suspect in Utah cold case back in prison on unrelated parole violation
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted May 17 - 7:39 a.m.
A registered sex offender who spent more than 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting multiple women in Ogden during the 1980s is back in custody, after four years on parole.
How much did Utah's governor know about the investigation into Maj. Gen. Michael Turley?
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Aug. 30 - 9:30 p.m.
Two weeks ago, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox placed the head of the Utah National Guard on leave. It caught many by surprise, but it's information KSL has been digging into for about a year.
Police to investigate possible mountain gravesite in 1985 cold case
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Aug. 23 - 8:03 a.m.
Police confirmed to KSL-TV they plan to excavate a possible gravesite in the mountains near Causey Reservoir on Wednesday in connection with a 1985 cold case.
Blamed on Bundy: COLD podcast challenges popular theory in Nancy Baird cold case
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted May 16 - 8:08 a.m.
The unsolved disappearance of Nancy Baird has been attributed to serial killer Ted Bundy, but case files obtained by the COLD podcast indicate more probable suspects.
COLD podcast: Jacket could place missing Utah woman with suspect the night she disappeared
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted March 12 - 10:22 p.m.
Ogden police in 1987 found a gray suede jacket that potentially belonged to a woman who'd been missing for a year-and-a-half named Sheree Warren. Could it prove who she was with the night she disappeared?
COLD: Podcast uncovers new clues about discovery of missing Utah woman's car in Las Vegas
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Nov. 3 - 10:02 a.m.
A missing woman's car surfaced on the Las Vegas Strip in November 1985. Now, a timecard from Weber State College and an airline timetable provide a possible explanation.
KSL Investigators explore change allowing Utah's death row inmates to move into medium-security cells
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted June 22 - 9:00 a.m.
The Utah Department of Corrections has quietly ended a decades-long practice of housing Utah State Prison inmates who are under sentence of death in maximum security.
'Cold': Douglas Lovell's actions deprive Joyce Yost's family of time, memories with her
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted June 15 - 11:00 p.m.
Joyce Yost's family members provided victim impact statements during the trial's penalty phase, after the jury had found Lovell guilty of capital homicide. They were able to say from the witness stand how Lovell's actions had altered their lives.
'Cold': A caller claimed he found a body near a reservoir, but police could never locate it. Could it have been Joyce Yost?
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted April 27 - 10:04 p.m.
A man with a distinctive stammer phoned police 34 years ago and claimed to have found a body in the mountains near Causey, a reservoir on the South Fork of the Ogden River.
COLD: Communication breakdown helped Douglas Lovell get out of jail prior to 1985 murder
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted April 14 - 10:38 p.m.
Police and prosecutors had at least three opportunities following the April 3, 1985 rape of Joyce Yost to prevent the man who had sexually assaulted her from making good on his threat to return and take her life.
'Cold': Communication breakdown between law enforcement failed Joyce Yost
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted April 13 - 10:37 p.m.
Spools of magnetic tape captured the voice of Joyce Yost on the morning of April 4, 1985.
'Cold': Newly released wiretap conversations depict Powell family on the brink
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Sept. 16 - 7:21 a.m.
Josh Powell loaded up his sons, Charlie and Braden, into his minivan late at night and headed off for a campout.
Judge slashes nearly $100M jury verdict awarded to Susan Cox Powell’s parents
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Sept. 15 - 6:00 p.m.
A judge here on Tuesday slashed by two thirds a nearly $100 million jury verdict handed down to the parents of missing Utah woman Susan Cox Powell at the end of July over the 2012 deaths of Powell’s two children at the hands of their father.
Exclusive 3D model offers unique view of Daybell crime scene
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Sept. 10 - 11:10 a.m.
A company that specializes in recreating complicated crime scenes using 3D models has built a replica of the eastern Idaho property where police and FBI agents in June recovered the remains of missing children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan.
Trial of lawsuit by Susan Powell's parents against Washington child welfare agency resumes after pandemic pause
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted July 13 - 4:50 p.m.
A lawsuit between the parents of missing Utah woman Susan Powell and the state of Washington’s child welfare agency is back on, with a civil trial restarting today following a months-long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Satellite photo shows Chad Daybell property on likely day of child’s burial
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted June 24 - 9:37 a.m.
A satellite captured a photograph of Chad Daybell’s property just hours after police believe Daybell and Alex Cox finished burying the remains of Tylee Ryan.
Attorneys question social workers' priorities in lawsuit over Powell children’s murders
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Feb. 20 - 6:25 a.m.
One by one, attorney Anne Bremner walked through a list of nearly 50 “red flags” that preceded the killings of Charlie and Braden Powell, Susan Powell’s sons.
‘Cold’: Pornographic images at center of custody case weren’t Josh Powell’s
Dave Cawley, KSL | Posted Dec. 10 - 10:00 p.m.
Pornographic images located on a computer seized from the home of Josh Powell the day after his wife Susan Powell disappeared did not belong to Josh Powell.
