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HISTORIC PARK CITY 435.649.9901• redbanjoparkcity.com Layton man charged with murder in death of woman Ashlyn Black was found dead after Tinder date LINDSEY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the popular dating app Tinder was charged with murder Wednesday. Ethan Hunsaker, 24, called 911 to report the slaying early Sunday morning and told police to shoot him, according to court documents. Police found 25-year-old Ashlyn Black lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds. Emergency workers tried to resuscitate her, but she was pronounced dead of her injuries at the scene. The two had met on Tinder the night before, and they’d gone to his apartment in Layton, north of Salt Lake City, after having a few drinks together at a bar, police have said. Hunsaker told police he choked and then stabbed her unprovoked as they cuddled, according to the document. He said he had thoughts of killing himself and others daily and has been diagnosed with an unspecified mental illness, police said in booking documents. No attorney has been listed for him. If convicted, he faces at least 15 years and up to life in prison. Black’s family has called him a “monster” who killed her in “a crime as senseless as it was evil.” During her life, Black worked to be a “voice of those who could not speak out for themselves” and had a gift for working with special needs people, her family said. Mia Love backs candidate in crowded GOP primary Four Republicans angle to take on Rep. McAdams LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY – Former Republican congresswoman Mia Love has endorsed a state lawmaker who is one of four candidates hoping to win back the seat for the GOP. Love said Wednesday that Rep. Kim Coleman has been a tenacious contender against three other Republicans also competing for the party’s nomination in the suburban Salt Lake City district. “I am supporting Kim Coleman because she is working her tail off and had the guts to jump into a race early that was going to be the most difficult district in Utah,” Love said in a statement. The first black female Republican in Congress, she served two terms and be- came a CNN contributor after a razor-thin defeat at the polls in 2018. She had briefly considered a rematch against Democrat Ben McAdams, who could be facing an uphill battle to win re-election in the Republican-leaning 4th Congressional District. Instead, she is backing Coleman, who is competing against former radio host Jay Mcfarland, former NFL player Burgess Owens and non-profit CEO Trent Christensen in the June 30 race. Century-old shipwreck in Great Salt Lake exposed Boat was likely used for railroad, official says ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY — A shipwreck can be seen protruding from the Great Salt Lake and it could be more than 100 years old. Utah State Parks posted a photo of a tangle of brown beams Monday on Facebook after a recent storm eroded part of the beach and exposed the shipwreck, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The wreck is of a steel hold boat with wooden planking that dates back to the start of the 20th century, park manager Dave Shearer said. Shearer believes the boat could have been used by the Southern Pacific Railroad to build the causeway across the lake in 1902 or to maintain the causeway in the years after. “It looks like this is about a 30- to 40-foot-long boat, which matches the description of the boats the Southern Pacific was using,” Shearer said. Don’t get buried in news you don’t need. Call 435–649–9014 to get the news you care about