Cold cases

Gregory L. Seamons

Idaho to decide when to release suspect in 1983 Ogden rape, murder

 

OGDEN — Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said it is up to Idaho authorities when an inmate will be extradited for the 1983 sexual assault and beating death of an 11-year-old Ogden girl.

Gregory L. Seamons, 44, is an inmate in Idaho. DNA from a 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Ogden has been linked to him, and Ogden police have issued a warrant for his arrest. (Courtesy photo)

Idaho inmate expected to be extradited to Utah quickly in 1983 rape, murder case

OGDEN — An Idaho inmate will likely be extradited soon to face charges for the 1983 sexual assault and beating death of an 11-year-old Ogden girl, police said Sunday.

An arrest warrant for first-degree aggravated murder and rape was issued Friday for Gregory L. Seamons, 44, in the slaying of Rebecca Lemberger.

“We are really convinced that he’s the one involved (in the homicide),” Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley said Sunday, adding he is optimistic Seamons will be returned to Weber County quickly to face charges.

Rebecca Lemberger, who was 11 when her body was found raped and beaten to death in 1983 in Ogden.

Police believe DNA closes rape, murder of Ogden girl in 1983

OGDEN — Police have obtained an arrest warrant in the cold case of an 11-year-old girl sexually assaulted and beaten to death in Ogden in 1983.

The warrant for first-degree murder and rape was filed Friday in 2nd District Court against 44-year-old Gregory L. Seamons. He is alleged to have killed Rebecca Lemberger.

Seamons is currently jailed in the Idaho State Correctional Institution south of Boise.

Police say Roy man asked teen for sex

ROY — A Roy man on Friday was charged with one count of first-degree sodomy on a juvenile, four counts of second-degree felony sexual abuse of a child, and one count of dealing in harmful material to a minor.

Gacy case solves unrelated 1970s Utah cold case

CHICAGO  — The search for more victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has led authorities to solve an unrelated 1970s cold case of a missing person linked to central Illinois, officials announced Thursday.

Rodney Van Komen (Salt Lake City police department photo)

SLC police close book on 30-year-old murder case

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police say they’ve closing the books on a 30-year-old murder case, but no one will be charged.

 

The suspect died in a car crash seven years ago.

Utah cold case cracked by DNA

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Hawaii man has been ordered to stand trial in a cold-case murder police say was solved by DNA testing.

Murder charge filed in 1995 Sandy cold case

SANDY  -- Salt Lake County prosecutors are filing a murder charge against a now 34-year-old man accused of killing another man at a party in Sandy 17 years ago.

SLC police seek DNA match in 1995 cold case death

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City homicide detectives are seeking a DNA sample that could keep alive a cold case from 1995.

New tip revives 28-year-old Utah missing teen case

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake City police say they have a new lead in a 28-year-old missing person case.

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Police find suspect in 14-year-old cold case

OGDEN -- Fourteen years after an aggravated kidnapping and rape case went cold, police have a suspect in custody.

Utah man pleads guilty to 1998 murder of 10-year-old

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man has pleaded guilty to murder in the 1998 stabbing death of a 10-year-old girl.

Idaho police seek help solving 30-year-old murders

POCATELLO, Idaho -- A sheriff in southeastern Idaho is hoping a group of cold-case investigators will help him solve two decades-old murders.

Inmate charged with Utah woman's '86 slaying

SALT LAKE CITY -- Prosecutors have filed a murder charge in connection with the death of 20-year-old Salt Lake City woman whose body was found in the hills above a city park in 1986.

Utah homicide detectives hold summit on cold cases

SOUTH SALT LAKE -- Homicide detectives from across the state are meeting to share notes on more than 70 unresolved murder cases in Utah -- some dating back to the 1960s.

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