Show rai mm MWM &w The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday August 10 1998 — Page 5 WThe West Girls dead in car trunk to have joint funeral - while they were trapped inside Mother of two of the victims drove searching for kids WEST VALLEY CITY (AP) — The five little giris who died after locking themselves in the trank of a car win share a Amend on Wednesday Thomas S Mottson a top Mormon church official will preside over die service "ST On Sunday police revealed that the mother of two of the five girls drove around the neighborhood looking for them unaware their bodies were in the car Police also released die identities of the young victims and autopsy results determining the deaths were accidental "This is the honor story inside a honor story" said West Valley police Lt Charles Illsley “The mother's in the car frantically looking for the children And they’re in the trank It's incom- prehensible" The five children were reported missing friday afternoon in West Valley a rand-urba- n community just west of Salt Lake as temperatures approached 96 degrees They were found when police officers and one of the mothers popped the trunk on the 1993 Saturn All five were dead at the scene Ashley Richardson Audrey Smith Jaesha Smith Meckell Hedden help prevent similar incidents in the future Our hearts go out to the families who have suffered this terrible loss" the trunk by pulling down the rear seat The investigation shows the children may have been in the trunk longer than originally Police chaplain Don Maruji said Saturday that one of the officers who found the children has sought his counseling “I know her personally and I know that if she had the choice of staring down the barrel of a gun or doing what she did yesterday she’d take the gun" he said Investigators also hare released a tape of the 911 emergency dis patch call made by officers when Aksha Richardson showed the children I ofheat stroke They were identified Sunday as sister Jashea and Audrey Smith ages 6 and 2 their cousins Ashley And Alisha Richardson ages 6 and 3 and a neighborhood friend McKell Hedden The children were being cared for by Dixie Smith the Smith children’s mother They were her only children The Richardson girls belonged to her sister “This case is not about blame or fault" said West Valley police Chief Dennis Nordfelt “We are investigating to determine how this tragedy occurred so we can Rep Merrill Cook ah said Sunday that the deaths could speed legislation thought It was initially reported requiring they were last seen about 3: IS release latches inside car tranks “It’s such a terrible tragedy we need to make sure something like this never happens again” Cook said Illsley said detectives have not yet determined how the children got into the car trank He said the vehicle has a trunk-relea- se latch in the passenger compartment as well as access to pm Friday and found at 4:06 pm However a news release Sunday said they were last seen alive around 2:35 pm and not missed until almost 3 pm The lieutenant said the incident has hem traumatic for members of the police department and several officers and paramedics have sought crisis intervention Meantime Maruji said the three families are desperately trying to cope with the tragedy — some belter than others “I saw amazing support from one family and blame from another" Maruji said “There was talk about not warning to go fin officer reported the incident to dispatchers: “The A frantic children have been found in the trank of a vehicle" the officer can be heard screaming before the transmission became After some confusion another officer told dispatchers “Get Life Flight" an air ambulance “I’ve got five down Call paramedics It looks like heat on" Teen at center of polygamy Industrial site gets green light issue was a victim before TOOELE (AP) — The Tooele Army Depot is solidly on the road to industrial redevelopment OGDEN (AP) — The 1 girl who defied her polygamist family and went to authorities with charges of abuse and incest was at the center of another criminal investigation seven yean ago police say after the Army assured city officials last weds that it is ready to transfer title of 1700 acres to the city die department's jurisdiction Police said the Kingstons have various places where they send unruly family members for punishment and to hide them from the public spotlight Such was die case in May when John Daniel Kingston allegedly drove his daughranch in Box Elder ter to a remote family-owne- d her for daring to rebel County and against an arranged marriage to her Detectives say they investigated charges that the girl then 9 years old had been raped by an unde The investigation was dropped however when the girl refused to cooperate Now she’s talking and her father and another uncle — brothers of the man who allegedly assaulted her In 1991 — are facing possible prison terms on unrelated charges because die girl has broken a code of silence that for yean has stymied police efforts to investigate crimes within the family “When we get wind of anything people disappear” said Bountiful police Sgt Grant Hodgson “How many atrocities are occurring?’ The girl is a member of the Kingston family a polygamous group with roughly 1000 members Tooele formerly an town that has evolved for Salt Lake City hopes to base its growth as an independent city on the seres formerly occupied by die depot With last week's Army deci- into a residential belt-whipp- ed uncle She was his ISth wife according to police John Kingston has since been charged with felony child abuse The uncle David O Kingston has been charged with incest and 4 polygamists CHILD'S STUDENT PACKAGE PACKAGE 0-1- 2 $550tno if v i ha Hinge Frix Hinge Frames pAsncSal Resistant Plastic Scratch 1 Lenses Resistant ' 00 V-- fc-y I IX BALDWIN OPTICAL DOCTOR RECOMMENDED OPTICIANS" Imss erUHOtftWMW MWJlimiillHIWltBI fww Login IfTriWWB Pianos Now Logan Hat a Cnotcol fehtWlwMl hrJCfcww 7S3-45- 00 2 but instead closed them I’j i'll 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average value of a residence 4 tm as —aswren HomaontmOter 1 moving into a former Army building have proven attractive to business already Detroit Diesel was prepared to spend $10 million expanding its Still there are an estimated 30000 polyga- CWSeaftivnM0 -- 1 Tooele's proximity to Interstate 80 and the relatively low cost of mists in die West today 2 ytWmrmtiy Afemst Breakage DEBT $50000 11 yet NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE doned it in 1890 and now excommunicates Am a j$llQtao I solvent-contaminat- said Army environmental lawyers agree they are now closing in on a deal with the city though no one has signed the title Mendon City is proposing to increase its property tax revenue As a result of the proposed increase the tax on Chad Ellis Warner 19 apparently drove the truck off the road before overcorrecting and rolling sometime after 7:30 am His passenger Jay L Lemon of Carbon County was taken by ambulance to Evanston Regional Hospital in Wyoming He suxtiuned a compound fracture to Ids right hand and deep lacerations toboth hands $10000 tnjM lion Spot 989 County -- industhe trial area would stand up in court But after tttonths of negotia A--l WOODRUFF (AP) — A Salt Lake County man was killed early Sunday morning after he rolled his Ford pickup in Rich was The Army has delayed transferring the title for more than a year because it was not convinced the developer “We’re within weeks of doing this deal" Tooele City Attorney Roger Baker said Free Senior Photo Salt Lake man dies in rollover CONSOLIDATE NOW outpost Endeavor which already has attracted some employers to the site through subleases from the Army expects the flow of jobs to pickup tions with Army lawyers Baker finally got assurances last week that the Army was ready to sign Army spokeswoman Jan Finc-ga- n NEW child sexual abuse involving two cousins in 1987 Those children disappeared only to turn form in Idaho outside up at a Kingston-owne- d CASH! ce city's proposed covenants banning residential development in with 8 pulduat of 1 420 Fuaily Sitting The girl’s allegations have shed unwelcome publicity on die practice of polygamy in Utah and the West a throwback to the early beliefs of Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y was The practice of plural marriage brought West by the Mormons in 1847 The church aban- child abuse and other alleged crimes in the family for years Far more often than not the investigations flounder when victims disappear or refined to talk Such was the case in 1991 when police received information about the tape Hodgson said he investigated another incident involving BILLS cul-de-s- ac vehicle-maintenan- sion the city can now sell the land and some 200 buildings to a t liiik' unlawful sexual conduct with a minor The girl who b now in state custody! fnrnnd-e- d a Division of Family Services caseworker about the alleged 1991 tape which involved another uncle Police say the statute of limitations has tun out and that die case cannot be which for years ran businesses in Bountiful Police there say they’ve received complaints of nt Army-depende- Immediately after the deal happens die city will sell the land to Endeavor a Tooele firm formed especially to redevelop the abandoned portions of the Army storage and Cache Valley Mall 752-6- 1 10 MON - SAT 10 AM 9 PM WHOSE £ w |