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Utah avalanche forecaster killed in avalanche

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Authorities say they’ve recovered the body of a Utah avalanche forecaster who was killed in a snow slide in Salt Lake County.

The Utah Department of Transportation says 34-year-old Craig Patterson, of Park City, died in the avalanche Thursday in Big Cottonwood Canyon. UDOT described him as a veteran backcountry skier who had worked at the agency since 2006.

Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyal says Patterson had contacted a co-worker about 1:30 p.m. Thursday but didn’t return home from work in the evening. Hoyal says family members called police about 7:30 p.m.

Officials say Patterson’s vehicle was found shortly after, and rescuers later located his body. Hoyal says the recovery wrapped up a little before 1 a.m. Friday.

Hoyal says no others were injured in the recovery effort.

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3 dead, 1 wounded at house in Salt Lake suburb

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Three people were shot to death and one was critically wounded Tuesday at a known drug house in suburban Salt Lake City, causing temporary lockdowns at several area schools as police looked for two men who may have been involved.

Investigators said a person inside the house reported the shooting in Midvale at about 8 a.m. Unified Police Department Lt. Justin Hoyal said a search warrant had been served at the house in recent weeks for drug activity. “It was a known narcotics house,” he said.

The house backs up to a sound barrier for Interstate 15 about 12 miles south of Salt Lake City.

Several elementary schools were locked down to keep children safe as police began a search for David Fresques, 25, a “person of interest” who was last seen driving a white Nissan Maxima in the neighborhood.

Hoyal said a second person yet to be identified may also have information about the shooting. The school lockdowns were later lifted.

“We do not have a suspect in custody,” Hoyal said.

The bodies of three people remained inside the house as police sought a search warrant to gather evidence. It wasn’t certain when they would be removed.

The fourth shooting victim, a woman, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, Hoyal said.

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Utah teen found safe 2 days after vanishing without shoes, phone

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Police say a missing 13-year-old girl has been found unharmed, two days after disappearing in the Salt Lake City area without her shoes, coat or cellphone.

Brooklyn Gittins was located late Thursday night after she called her grandmother from a Wal-Mart store in South Jordan.

Unified Police spokesman Lt. Justin Hoyal says the woman then called police and officers went to the store and found the child.

Her disappearance caused widespread concern and some 1,000 volunteers joined police in searching 17 square miles Thursday in the area near Gittins’ home in Herriman, a Salt Lake City suburb about 18 miles southwest of downtown.

Hoyal says, “Brooklyn was not injured and is fine,” and still did not have on shoes or a coat.

Authorities suspect that she was picked up and harbored by one or more people and police are trying to find out who they are.

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Missing 13-year-old Utah girl found unharmed

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Police say a missing 13-year-old girl has been found unharmed, two days after disappearing in the Salt Lake City area without her shoes, coat or cellphone.

Brooklyn Gittins was located late Thursday night after she called her grandmother from a Wal-Mart store in South Jordan.

Unified Police spokesman Lt. Justin Hoyal says the woman then called police and officers went to the store and found the child.

Her disappearance caused widespread concern and some 1,000 volunteers joined police in searching 17 square miles Thursday in the area near Gittins’ home in Herriman, a Salt Lake City suburb about 18 miles southwest of downtown.

Hoyal says, “Brooklyn was not injured and is fine,” and still did not have on shoes or a coat.

Authorities suspect that she was picked up and harbored by one or more people and police are trying to find out who they are.

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