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Nicole Batty, 33, of Ogden decided to undergo a double mastectomy in 2011 after testing positive for the BRCA2 cancer gene. “I am thankful for research companies like Myriad (that) give me a chance to change my future. You don’t have to be a celebrity, rich or have health insurance to obtain genetic counseling. Myriad has a financial assistance program for appropriate patients, and they have provided thousands of free tests to low-income and uninsured patients,” she says. (KERA WILLIAMS/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Top of Utah women made preventive double mastectomy decision before Jolie

Last updated Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:34pm

OGDEN — If someone said you have a 90 percent chance of being in a car accident and you may or may not die, but you can have work done on your car to reduce your risk to 2 percent, would you do it?

That’s how Nicole Batty explains a comparison others may be able to relate to when talking about her decision to get a double mastectomy two years ago.

Batty, 33, of North Ogden, had tested positive for a mutation of the BRCA2 gene, which means she has a higher risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer compared with the rest of the general population.

Because of her test results, she opted to have a double mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery.

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Annie Durrwachter (left) and her mother, Teresa Peterson, leave flowers at the crime scene Thursday in West Point. A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of two brothers, ages 4 and 10. (LAURA SEITZ/The Associated Press)

Charges on hold in West Point brothers' stabbing deaths

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 9:03am

WEST POINT — Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings says he isn’t prepared to file charges against a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing his two younger brothers Wednesday.

Rawlings said he is trying to find out more about the boy and killings that stunned the community.

Aza Vidinhar is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials say.

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At the Weber County Building in Ogden on Friday, Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson talks with the media about Matthew David Stewart’s suicide. Stewart fired on officers serving a “knock and announce” search warrant in January 2012, killing one officer and injuring six others. He was facing trial next April and the possibility of the death penalty, plus on Wednesday, a judge denied a challenge by Stewart’s defense team that the warrant was obtained illegally. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Officials: Accused cop-killer Stewart refused jail’s mental health services, committed suicide

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 9:05am

OGDEN — Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force officers serving a “knock and announce” search warrant on Matthew David Stewart’s Ogden home Jan. 4, 2012, were clearly identifiable and, in spite of it, were fired on multiple times by Stewart, resulting in one officer’s death and a half-dozen officers being wounded, says Weber County Attorney Dee Smith.

Smith said he is now free to talk about the incident as a result of Stewart having been found dead in his jail cell early Friday morning and there no longer being need for a trial.

Stewart was discovered by a jailer at 12:50 a.m. hanging from a bedsheet in his cell in the Weber County Jail, Smith said at a Friday news conference. About one hour prior, Stewart was observed alive by officers who make routine checks on the inmates, Dee said.

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Stewart hanged himself with bedsheet, authorities say

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 7:06am

OGDEN - Accused police killer Matthew David Stewart hanged himself with a bedsheet in his Weber County Jail cell early Friday, County Attorney Dee Smith said today.

Jailers checked on Stewart one hour earlier, Smith said. He termed the watch on Stewart as "vigilant."

"Suicides in correctional facilities are a microcosm of our society," Sheriff Terry Thompson said.

Smith and Thompson took no questions after announcing Stewart's death.

Earlier today, defense attorney Bernie Allen said Stewart's family told him the death was by hanging.

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Matthew David Stewart during day 3 of his preliminary trial at Second District Courthouse in Ogden on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Standard-Examiner File Photo

Family: Matthew Stewart found dead in jail cell

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 24, 2013 - 5:08pm

OGDEN — A defense attorney for Matthew David Stewart said the 38-year-old Ogden resident was found hanged in his jail cell this morning.

Independent confirmation from the Weber County Jail was not available. Sheriff's spokesman Mark Lowther said a news conference was set for 11 a.m. at the Weber County Commission offices.

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