Salt Lake Tribune | 1999-06-04 | Page 6

A6 The Salt LakeTribune UTAH Friday. June 4, 1999 _ Polygamist Guilty of Incest With Young Wife the Sandy home of the girl's mother and n apartment located in a Kin on-owned Salt Lake County ¢ rd at 197 W. 3900 South, sk ified. torneys Stephen id Susanne Gustin- @ Continued from A-i from her family and their rules against ciating with anyone outside the Kingston clan. MeCaughey saidthegirl ac- Tribune: “It’s obvious there was lying by certain people. and by ides Thereis definitely rea- xble doubt During a three-day trial in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City Kingston's victimtestified she becameher uncle’s 15th wife during 1 family ceremony in which her father performed the rites. The newlyweds spent the night at a Park City hotel. the girl said, but they did not havesex that night Thegirl, now 17, testified she had sexual intercourse with her uncle on four occasions between January and May 1998. She said which is heat — fromstars and talaxies. It could only do so if the hydrogenice kept the telescope chilled to 446 degrees below zero Vahrenheit. whichis colder than surrounding space Ames said USU's investigation found that when the circuit first coal yard apartment @ A wedding ring set with 15 diamonds. which apparentlysigni- fiedthegirl's status as Kingston's Kingston — through his attor 15th wife and because she was unsure mother bought her a $528 wed. girl's allegations, he denied knowing her, although hesaid he knew state authorities wouldreturn to the clan But after MeCaugh- appeared shaky Prosecutor Dane Nolan effec tively countered the defense ad Judge David S Young Kingston claimed she — not the David Kingston at the Park City hotel on Oct. 15, 1997. When Nolan asked Sharli to told himthe report has been written and is being reviewed We're surethe report will say said. “It's like saying what the Jazz should have done after the gameis over ‘The $80 million WIREmission included costs of operating the telescope during its planned mis. sion andthenanalyzing data, So the actual loss to taxpayerswill be less: Amesestimated $40 million to $50million, including the $15 million USU received to buildthe telescope W@ Testimony that when police Amessaid the circuit that had about the her mother ed. gree felonies. Kingston faces up Convicted of incest and unlawful sexual conduct, both third-de- HApicture of the girl in the wedding dress taken bya photog- _ Kingston dingdress 11 days beforeshepur portedly wed her uncle The prosecution also present ey’s cross-examination of the vietim on Tuesday. thestate’s case what we shouldhave done,” Ames designed to detect infrared light emotion during the trial — re- purportedly movedthegirl to the contacted suesits findings. Ames said NASA The escaping gas madethe satellite spin and renderedthetele. scopeuseless. Thetelescope was David S. Young ture purchased the day Kingston A receipt for bedroom furni- the erratic nature of the victim's memory: ‘If [the girl] can remember a hotel room where no sex oc curred. she ought to be able to re member details about when sex did occur — if indeedit did to explain why thegirl and her of the cover allowedthe hydrogen to vaporize and spew into space until it was gone 18 hourslater raphy studio neys — has denied marrying the have comeoff threedayslater The spacecraft’s tanks of hy drogen ice werefacing the sun at the time, so the prematurerelease SRaEIBEE But McCaughey wondered at girl. But the defense was unable turnedon, it put out a brief elec tronic signal — the power surge — that madetheexplosive bolts detonate prematurely. Engineers believed turning on thecircuit would not create an output signal although that was not a specifica tion given to Actel, hesaid USU’s conclusions have been submitted to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration board investigating WIRE’s demise. Ames emphasized the findings were USU’s and he was not speaking for NASA. but “I expect they will agree NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said Tuesdayin Utahit would be months before his agency is- bit. Engineers quickly surmised threeexplosivebolts had detonat ed prematurely to release the telescope’s cover. which should Douglas White Attorney for Tapestry of Polygamy argument had to lie to protect family se USU Takes the Blame For Mission Flop nia’s coast. The spacecraft spun accurately dia- ecutors. The girl said she f victim — hadspent the night with out of control after reaching or- however. gramed the room. She [Sharlij was never in that room,” Nolan said during closing living with a foster family andattending school McCaughey notedthegirl's story changedevery time shetalked to social workers, police andpros- a suitcase. they would have per- @ Continued fromA-1 her description was wrong. The complished her goal: She is now thenext day. The sex occurredat functorysex. and he wouldleave “This is not a polygamyfree zone anymore.” she becamevisiblyflustered, and girl. ed thegirl lied to get vantage whenhe cross-examined Kingston's first wife. Sharli Kingston would show upcarrying draw the layout of the hotelsuite. to 10 years in prison whenhe is sentenced by 3rd District Judge Kingston — who showed no mained expressionless as the ver: dicts were read. But as bailiffs took him into custody, he managed a wan smile for his first wife and several other family mer. bers. Insisting thetrial was not about polygamy. Young limited the scope of the prosecution's case But polygamyhovered about the courtroomlike an elephantevery one was obliged to ignore. McCaughey acknowledged af. terward: “There wasobviously an involvement in polygamy. We tried to avoidit the surge is similar to computer chips in numerous products from ovens to automobiles. Such cir- cuits includethousands of transistors. linkedso that electronic signals sent to the circuit make the If you can’t sieep, you owe it to yourself to experience real solutions for comfort in your bedroom. Choose from the bestselection of circuit emit other signals to control electronic devices. adjustable bedsandair beds, support mattresses and stat systems that are custom adjusted tofit your body shape from names you can trust. The role of the circuit in WIRE’s failure prompted NASA to issue an alert to agency engineers who usethe circuits, Ames 3344 So. 1300 E. 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