Utah Mom Fatally Shoots 2-Year-Old, Then Turns Gun on Herself But Survives

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Uintah County Sheriff's Office
A Utah woman has been arrested after allegedly fatally shooting her 2-year-old son before unsuccessfully trying to kill herself.
Valerie Peck, 40, is behind bars in Uintah County Jail, charged with aggravated murder and child abuse. She is accused of killing her 2-year-old son, Zack, on Monday before shooting herself in a failed suicide attempt, according to a sheriff's office news release.
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According to a police affidavit, when Peck realized she had survived, she drove to a nearby canyon to try to “freeze to death,” the

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