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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

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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Box Elder man’s cellphone seized in search related to Idaho triple homicide

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 12:35am

GARLAND — Police seized a cellphone from a man in Box Elder County as part of the investigation of last month’s triple homicide in Holbrook, Idaho, just north of the Utah border.

An affidavit obtained by the Standard-Examiner indicates the warrant was executed April 16 and a Samsung Galaxy III phone was confiscated at the request of the Oneida County, Idaho, Sheriff’s Office.

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Study: Gun ownership, conservatism contribute to Utah’s high suicide rate

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 11:12pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s dubious distinction as one of the leading states for suicide could be linked to its high rate of gun ownership and political conservatism, according to a newly released study.

The study was authored by Augustine J. Kposowa, a sociology professor at the University of California-Riverside.

Kposowa calculated for each state the overall suicide rate, percentage of households with firearms and percentage of votes cast for President George W. Bush in the 2000 election.

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Idaho getting leads in triple murder involving 2 with Brigham City ties

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 6:37am

Idaho authorities are investigating possible suspects in last week’s slaying of three people, including a father and son who are former Brigham City residents.

Brent L. “Bird Dog” Christensen, 61, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found shot to death Friday in a home near Holbrook, Idaho, just north of the Utah border. Carter was Trent Christensen’s girlfriend.

Carter’s daughters, who are 2 months and 2 years old, respectively, were uninjured in the attack.

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Sixty-four pitbulls were found at the Idaho home of Brent L. Christensen. Christensen, 62, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and the son’s girlfriend, Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found killed Friday afternoon inside the house. The Christensens had ties to Brigham City. (DOUG LINDLEY/Idaho State Journal)

Friends can't fathom former Brigham City man involved in pot grow, dogfighting

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 5:36am

BRIGHAM CITY — A father and son killed in a triple homicide last week in Idaho are former Brigham City residents, say several people who knew the pair.

Brent L. “Bird Dog” Christensen, 61, his son Trent Jon Christensen, 32, and Yavette Chivon Carter, 27, were found shot to death Friday in a home near Holbrook, just north of the Utah border, that also contained a marijuana grow and pit bull-breeding operation.

Carter was Trent Christensen’s girlfriend.

Authorities have said Carter’s 2-month-old daughter was found under her arm and that she was apparently protecting the infant when she died. In addition, her 2-year-old daughter was also found unharmed. Both children have been turned over to one of the grandmothers.

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Smithsonian helps ID homicide victims from two decades ago

Kevin Connelly The Knoxville News Sentinel

Last updated Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 6:06pm

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Thanks to new testing available at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office authorities hope they are one step closer to identifying two homicide victims from more than two decades ago.

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