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OGDEN, Utah – Joshua Schoenenberger is pursuing an appeal to the Utah Court of Appeals of his conviction in the 2015 murder of a 2-year-old boy who suffered extensive blunt-force injuries. The Davis County Commission on Tuesday approved a contract with the State Indigent Defense Funds Board to pay attorney Scott L. Wiggins up to $80,000 to represent Schoenenberger, 40, of Layton, in the appeal.

OGDEN, Utah – A gymnastics coach accused of sexually abusing one of his students now faces numerous felony charges. Kelly Christian Brown, 31, of Layton, was charged Thursday in 2nd District Court with object rape, a first-degree felony; three counts of forcible sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, both second-degree felonies; and two counts of dealing in harmful materials to a minor, a third-degree felony. Brown, who was a coach at North Davis Gymnastics in Layton until his was fired following his arrest on Tuesday, is accused of abusing a 15-year-old girl at the gym in…