Author: Kevin Thompson

RIVERDALE, Utah — Two children were safely recovered hours after an AMBER Alert was issued when their father, suspected of homicide and arson, allegedly abducted them following a deadly fire in Weber County. The incident unfolded late on a Friday afternoon when the Riverdale Fire Department responded to a house fire at the Riverdale Manufactured Home Community, located at 5100 South 1050 West. Upon extinguishing the blaze, firefighters discovered the body of a woman inside the home. Authorities later confirmed the victim was the children’s mother, but the whereabouts of her two young children and their father, Ricardo Rojel Trujillo,…

MIDVALE, Utah — A 17-year-old high school student tragically lost their life in a car accident on Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred just after 12:45 p.m. on Fort Union Boulevard, as two teenagers were traveling westbound in an SUV. According to the Unified Police Department, the driver, a student from Hillcrest High School, swerved to avoid another vehicle on the road. Due to wet road conditions, the driver lost control of the SUV, causing it to crash into the rear of a parked semi-truck. The 17-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. A 19-year-old passenger, who…