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Suspect in murder-suicide attempt booked into jail

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, 11:27am

WEST JORDAN — A woman who allegedly shot her 18-year-old daughter in an alleged attempted murder-suicide was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Thursday.

52-year-old Mary Ethyl Hansen allegedly shot and killed her 18-year-old daughter Virginia Ray Hansen on Wednesday morning before turning the gun on herself in what appears to be a murder-suicide attempt.

Mary Hansen sustained a gunshot wound to her head, but managed to get out of the house, into her car and drove to a neighbor’s house.

“The mother went ahead and shot the daughter and came out, got into her car, drove down the street, honked her horn and, once the neighbor came outside, announced that she had shot her daughter and herself and then drove back down the street and parked in the driveway again,” said Drew Sanders of the West Jordan Police Department on Wednesday.

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Two men rob West Jordan pizza shop

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012, 7:16am

A Papa Murphy’s pizza store in West Jordan was robbed Monday.

West Jordan Police said the store near 7800 South and 4800 West was robbed around 8 p.m. by two young men.

One of the suspects with a gun demanded money and they took the cash register and ran off, said police.

One of the suspect is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing roughly 185 pounds and was last seen wearing a blue bandana and a black shirt.

Police are trying to determine if the bandits are the same ones involved in a series of fast food business robberies over the past several months.

If you have any information, please call West Jordan Police Department at (801) 256-2000.

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Four hospitalized after West Jordan accident

Submitted by Brittany Green-Miner, Fox 13 Web Content Producer
Sunday, March 18th, 2012, 4:45pm

Four people were hospitalized after an accident in West Jordan on Sunday afternoon. Two vehicles collided near 9000 South and 3200 West. 

Two children, ages 9 and 6, were taken by ambulance to Primary Children's Medical Center and their mother was taken to Intermountain Medical Center, all in serious condition. The driver of the second car, an adult male, was taken to an area hospital in stable condition.

The accident is under investigation and no cause has been determined.

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UPDATE: Officials say attempted kidnapping in South Jordan not true

Submitted by Fox13Now Web Staff
Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 11:53am

UPDATE: Officials said after investigating further, the child fabricated the story.

Original: Police say a 9-year-old girl was approached by a man in a white truck on her way to school Thursday morning.

The third grade student was riding her bike to Elk Meadows Elementary School in South Jordan at about 8:20 a.m.  She said she was approached by a man in a four-door white pick-up truck.

The girl told officers the driver tried to get her into the truck where two other young children were already inside.

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Former Broadway star, Utahn dies at 86

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Thursday, March 15th, 2012, 8:50am

The following is from a press release provided by Utah PTA.

Former Broadway star and Utah resident, Melva Niles Barborka passed away on March 12, 2012, at age 86, after a most courageous battle with the neurological disease, CIDP.

Melva’s pristine soprano voice won her numerous awards throughout her early life.  At age 22, Ms. Niles was noticed by Edwin Lester, head of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.  After discovering his new future star, Mr. Lester moved her from chorus girl to the lead in “Song of Norway.” This led to a successful career on Broadway and beyond.

Mr. Lester described Melva as having “the most beautiful soprano voice I have ever heard.” With her angelic and exquisite beauty that captivated audiences, and a voice straight from heaven, Ms. Niles became one of the fastest rising stars in Edwin Lester’s retinue of great voices.

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WJ man arrested for alleged kidnapping

Submitted by Brittany Green-Miner, Fox 13 Web Content Producer
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012, 4:46pm

A West Jordan man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping another man.

US Marshals arrested Richard Hernandez after he failed to show up for his Jan. 30 sentencing hearing.

He was wanted for attempted aggravated sex abuse of a child and is also accused of tying a man with an electrical cord and putting him in a truck. The victim was able to free himself.

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Bingham High School Minerettes’ national win is bittersweet

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Saturday, March 10th, 2012, 8:23pm

The Bingham High School Minerettes drill team took the national championship in Orlando last weekend for the eighth time, but this year’s championship was bittersweet.
The Minerettes’ coach’s sister, a former drill team member, died earlier this year.
“Erin’s sister Astra was a Minerette for three years and she had cystic fibrosis and she battled that for her whole life,” said Jamyn Miller, one of the coaches for the Minerettes. “To be able to dance with that lung capacity is a miracle so she’s a hero in our eyes. Her passing was unexpected, so it was pretty hard on our team.”
Astra died on October 22, but her teammates say she was with them all the way to the championship.
“There’s been competitions where the girls have walked off the floor and been in tears because they know they felt her presence there,” said Miller.

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