Utah groups serving victims of domestic violence say they are already stretched to meet the need \u2014 and anticipate greater demand under a Utah bill which would refer more victims to shelters.
In 2020, police in Enoch, Utah, investigated allegations of child abuse and conducted a lethality assessment for Tausha Haight. Two years later, her husband, Michael Haight, murdered their family before turning the gun on himself.
Mandy Mayne's father held up her photo for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to see. "Mandy was a very sweet girl," Kent Mayne told the lawmakers. "Beautiful girl. Beautiful smile."