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The state reported 30 COVID-19 related deaths on Thursday, tying the one-day total record for the state set on Dec. 17.
Three of the deaths reported by the Utah Department of Health on Thursday, though, occurred before Dec. 31 and were recently confirmed to be caused by COVID-19 after analysis from the Office of the Medical Examiner.
There have been 87 coronavirus related deaths in Utah in the past week, and 278 so far in January. A total of 1,547 Utahns have died of the virus since the pandemic began.
Most of the deaths were older Utahns 24 of the 30 were ages 65 and older, and 10 were ages 85 and older.
Update Jan. 21: The Bennington Banner reports that Darren Pronto, 32, of Pownal was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Emily Hamann, 26. Pronto was being held at Southern State Correctional Facility in Springfield. He is accused of lying in wait for Hamann and slashing her throat with a knife. The attack was captured on a home security camera, according to police. The Banner reports that Pronto, who has pleaded not guilty, faces 35 years to life if convicted. BENNINGTON, Vt. A local woman attacked on the river walkway late Monday morning died of her injuries at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center. Police have taken a suspect into custody in the homicide and recovered a weapon believed to be used in the attack. Neither the victim or suspect s have been released by authorities.
Update: Tucson police arrest vehicle-collision homicide suspect, Friday
The suspect was taken in peacefully afer a barricade incident on Wetmore Road Dallas Lelyn Combs, 40. (Source: TPD) By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 6, 2021 at 5:40 PM MST - Updated January 16 at 4:26 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - On Jan. 4 just after 5 a.m., officers with the Tucson Police Department were dispatched to the 3600 block of E. Fort Lowell Rd. for a serious-injury collision involving a single vehicle.
Tucson Fire personnel were on scene rendering aid to the driver of a black 2017 Nissan Rouge. Sadly, the driver was pronounced deceased at the scene and was identified as 29-year-old
Denver police: Man, woman, infant found dead in suspected double murder, suicide
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Posted at 5:35 AM, Jan 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-14 23:15:14-05
DENVER â Neighbors say a family of three, found gunned down in a home, on the 1700 block of South Logan Street Wednesday afternoon, were new to the neighborhood.
Police were called to the home in the Platt Park neighborhood,after receiving a request for a welfare check. They said all three appeared to have gunshot wounds.
DPD later tweeted that the death investigation appears to be a domestic-related double murder-suicide involving an adult female, adult male and infant.