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Show ‘ 6 © ; yt ; 7 (a BI : y Dailys Herald : THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2006 METROEDITOR| Joe Pyrah - 344-2586 - jpyrah@heraldextra.com Suspect ‘spokeof Body found at Rock Canyon Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD ; Hikers discovered the body of a white man at the Rock Canyontrailhead Wednesday around5:30 p.m. r The victim, 27, was foundat the bottom of somecliffs at the mouth of the canyoninan openarea thatis easily noticeable, Provo police Capt. Rick Healey said. He did have identification on him,including a BYU student ID card,but police are waiting to release his name until his family has beennotified. ‘Officials have not determined how long the victim had beenin the canyon or the causeofhis fall, but his vehicle was found at scene,Investigators will be searching for anyevidence of where, how and how far he fell, Healey said. Police are not sure if the victim is a current BYU student or howlong his vehicle had beenat the canyon, Healey said. The man was wearing light colored shirt with dark pants. The cold te raturés will present an obstacle for investigators to determine the timeline ofthe incident, Healey said, because _cooler weatheracts as a preservation agent. Asof Wednesdaynight,officials weren't able to locate any climbing gear or clues as to whatthe victim was doing alone in Rock Canyon. ‘ Withthe cold temperatures andlate hours, Healey said the investigation will continue into today with a search and rescue team trying to trace the man’ssteps upthetrail. Kiplyn’s . MARIO RUIZ/Daily Herald Provo Police Mountain Rescue heads into Rock Canyonafterhikers discovered a dead body Wednesday afternoonatthe trailhead. N CLIMBING TO A EE fp: at H NEW a location | Davis was buried at tructi HOME siereformatted — indictment shows i Petaotn A reformatted indictment against Christopher Jeppson hasresulted in moreinforma- tion about Kiplyn Davis's disappearance — namely that he'told someoneshe wasburied at a constructionsite. USS.Attorney spokeswoman Melodie Rydalch said the superseded indictment had the same informationasthefirst one but it is now more“user-friendly:” if the case goesto trial the jury will be able to understand the mostrecent indictmentbetter. All of the charges are the same. The majordifferencein the two documents is that in the second indictment, Jeppson’s statements to the grand jury or lawenforcementare followed bythe excerpts fromgrand jury testimonyorinterviews with lawenforcement refuting his statements. Theoriginal indictmentonly included the reference. Count sevenof the nine-count indictmentalleges that Jeppson denied telling anyonehe had any involvementin Kiplyn’s disappearance,but, according to the FBIinterviews, an unidentified person confirmed that Jeppson said “he andhis friends were present when Kiplyndied and theythen buried Kiplyn’s body undera building being constructedatthat time.” Anotherunidentified person ROBB COSTELLO /Dally Herald Rocky Mountain sheepclimbs in the Rock CanyonPark area on Wednesday. Twodifferent groupsof the sheep havebeentransplantedinto the A: according to Craig Clyde, wildlife biologist. The population is not growing as expected, however. “They get a disease caused by bacteria carried by domestic sheep,” Clydesaid. “We put out medication that will kill the parasite mixed with dried apples in about 30piles for them to feed on.”Clyde hopesthe medicationwill work and the population will be able to grow from the 33 sheep that reside in the Rock Canyon area. confirmed that Jeppsonhad said he had murdered Kiplyn. “This is all informationthey have had for months,” Rydalch said, adding that althoughit may not havebeen publicizedit is not * new. “This informationhas been in lawenforcement’s hands for manymonths. Provofiber-optic network could be done ahead of schedule gsmsirtsnset*inm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVO — The city’s fiber-optic telecommunications network could be comleted four months aheadof schedule, but needs money to makeits first bond payment. The City Council will consider on March7 a request from the mayor's of- fice to transfer nearly $1 million from Provo'selectricutility reserve fund to the “iProvo”project. The-network has reached 5,000 subscribersbutis still 5,000 subscribers behindoriginal projections. Thenearly $40 million project would build a fiber-optic networktodeliver high-speed Internet, phone service and le cable television access. Thefirst payment of $964,000 is due in August. Thecity is required to begin _setting aside money next month for that andanother paymentin February 2007. Beginning March12, Provo mustset aside $267,890 a month,finance director John Borget said Tuesday City officials blamed the shortfall ona latestart to constructionof the monthin Kiplyn’s death, said network, slowsubscription sales and havingto replacetheoriginal service provider. “Wehave enough money to meet our expenses,but not our bondobligations,” said Mary DeLaMare-Schaefer, marketing and customerrelations manager for Provo City Power. the supersededindictment was more a matter of paperwork and wouldn't affect his office's investigation. “Theofficers continueto investigate,” he said; he is hoping See KIPLYN, B3 WWW.HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO SUBSCRIBE mil_| ( ediately liquidate tens of thousands de llars|worth »f prime winter goods at savings of All winter inventory has been moved to our GIANT new Reams Family Food store in the Plum Tree Shopping Center on University Parkway , Carhartt Blanket Lined Jackets Carhartt Ranch Coats Reg. $90 Reg. $130 $39 ...And so much more! 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