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Show mrm WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- NEWS JOURNAL, DECEMBER 27, 1979 VIS find luiltif Of l: IB - FARMINGTON A. had become very despondent, 12-;- t: ver-die- ts manslaughter against a Layton man accused of shooting to death his es-td year-ol- wife and boyfriend last June 23. B her tranged - IT WAS an emotion-packe- d courtroom as the court clerk read the guilty verdict. :;5 The defendant, Charles :.r ;S alleged shootings and Mrs. Arnold had moved from their home into an apartment and the defendant had moved back with his parents. Daniel Arnold, of 1691 North Hill Field Road, Layton, wept in the arms of his Ogden L.G. Bingham, as the verdicts were read. ' PERSONS room also shaken, and IN the courtwere visibly - sadness, but relief that the verdict had not been more severe. Arnold was charged e with two counts of murder and the state (prosecution) was attempting to get guilty verdicts to those charges. ( at the defendants table, shook his hand, and wished him well. Arnold was accused of killing his estranged wife, Retta Heath Arnold, 26, of 443 North Fairfield Road, Layton and Airman Ronald Martin Miller, 21, of St. Paul, Minn., who was stationed at Hill Air Force Base. THEY WERE shot by a rifle which the defendant testified that he then tried to take his own life by placing the barrel of the gun under his jaw and pulled the trigger. Second District Judge J. d 2:5 :z ' t: H:: Hi Duffy Palmer tencing for Jan. set 16 sen-- 3 at 1:30 believed that is HE TOLD the jury that he wanted very much for the marriage to succeed but as time went on and they returned home (to Layton) it first-degre- ra I what she wanted to do and 1 was willing to do anything to stay close to her. I loved her very much and I still do," he sobbed. many wept THE JURY foreman, the last to leave the jury box following the verdict, stopped ARNOLD testified that he "did not want to get a divorce and did everything possible to remain with his wife. I even resorted to wife swapping' while in Japan and to smoking marijuana because openly. But the weeping was not in r- became evident that she would seek a divorce and would keep the two children. "I was told by several torneys that it would be impossible for me to have the children, that they automatically go to the mother, he said. "This made me feel more frustrated, lonely and depressed because knew I was not only losing her but 1 my children as well." . HE ALSO told the jury that "Airman Miller was "constantly at his estranged wifes apartment and that it hurt him deeply to see the two together with his children. He said his estranged wife would sometimes treat him as though nothing had ever hap- pened between them, then turn around and ask him to tend the children because she had a date with Miller. p.m. STEVEN Vanderlinden, assistant Davis County Attorney, attempted to convince the eight-mejury that Arnold did "intentionally and knowingly" kill his estranged wife and Airman Miller, constituting e murder. The defendant pleaded innocent to the charges "by reason of insanity," but testified that he did kill the two with use of a four-wom- first-degre- d hunting rifle. ARNOLD testified that he ' REPAIRING mLL ARNOLD TOLD the jury that on one occasion they (he and his wife) were together for dinner and she asked him to take her home because she didn't feel well. He said he drove past her apartment a few hours later and Miller was there. Even on our eighth wedding anniversary she broke a dinner engagement with me to be with Miller," he said. She openly admitted to having an affair with him and with others while we were overseas.'"' UNDER Arnold, too, admitted to participating in wife swapping : with his wife, but denied other affairs. The incident later led to his excommunication from the RADIO & TV makes LDS Church, he said. Calls 6" Anytime Arnold told the jury that he was so despondent on the night of the shootings that he BRANDENBURG "felt that it (killing them both) was the right thing to TV Reasonable Rates apartment. "I just couldnt take it any longer," he sobbed. "1 went home (parents home) and found my rifle, picked up some shells, and returned to the apartment. Miller. The two (defendant and his wife) had become separated about two weeks before the 27--- "I RANG the doorbell several times before she appeared in her robe. As she 825-36- 76 773-82- 26 BUT I had something (someone) going for me. I got close to God and with his help, and only because of Him, I was able to endure these last 35 or 36 years. "Death is never a pretty picture, Dan, and I feel sorry for you because you are going to live the remainder of your life with the horrors of this act. You are going to suffer more than you have ever suffered in your life. opened the inner door and stood there I shot through the screen door and she fell to the floor. Then I walked to the back bedroom but the door was locked. I shot through the door and heard a noise from in- side. The impact on the door caused it to open and Miller was sitting on the floor looking up at me. I shot him a second time. RETURNING ing room, I saw was still alive but shoot her again, I THERE IS only one salvation, Dan. Find your God. Get back into your church and keep God a constant com- TO the liv- that Retta rather than put the gun barrel under my chin and pulled the trigger. Arnold then related a dream (or vision) that he had depicting a long, dark tunnel with Retta at the other end. 1 TRIED to get close to her, holding out my trms for her, but it was no use, he related. He told the jury that he then awoke and after going to a panion. Because without Him you wont be able to make it. "Yes, Dan, 1 wish I had the power to take away the pain you are going to suffer, the pain you have already suffered, but I dont. Only with God can your life be made whole again. On - "HE DOESNT have the right to "Blow them away, take the lives of two persons, no matter what his feelings might be. There were other ways of solving the matter. He reiterated how Arnold went home, found the gun, loaded it, and then drovi back to the apartment with1 (inly one thought in mind to kill his wife and her lover. IN AN announcement to the press Dec. 21, Mrs. Lucile Reading announced that because of the many excepwell qualified tionally applicants for the position that board members need more time to choose Mr. Wrigleys successor. Mr. Wrigley will retire on Dec. 31. Board members will resume their deliberations on , Jan. everything else built up in the defendant over a long period of time. "Dan had more than he could hack, the attorney said. He had been pushed too far and something do. snapped. HE SAID that he had been drinking beer that night and went looking for his estranged FOLLOWING the jury verdict and setting the date for sentencing, Judge Palmer R r 2, Mrs. Reading said. 9gres I acting) saperipti-ddfif- ii Board To Meet On 4th Monday - FARMINGTON Beginning in January, the Davis County Library Board will conduct its regular meetings on the fourth Monday of each month. Meetings will begin, at 8:30 a.m. in the County Commission Chambers of the Davis County Courthouse, Farmington. RECENTLY, there have been some conflicts of scheduling meetings on Thursday because of the County Commission meetings at 9 a.m., thus the reason for FREEPORT CENTER Bldg. No. 12 O Clearfield, Utah Open To The Public Tuesday thru Saturday i 10 A.M.-- 5 l!Wi6Tib 3 r p.fil. 1 b-- z I' ii KKt v fiwir. -- V r V: ST W1 yfairiWt, IJ x Mini) t t X h I! V i I IS 376-42- 79 r J 197 KCitTH KAiN - LAYTON StssuKjssjssjsacaicsKSHtaiff. w 4 - HILL AFB Hills 1979 Combined Federal Campaign has come to a close with $295,168 collected and turned over to the Bank of Utah for distribution to 59 northern Utah charities. g Un Whitesides explained. :ZZ Campaign Collects $285,168 DICK Chamberlain, a Bank of Utah official who is the CFC treasurer, came to the i - fct),as$ T y e.s da y:it q y f f c ja y drfve. A wind up a month-lop- the change in meetings, Board Chairman Evan 'if 's 79 Combined Federal UNTIL A new superintendent is named, Deputy Supt. Lawrence E. Welling will and anger TV FOR TURN - ATTORNEY Bingham emphasized that the tensions, hostility, New Davis FARMINGTON County Board of Education members have not reached a decision on who is going to be named the new superintendent of schools to replace Bernell Wrigley. ATTORNEY Vanderlinden, detail described how he shot those two in cold blood and includhow circumstances drinking ing led and smoking marijuana to the crimes. e. Superintendent that fractured his jaw, cheek and caused facial injury. in his summation for the state, said he was seeking only the truth in this case, keeping in mind that there are two persons that have not testified (the victims). ".The defendant has sat here and in every gruesome The Davis County Association for Retarded Citizens enjoyed sharing Christmas with the Project Turn Home by resenting them with a color television. The local ARC From these raises funds each year from the Bike-Hikfunds many needs of the handicapped are met. The Project T.U.R.N. (Teaching Utahs Retarded Normalization) Home is a temporary home for seven young adults who are striving to learn all that is necessary to become independent citizens in our community. Juari aid Kitty Valencia are new house parents. Carrying the set are, 1 to r, Jerry Mickelson, vice president of the As- -' sociation; Kitty Valencia, and Annette McKnight, secretary, Davis County Association for Retarded rio Decision nearby home for help, he drove to the Layton police station and was later taken to the hospital where he was treated for the gunshot wound 141 West 1900 North, Sunset called Arnold to the bench and related the following: About 30 some odd years ago I was a Marine in the South Pacific where I learned about death. I saw my buddies and the enemy killed and to this day I still relive those horrors of war. , wife and Airman Miller, finding them together at her frustrated and hurt because his wife admittedly was "having an affair with of guilty to two counts of ; Lionel i By GARY R. BLODGETT member jury returned Hi NORTH DAVIS LEADER DECEMBER 27, 1979 CFC sVffiboRd'renftny, base officials turned over the amount to Mr. Chamberlain while a guard armored and a Wells-Farg- o car stood by. REPRESENTING Hill AFB were Maj. Gen. John J. Murphy, Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center and Robert Wardleigh, CFC Chairperson. LaRue Ormond, CFC manager at the base, said this goal was $276,906. The total collected was 107 percent years HOMES of the goal, she noted. AUTOMOBILES A dollar total indicates, Hill AFB military and civilian personnel have shown that they do indeed care about our less fortunate neighbors, Mr. Wardleigh AS THE said. "A special thanks goes to the 600 keyworkers at the base, Mr. Wardleigh added, "who were totally dedicated to the success of the drive. Their success was shown in the receipts they turned in from the various organizat- STORM DOORS CARS TRUCKS PICTURE WINDOWS FOREIGN CARS PATIO DOORS TRUCK SLIDERS SCREENS 1,000 USED WINDSHIELDS ions. DENNIS CHUGG is the Northern Utah combined Federal Coordinator. His of- & INSURANCE SPECIALISTS fice is located at Hill AFB. Mr. Chugg said that all of the northern Utah federal agencies involved in the cam- paign donated $404,000 this year to CFC. There are 41 agencies that participate in the drive including Hill AFB. QUALITY GLASS 327-28- th 399-923- Street, Ogden 8 578 N. Main, Layton 376-121- 3 |