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The Right Fork South Fork Ogden River cuts through sediment below the high water mark of Causey Reservoir on September 20, 2014. Photo: Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
A man with a distinctive stammer phoned police 34 years ago and claimed to have found a body in the mountains near Causey, a reservoir on the South Fork of the Ogden River.
“I didn’t touch the body or anything because I didn’t want to get fingerprints on it, OK,” the man told a dispatcher, “but I noticed there was a purse there.”
The man refused to identify himself or provide more specific information about where police might find the body, saying only that it was 2 to 3 miles back from the reservoir. The man hung up when a Weber County dispatcher told him she needed to put him in touch with an investigator.
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OGDEN A man with a distinctive stammer phoned police 34 years ago and claimed to have found a body in the mountains near Causey, a reservoir on the South Fork of the Ogden River. I didn t touch the body or anything because I didn t want to get fingerprints on it, OK, the man told a dispatcher, but I noticed there was a purse there.
The man refused to identify himself or provide more specific information about where police might find the body, saying only that it was two to three miles back from the reservoir. The man hung up when a Weber County dispatcher told him she needed to put him in touch with an investigator.
Denbighshire County Council has commissioned the service of a security company to patrol Rhyl’s Botanical Gardens. The gates will be locked at 9pm each evening and reopen at 8am. Tony Ward, head of Highways, Facilities and Environmental Services, said: “These measures have been discussed and agreed with the Friends of the Botanical Gardens group to safeguard this important asset for the local community and Rhyl as a whole. “This will be a temporary measure following the recent incidents however it will be subject to a regular review.” The arrangement will start on Monday, May 17. Campaigners have asked readers to sign a petition which urges Denbighshire County Council, North Wales Police and Rhyl Town Council to take serious action and to consider implementing strong security measures to end the intolerable behaviour .