Posted on 06/11/2006 7:39:20 AM PDT by Mo1
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Must like their beer sweet!
I can't find his contact info. Can you FRmail it to me again. I'll be glad to try to call him. :)
Nully, Resty,
We live 6 blocks from this when it happened Monday, and we heard the sirens responding.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Live-in boyfriend suspect in Orem shooting
KATIE ASHTON - Daily Herald
Police say the woman shot to death Monday night was 40-year-old Tonja Marie Nash and that the suspect is her live-in boyfriend, 50-year-old Keith L. Morton.
Nash was shot twice in the back, one of those at close range, with a 12-gauge shotgun in front of her 8-year-old son. She and her two sons were trying to flee the home they shared with Morton at the time of the shooting, police say.
Morton could be charged with aggravated murder -- a capital offense that would make him eligible for the death penalty. He was arrested on a murder charge.
"Under the law, if someone commits murder and at the same time puts another person at a great risk of death," the charge could be raised to aggravated murder, prosecutor Chad Grunander said.
Police say Morton shot Nash while she was running out of their home at 1183 W. 680 South in Orem, after a domestic dispute. The home is near the Utah Valley State College campus.
According to court documents, a witness reported seeing Morton chase after Nash as she ran from the home, and then the witness heard two gunshots and saw Nash fall to the ground. After the shooting, according to the witness reports, Morton then kicked Nash in the stomach and ran back into the home.
Still armed, Morton remained inside and called his mother and told her about the shooting, according to the statement.
Nash's 11-year-old son called 911 from a neighbor's phone and told police his mother's boyfriend had shot her, Edwards said. When officers arrived, they found Nash on the sidewalk of the northeast corner of the property. She was taken by paramedics to Timpanogos Regional Hospital, where she later died.
After securing the scene and transporting Nash to the hospital, officers negotiated with Morton for about 15 to 20 minutes, at which point he surrendered, Edwards said.
According to the probable cause statement, upon hearing Nash had died from the gunshot wounds, Morton told officers he didn't mean to kill her.
Morton appeared in 4th District Court Tuesday morning via video from the Utah County Jail. The 50-year-old's bail has been set at $750,000 cash only.
The victim's children were taken to a safe location after the shooting by a victim's advocate working with the police department, Edwards said, until their father, who came from Arizona, was able to pick them up.
Police say Nash moved to Orem from Arizona after meeting Morton on the Internet. The suspect is believed to have been living in Orem since at least 2002, Edwards said. Looking into the couple's history, Edwards said someone made a 911 call on Nov. 24, 2005, from the couple's previous address. When officers arrived, they found a domestic violence dispute had been going on and Morton allegedly tried strangling Nash, Edwards said.
Morton will appear in 4th District Court for his first felony appearance next week.
Statement from Morton family: "We want to extend our deepest sympathy to the Nash family, and especially to the children. Keith has been struggling with mental health issues for a long time, but that in no way justifies his actions. There are many victims in this tragedy and our prayers go out to all."
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D1.
Calif. city may bar illegal immigrants from renting
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-10-18T201517Z_01_N18317215_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-IMMIGRATION-HOUSING.xml&src=rss&rpc=22
Yikes.
Hi Resty,
Couldn't get anywhere on the link for Bloomberg's Car stolen.
thought you would want to know LOL
Obesity Linked to Mental Impairment
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/10/18/obesity_hea.html?category=health&guid=20061018153030&dcitc=w01-101-ae-0000
Thieves carjack New York mayor's Lexus
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/nation/15794974.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
I have visited four Residencias for Alzheimer and dementia patients twice a week for many years. I have yet to see an overweight patient. Most are old an frail and never been overweight in their lives.
My son in law owns a Residencia for Alzheimer’s patients. I have been there a few times also to take photos of parties and celebrations for the people and the same holds true – no overweight patients. Perhaps this was an American population study.
My empirical data tells me that the study is worthless. As for overweight being a marker for high blood pressure. Obviously, it is the cause of hyper-tension in many slightly elevated people. The heart has more resistance to pump the blood through all the avoirdupois than in a normal person.
I wish I could get a grant to produce such nonsense. I wonder what the percentage of overweight people there were in the population they studied.
Because I am overweight, and most of you think I am mentally impaired doesn’t prove a thing.
Got it.
Thanks for the link.
I just laugh with all the liars in the earth who get a degree and make a living! back and for goes these reports coffees good for you, now it isn't, carbs are good for you now they are not etc.
Give me a break......
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