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Show _ TheSaltLake Tribune UTAH E2 Friday, October 8,1999 Delayed Infant-Death Case MovesToward Trial CLOSE TO HOME ‘€-mall:CLOSETOHOME@COMPUSERVE.COM /0-B) Challenge over evidence in 2-year-old case against foster mother wentall the way to state Supreme Court Professor Howard Wa; Greek WihabsyBoe THES Shirley Ann Wells often put her fussy 18-month- old foster child to sleep bypressing a handtothetoddier’s back and rubbing and soothing until she becamequiet. But the night of Sept. 1, 1996, prosecutors claim Wells pushedtoo hard andtoo long on Amber Lynn Bean’s back killing theteddler by forcing theair fromthe crying girl's lungs and makingit impossiblefor her to draw anotherbreath Wells denies she pushed hard enoughto kill the child, who purportedly had a number of medical problems. The case now may be close to a conclusion, The 40-year-old Salt Lake City foster mother was ordered two yearsagoto standtrial on one count of second-degree felony child-abuse. Then the case went into limbo while defense Children’s Medical Center. Police alleged Holloman assaulted the boy while the chiid’s motherslept in Midvalepolice bydriving througha chain-link fence the bedroom. Holloman was not charged until Au gusi 1998. He fled Utah and was on the run a month, at the endof a dead-endstreet. At 9:20 a.m., the sus: flashed a handgun at a woman alking to her until he was arrested sleeping in a Seattle airport Defense attorney Glen Cellafiled for a competency evaluation earlier this year because Holloman was refusing to talk to him, apparently believing thede- an apartment carport, 500 W. 9200 South in Sandy, said Sandypolice Sgt. Kevin Thacker. The man demanded moneyand the woman’ She gave himtheke: ind then ran av ming ‘Help me,” Thackersaid. Thesuspect in his 20s, fense attorney was sharing information with prosecutors. In June, Judge Glen Dawson declared Holloman legally incompetent due to paranoia. Follow 90 days at the state hospital, doctors this week re- has aen and speaks in broken English, police said. The Rodeo has Utahlicenseplate 806 KWE. Qa quested another 90 days to work with Holloman, who Bunerae SENTENCED A3 r-old burglar whosaid he had gun when he was surprised by the resident of a Salt Lake County man’s homehasbeensentto prisonfor up to 5 years. Michael Anthony Gessel was charged with second-degree felony burglary and third-degree fel ing and then kidnapping their young son from a hos: pital are asking the Utah Supreme Court toreview the case. A request to file an appeal filed this week claims the couple, both 24, should not have been orderedtofacetrial, which t for Jan. 11 in ony theft and criminal mischief, for the April 28inci ‘d District Court. The Finks allegedly starvedtheir 20-month-old son on a “pure” diet of lettuce and wa termelon, believing he is a religious prophet. When Utah authorities took temporarycustodyof the boy in September1998, the Finks allegedly abducted him from Primary Children’s Medical Center, injuring a nurse's aide during their escape. They fled to Mon dent. He pleaded guilty to two third-degree counts. Third District Judge David Young ordered the prison terms to run concurrently and fined the man $1,850. Gessel was carrying itemsfromthevictim's partment to his car whenthevictimarrived home and asked Gessel what he was doing. Gessel replied tana, where Kyndragave birth to a second sonin a tent in the wilderness. They were arrested after that he was moving some property and asked the vic huntersspotted their car. Defenseattorne imit was legally impossible for the Finks to have kid: nappedtheir ownchild. They also claim prosecutors. ments. Whenthe victim protested, Gessel cl timto give him a hand, according to charging docu 55-year-old Colorado man died Thursday in a single-car accident six miles south of Richfield on In terstate 70. Harvey Dean was declared dead at the scene, The ace arent happenedat about 9 a.m. Dean's ‘A 30-year-old Bountiful manaccused ofkilling his {-month-old son has beenfound mentally incompetent by a 2nd District judge and is being evaluated by doctors at the Utah State Hospital. Brandon Hol loman is charged with first-degree felony murder for allegedly assaulting Jalen Holloman two years ago OnOct. 18, 1997, Holloman’s wife brought the chi to the Wee Care infant clinic in Layton, where doc tors found multiple skull fractures and other inju ries. The boy died the following day at Primary wife, en to Sevier Valley Hospital in Richfield with a fractured arm and cuts. She was later sported by ambulance to Utah Valley Re: gional Medical Center in Pre where she as re ported in good condition. According to Utah High way Patrol Trooper Ken Pitts, Harvey Dean w s driving eastbound on [70 when he apparent 5 drifted to the right side of the road then overcorrec ed, rolling his vehicle 1 times and coming to res upside down in the west-bound lane. Transient Cleared of Bashing Death Is Arrested in Stabbing BY KELLY KENNEDY bing THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Lake Chapoose 3 after she called 211 Saturday to wounds to the sh houlder and chest 2dOnreleased a 31Sunday ChanSe ea rested following the death of An said Ramirez Reyes tried to sexu lly. assault her, but. that she dragged him by his hair in a Sttu She told police the man fell, then picked up a rock, intend ingtohither with it. She grabbed 1 large cinder block edly and repeat struck the victim in the head, the report said, then called report she stabbed someone, Chapoose said the victim, Henry May, 56, accused her of stealin Police to report the man was not moving According to the police report his Chapoose then told her he is feet, 6 inches tall was goingto kill her, according to the policereport say Chapoose told offic. ors she pulled pocket knife, slashed at th tim and then nd weighs 200 pounds; Ramirez Reyes was 5-foot-5 and shed 140 pounds, During the 4 Chapoose suffered a sr h her right forear tabbed him after t ryed at her She left the scene of the fight at The Salt 1 County District Attor ofr ined to fil Charges against t 1 that case 7-Eleven to call for help. ney’s 1051 S. 300 West, then walked to a Chapoose officer smelled registered Commodity Tradit Pool Operator and ie the seninar wil be held at 10 AM on Saturday MMCSORCCEE MEMEO City police ar res te qd sponding ne pee noes trading futures from your make eves Raminer Reyes, 53, elaosNtlite onto According to a police report, she Salt new T-shirts, a mer Floor Trader, will teach you how to October 23 at the Salt Lake Hampton Inn Conference Room. 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Mark Baerfailed to recommend Earl unlawful dealing by a fidu and was granted a plea in ance, The father who wa dered to stop practicing law 1996 financially personal-injury ful nightclub that Lynn Spaf- This is the second time the 43: year-old man has pleaded guilty of theplea-bargain agreement include » of the clients’stolen monording to a Bar investigaas diverted to an unsuc- Bobbie Nichols said the tencing hearing, which was part pe fromcriminal defense andfamily 1998 sentencinghearing. probation at a December1998sen. that injuredhis leg After settling the case, the Spaffords gave Hernandez checksthat bounced. He said he hadto sell his home to pay bills and still is plagued bybad credit husband.Theysettled the case for 75,000, then Walker urged Lynn Spafford to invest the money in a companyin which he was anofficer. 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During that time she had conferred OCOOWOS investi homicide Frikke discovered several unusual things about Amber: She had an unusually large head, she had a orthe other. irba is expected to set a newtrial date Oct. 15, LUCKY NUMBERS: gate the homicide further,” said cordingto the police repor May told police he said he could not, he called her a Cox Trading attor wh The medical examiner said a child Amber's age couldsuffer irreversible brain damage after being deprived of air for only one minute. ont last year pleaded no contest to third-degreefelonyof ROLLOVER KILLS DRIVER SUSPECT TOO PARANOID FOR TRIAL when attorneys meetwith her again Prosecutors presented evidence against Well: sata March 1997 preliminary hearing. After an autopsy, Assistant Utah Medica! Exam marital problems. fford’s father, e) their religious beliefs were viewed with appropriate constitutional deference,” the defense brief states. fects, drugs or poisons. Spafford at that time blamed the thefts on heavy drinking and hen drove awaywiththevictim’s pack, climbing and campinggearinside. had not demonstrated the Finks intentionally starved or abused their son, “particularly when But on Thursday, an Oct. 12 jury trial was cancelled because attorneys are wrangling over expert testimony, The defense and prosecution have experts whose opinions are opposed. To act as a tie-breaker, bothsides are asking Judge AnneStirba to appoint a third expert to review the evidence and weigh in on uing bad checkstoclien| Prosecutors will or nals ‘i was refusing to speak to them. J FINKS WANT SUPREME COURT REVIEW Christopher and Kyndra Fink accusedofstarv bindoverandsentthe casebackto thetrial court. 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