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Show D2 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Monday. January 2. 1995 CRABBY ROAD Day’s Work Is Loaded for Those Who Pick Up Drunks A good icy stare By Joshua B. Good THE SALT LAKE TRIB can lower the wind chill factor A Gold Cross ambulance worker pops three ammonia capsules. He holds them in his gloved hand and covers the drunk’s nose and mouth. The man squirms. but it It’s 6:30 p.m. Saturday when Griselda Sampson drives her Volunteers of America boozer cruiser past the state liquor store in x another 20 Aegrees. 9 takes about five minutes before he awakens. downtownSalt Lake City. The parking lot is full ‘They're all getting ready for New ‘Come on Victor. let’s go to detox Sampson says as the paramedics ease the man into the back of her van. Year's,” she says. nodding her head at th shoppers hurrying inside to buy wine spirits before the 7 p.m. closing time for me, it’s just another day of saving some- just lie down there,” she advises Victor. It's a traditional way to end the year. There are people who get falling-down drunk. And there are people who pick one’s life. Sampson finds what sheis A block aw looking for. Paramedics andpolice off to haul drunks to the surrounda drunken manpassedout Walkers Food & Fuel FORTHE RECORD OGDEN STANDOFF Police late Sunday surrounded an Ogden home in which a fugitive parole violator was believed to beholed up. Sgt. West Peterson said a law-enforcement tactical teamwas called in after the man, whose identity was not released, refused to surrender toofficers. ‘He’s not holding any hostages W. Brooklyn St. Unsolved Murders Reach 13 in 1994 last year, it took detectives only hours or days to identifv or apprehend a suspect. Five other suspects were arrested after evidence surfaced weeks or monthslater. Fifty-eight people —51 males and seven females — were arrested for the murders, according to computer records compiled by The Salt Lake Tribune dren wereallegedly murderedby a parent or guardian. Friends or acquaintances are accused in 12 killings. while another nine victims perished at the hands of a family member. Threepeoplediedat the hands of strangers. to insure a safe surrender.” believed the suspect Po- was Nearby homeswere evacuated as officers secured the area shortly before 10 p.m nine were children under age 14. All but four of thechil- Sixteen people were murdered in domestic disputes, including 10 women —and one unborn malechild — killed by husbands orpartners; and an 11th woman waskilled by an ex-boyfriend. Policefatally shot three men andcivilians killed another three people in cases deemedtobe justified, accidental or committed in self-defense Oo Last year’s number of homicides were two less than in 1993 when 68 peoplewere killed. Nationally, Utah had the lowest homicide rates — 3.1 murders per 100,000 residents — when compared to comparably sized states like Nebraska (3.9) and West Virginia (6.9), The national rate was 9.5 per 100,000. REVELER SHOOTS SELF On a NewYear's Eve ride throughSalt Lake City, Jason Roy Dunstan hada loaded 9mmpistol in one hand and an 18-year-oldfemale companion in his lap. By son. “The next, a jewel of evidencewill surface and the midnight, the 20-year-old Grants- whole case will explode.” ville man had a bullet hole in his hand and police had impounded both his gun andhis car. He was riding in the passengerseatof his car, cruising State Street, when the gun discharged at about 11 p.m., accordingto a police report. Thebullet tore through Dunstan’s left hand, the dashboard andinto the driver-side door. Driver Roger Niesporekpulled thecar into a Burger King restaurant at 2100 South to call an ambulance While mostcases are closed quickly, others take years “One day can be the depth of hopelessness,” said John- HIS OWN THERAPY Shortly before he left for Vietnam in 1969, Lobato boughta teal-colored Pontiac GTO hot rod. He wanted a Corvette, but his sister Margaret said no way. a “She said I might get in a wreck and kill myself,’ Lobato remembered, “I crashed the GTOsix dayslater.” He was not injured seriously. But in 1989 Lobato was paralyzed from the neck down after a motorcycle accident. He nowspendshis days in his West Valley City home, trying to solve his sister's murder. oO ‘I get up in the morning and think FIRE DISPLACES FOUR A floor heater sparked fire that damaged a Salt Lake City home early Sunday morning and gent two of its occupants to the hospital with minor injuries. Fire- fighters responded to the 4:20 a.m. fire at 730 S. 800 West and found the kitchen and laundry area fully engulfed in flames. They had the blaze undercontrol in 15 minutes. The four occupants had escaped by the time fire crewsarrived, but one suffered smokeinhalation and another had a gash on the hand, according to Battalion Assistant Dennis McKone. Damageis estimated at $10,000. Investigators traced the originofthe fire to a floor-mounted heater, part of a dated furnace system that is no longer foundin modern homes, McKonesaid. Here’s What’s Closed Today Forget about getting mail today unless it’s special delivery. The U.S. Postal Service, among other governmentagencies, takes Mondaysoffif an official holiday falls on a weekend. Since NewYear's Day was Sunday, expect these services and agencies to be closed @ Schools @ State, federal, city and coun- ty government offices @ Banks @ Liquor stores Garbage pickups normally scheduled for today will be com- pleted. Martinez Center closes its doors for the night drunks caught in public go to jail By 9:30 p.m. Saturday, business is hopping at the Salt Lake CountyJail .t. Bob Beemus, the person in charge of the jail Saturday night, expects more than 100 people to be booked before he goes home He predicts everyone who is booked Saturday night will be drunk. “When the bars ets busy.’” Beemus says. ‘st two hoursafter the bars closed 1994 HOMICIDES about it,” he said. “I think about it all a He believes Michael Namai Post may have murderedhissister. Post fatally shot a sheriff's deputy nine days after Martinez was killed Post killed himself after shooting Deputy Michael S Welcker. Police believe Post had robbed several businesses in the area of the West Jordan shoe store where Martinez waskilled, but they haveeliminatedhim asasuspectin her murder. ‘It is too coincidental that his car was seen outside my sister's store and all of the crimes he was doing were on Redwood Road,” Lobatosaid To deal with his grief, Lobato is supervising restoration of a canary-yellow 1965 GTO he bought in December 1993 at the urgingofhis sister. He talks for hours on thetelephonetracking downparts “T bought it for her before this happened,”’ Lobato said. “It's my therapy.” QO PRISON OF HER OWN Kelly gently stroked a heart-shaped gold locket hanging around her neck. Carefully pasted inside the locket, a birthdaygift from her mother, are babypictures of Kelly and hersister, Kimberly Evans. West Jan. 23: Jennifer Sawyer, 14, shot by a friend whilesitting in a Clearfield mobile home Jan. 28; Bili Poleviayaoma, 17, beaten to death andleft in the Gusher landfill near Vernal. Three acquaintances are charged Feb. 3: Roland “Bo” Zahorka, 38, shot by a teen-age stranger someone else Feb. 15: Margaret Ann Martinez, 50, found smothered and stabbed to death in a West Jordan shoe store. No ispects. Feb. 17: Darrell “Bud” Christensen, 63, stabbed 22 times byan acquaintancefrom his Ogden neighborhood Feb. 20: Karri Larsen, 30. knifed in a domesticfight at her Provo home. Herboyfriendis charged Feb. 24: Michael Scott Welcker. 38, a Salt Lake Countysheriff's deputy shot to death while trying to arrest a fugitive Feb. 28: David James Lane. 25, accidentally shot by a friend in a Salt Lake City home. Mareh5: Clifford’ Lynn Draper. 30, shot by a police officer after taking nine hostagesata Salt Lake City library March 10: Gloria Espino, 29, shot and burned by her husband at a Cache County campgroundafter a domestic fight March 12: Troy Michael Weston, 20. shot six timesand left for dead on the south end of Willard Bayin Box Elder County Police believe it may be drug-related. March 25: Vincent Raymond Archuleta, 28, shot to death in a gang-relatedfight at a WestValley City party March 29: SheraDawnSmith, 17, shot by her boyfriend after a domestic altercation at a Salt Lake City home. April 5: Kameron Bright, 3, beaten to death. A family member in WestValley City is accused in the killing. April 10: Birtes Lee Wilson Jr., 29, shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer during a domestic fight April 12: George J. Pando, 51, stabbed to death in a domestic fight at a West Jordaa trailer park April 18: Jose Dimas Lopez, 32, found shot to death for un- known reasonson a Salt LakeCity street April 22: Juan Martin Dominguez, 13. accidentally shot by a friend in a Salt Lake City home April 23: Trika Ballard, 26, shot six times and dumped under a Salt Lake freeway overpass. A male acquaintanceis charged May27: Jose Mendez Gomez, 36, gunned down byan unknown assailant at his Salt LakeCity apartment May 27: ThomasPalma, 19, shot to death byan unknown gunmanina Salt Lake City apartment June 7: Zhang Zhigang, 32, found dead from unknown causes undstrangled in herSalt Lake what police say is a domestic-related murder. “To tell her that I miss her so much, that I am sad. That I need her.” Evans wasthe first of 21 women and girls murderedlast year. More than half werekilled during domestic fights Six died by guns Sheriff's detectives have interviewed several suspects about Evans’ murder. None has checkedout ‘Tlie awake at night and think about the information we 5. shot to death in murder-suicide ment home e, 39, shot andkilled while interven y ing in a Sait Lake County couple's domestic fight July 24; Marry VerlineErickson Bartell, 58, found dead atthe bottom of stairs at her Salt Lake County home. Police say the 0 alleged gang members are charged Aug. 15: Pamela Mead. 29, foundbeatento death in her Salt Lakehome. Police say the murder may be domestic-related. Aug. 17: Kerry “Dale” Jensen, 30. shot to death at his Salt LakeCity home. An acquaintanceis cha Aug. 18: Manuel Ibarra, 15, shot in th Layton apartment June 20: Brandon Sweat, 22. knifed while trying to break up a domestic fight at a Salt Lake County apartment. June 22: Deolyn Oliver, 35, shot to death in her Salt Lake County homeduring a domesticstruggle July Misty Marchant. 29. gunned down by her husband after a domestic fight at her West Point. Davis County, home have,” Sgt. Jerry Townsendsaid. “The families don't realize how involved we get.” Added Stephens: “Whenyoucan’t sleep, you keep looking at the clock and wondering what you could have done better or what you might have missed. We're the last hope for these people.” e during a ina Salt LakeCity drug-relatedincident. Three acquaintances are charged Sept. Glen Cowden. 55. burned to death in Orem after a fight over smokinginsidehis house. An acquaintanceis charged Sept. Justin P. Raso, 18, shot in the head during a gang fight in Salt LakeCity Sept. 17; Daniel Hickman, 35. killed by an Ogdenpoliceofficer after a reported rape. Sept. 20: Roger Ronald Holly, 35, beaten and found dead near a Salt LakeCity park. No suspects Si : Torrence Lambrose, 17, shot during a shootout with a rival gang member at a Salt Lake City grocery store. Sept Theodore Davis, 17, gunned down in a gang-related duel at a grocerystorein Salt LakeCity. Oct. 1: Gordon Kee, 16, shot and killed in Salt Lake City while being shown hownew gangsters areinitiated into a gang Oct. 11: Richard Dale Leetham, 35, found shot to death for unknown reasonsin a Little Cottonwood Canyon gravel pit. Oct. 13: Sam Richard Dana, 31, shot and dumped near the mouthofLittle Cottonwood Canyon in a suspected drug deal gone bad. Oct. 30: Lauren Martinez, 42, shotas sheslept in her Salt Lake County home. A family member is charged Oct. 30; Alexis Martinez, 10, killed along with her mother Lauren Martinez in their Salt Lake County home. Oct. 30: Pat Bryner, 28. beaten to death in his Salt Lake apart- ment. Police believe the murder may be domestic-related Noy. 4; Jordan Doherty, 8 months, beaten to death at a Midvale Nov. 12: Cornellia Ann Salt, 22. shot several timesin her car in death may be domestic-related Nov. 19: Katrina Clark 7. gunned down by her estranged husbandat her West Jordan home during a domestic fight Nov. Roy Douang Dalavong shot in the head in West Valley City in what police believe is a gang-related crime Dee. 1: Irene Francis Christensen. 20, stabbed 14 times and found near Rockport Reservoir in Summit County. Ex-boyfriend has been charged Dee. 1: Baby Christensen, 442 months (in utero), killed when his mother wasfatally stabbed near Rockport Reservoir in Summit County. The mother’s ex-boyfriend has been charged Dec. 18: Jorge Alberto Cabezas Jr., 23. shot in head while watching a fight between afriend and a stranger in Salt Lake City. No chargeswill befiled for fear that they would come by hereandshoot again,” Jacobs said. The fear goes all the way down to my toes.” Martinez was oneof 16 juveniles killed in Utah last year. = Seven were shot to death, six of them with handguns. And four were gunned down in what police believe are gang-related fights In her West Valley City home. Kelly prepared for the first Christmas in 25 years without her sister. Evans’ stocking hung from a wrought-iron bannister. A Christmas vil- | The 17-year-old boy’s death is the only juvenile murder case not yet solved. Atfirst, officials believed the murder was part of an ongoing feud between rival gangs. Salt Lake City police Det. Mickey Pahl nowbelieves the bullets | may have been meant for someoneelse Martinez “It may have resulted from something a relative may have done,” Pahl said “But nobody will talk about it. Theyare all afraid of retaliation.” That infuriates Jacobs, “There are plenty of people out there who know something,” he said. “But they are afraid.” outside his Salt Lake City home. His grandson, Angel Martinez, was sitting beside him in a car when two gunmen jumped from another car and fired at least five times. Martinez was hit in the heart and died instantly. Leaning back in a well-worn recliner, Jacobs glanced at the Christmas tree. There were few presents because moneyis tight “I told [my wife] not to bother to put the tree up.” he Jacobs, 64. wasshotin the lower back and has undergone said. three operations. He does not venture outside anymore without glancing around, and avoids sitting near windows His wife moved the family’s Christmas tree in front of a “But we have a lot of other grandkids.” Jacobs. who hadbeen raising his grandson, has been unable to buy a headstone for Martinez’s grave, He hopes to scrape enough moneytogether by selling his pickup large windowto deflect bullets. “I swear to God, catching who did this would bring me peace,” he said. “Let me forget it. 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Police say her June 8: Scott Holbrook, 47, gunned down after a fight with an acquaintance in Ogden June 14: Eaon Duff, 15 months, suffocated after a rubber ball was forced down his throat at a South Salt Lake home. Father is charged. June 18: Joshua Burns, 3, stabbed to death by his mother ina <ed dogging” stare match with other gang members near a Salt tery of unknown causes. Motheris charged INNER PEACE It has been 10 months since Thomas Jacobs was shot Evans “By to- 32. shot to death by Misty Marchant's ene in a domestic strugglein day-carecenter. A babysitter is charged June 8: Courtney Jo Flemal, 3, found deadin an Ogden ceme- “Help me.” she said. Beemus says. morrow morning. there'll be a lotof people July 6: Lonnie Blackmon, 32. stabbed during a fight with in. mates at the Ce nal Facility in Gunnison. July 7: Sharleen scalded to death in a Hugging her daughter, Kelly made a plea to anyone who may know about the murder: “Don't befriend the person who has done this. Howcan you give him this freedom while I am the one whois in my own prison? “I was calling to tell her about mygrief,” letting some out.” going home near Interstate 80 in Tooele County “We've made a wreath for her grave,” Kelly said. “It has teddy bears, ribbons and bows.” Canyon. Shehadbeen shot severaltimes Her murdereris still unknown. Weeksafter the killing, Kelly caught herself picking up the phoneto call her sister. creating serious problems for during a fight over a pay phone ata Salt Lake Countygas murder is domestic-related July 25: Le Glass Thornton, 50, stabbed in herSalt LakeCity station. home by a man police li Feb. 11: Angel Martinez, 17, gunned down in his Salt LakeCity 31: Sichan d down outside a West driveway. Policebelievethebullets may have been meantfor July Valley City apartm keep her picture right here,” said Kelly, Wagon in Salt Lake County's Butterfield That's Beemus Even before the rush, he has 672 in mates. “Somewhere between 680 and 700 is the magical number. We'll haveto start fight at WestValleyCity party lage thesisters picked out togetherglittered underthesoft glow of coloredlights. whoaskedthatherlast namenot be published. A hiker found Evans’ body last January lying in her 1994 Jeep Cherokee jailers expect many morebeforethe night Point Jan. 15: Kimberly Evans, 28, found shot to death in Butterfield Canyon in Salt Lake County. Unsolved. Jan. 15; Jeremy Gaitin, 18, stabbed in the neck during a gang ‘L also keep a picture of mysister on my mirror and in mywallet. I have to Sunday morning. police are busy busting drunken drivers throughout Utah. By 3 a.m., dispatchers and jailers in Utah report 48 arrests for driving under the influence of aleohol At the Salt Lake CountyJail, two drunken drivers are brought in by 3 a.m.. but July 3: ley Swann, husband while a neighbor's WestValley City home able to establish any firm contact,” Peterson said. “We're just going through a variety of actions lice centerarefilled Once the Volunteers of America Detox Jan. 14: Danny Boyd Gibson, 24. shot while trying te break into @ Continued from D-1 and there have been noinjuries. No shots have been fired,” Peterson said. As of 11 p.m., efforts to armed. “He has someviolent felonies on his record,” Peterson said (1025 South). Those who have had too much to Suspects were predominantly white, adult males. Fifteen teen-agers werearrested for murder. 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