Rifle used, Yocom says

The Deseret Morning News ^ | August 10, 2004 | Pat Reavy and Lucinda Dillon Kinkead

[MizSterious]

Deseret Morning News, Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Mark Hacking charged, stands passive as judge reads counts

Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — The man who confessed to shooting his wife in the head and throwing her body in a trash bin stood passive Tuesday as a judge read the charges against him during an initial court appearance.

Mark Hacking appears via video in court Tuesday morning for his arraignment with his lawyer Gil Athay, right.

Chris Bergin, Deseret Morning News

Charged with first-degree murder, Mark Hacking appeared in court on a video feed from the county jail. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and with his hands cuffed behind his back, he uttered just three words, answering "Yeah — yes, sir" when the judge asked him to confirm his name.

On Monday, prosecutors filed the charges along with court documents detailing Hacking's confession to the slaying, made to his brothers as they visited with him in a psychiatric ward.
Hacking, 28, also was charged with three counts of obstructing justice, which carries a maximum penalty of one to 15 years in prison. The obstruction charges relate to his alleged disposal of the body, the rifle and the mattress where she had been sleeping.

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[MizSterious]

Lori Hacking pinglist--if you want on or off, let me know via freepmail.

[Jaded]

Thanks for the ping.

[randog]

"I'm Mark's friend, and I know that sometimes difficult things happen to good people."

Wow, what a messed up statement. "Difficult things" happened to Mark?! How about Mark creating this entire disaster?! His statement should read, "I'm Mark's friend, and I know that sometimes you gotta cut your losses and look for FRIENDS THAT DON'T KILL THEIR WIVES IN COLD BLOOD!!"

[MizSterious]

The most "difficult" thing that has happened to Mark was getting caught with blood on his hands (figuratively speaking.) He was raised well and had nothing to whine about.

[Lazamataz]

Hacking SHOT his wife?

With a name like that, shouldn't it have been a knife?

Next I'll expect to see this headline: "Paul A. Shooting Implicated In Stabbing Death"

[MagnoliaMS]

Thanks for the pings. It's been a busy day for me, and I am just now getting to sit down and try to catch up. It really helps to be able to go right to this.

[lady lawyer]

I can remember when one of my daughters thought Brandon Wood was about the cutest guy at the high school. And he appears to be a good kid. But that is an absolutely idiotic statement. Mark has been lying for years. He did serious wrongs on his mission. Now this. That is not a "good person."

[ridesthemiles]

I don't think she is in the landfill. I think she is in pieces scattered in the rough country surrounding SLC. He has lied for years. WHY is anyone believing him now when he says what he did with her?

[MizSterious]

Unless there's evidence of a gunshot, I wouldn't believe it either. There might be such evidence, but no one's really said if there is.

[SunnySide]

"I'm Mark's friend, and I know that sometimes difficult things happen to good people."
Wow, what a messed up statement. "Difficult things" happened to Mark?! How about Mark creating this entire disaster?! His statement should read, "I'm Mark's friend, and I know that sometimes you gotta cut your losses and look for FRIENDS THAT DON'T KILL THEIR WIVES IN COLD BLOOD!!"

I agree, kind of creepy how Marks friend seems "desensitized" about a MURDERED human being by his own "friend". (sarcasm) Mark and friends are thinking, "Oh darn that Lori, women, they're always messing up things." Geez these Nintendo males suffer from weird arrested developement. Talk about a waste of carbon.

[sarasota]

OK, a rifle? Please, isn't that what one uses to kill deer?

[It's me]

Or an axe?

[randog]

Geez these Nintendo males suffer from weird arrested developement.

I think that nails it on the head. I watched a show on cable (Discovery?) the other night about child murderers. A psychologist said that these kids kill because they don't think their victim's death will impact anybody. Kinda like killing a stray dog. Like you said, it's a very juvenile mentality.

[Utah Girl]

Hmmm. This gets a little more mysterious. Lori called NC back saying that Mark told her there was a computer error and it was straightened out? And then he still kills her? Things just aren't adding up here.

[cherry]

"sometimes difficult things happen to good people."

so now this weakling is saying that the murder was something that just "happened" to Hacking...

murder "just happened".....

first of all, the only "good people" in this is Lori, not her slob half-brain of a husband, and nothing "just happened" to her....she was by all accounts brutally and directly murdered by said half-brain...

it was deliberate, it was planned,even if only for a minute or two, and it was most definately, not something that "just happened" to MH.....

[dougherty]

I don't buy his BS for a moment. Lori discovers the lie and they argue about it. If the jig up and she now knows it's all a lie, why is this idiot still packing?

Oh, and we're supposed to believe that while he is still packing he stumbles across a forgotten gun and suddenly snaps and shoots her? Ha, I'll be buying the Golden Gate Bridge before I buy this fairy tale.

[MizSterious]

The only way I would buy any of what Hacking said would be if there is hard evidence to back it up. Even then, I'd doublecheck everything. This guy lies as easily as he breathes. However, check this article out: New evidence?: U. video may show Mark Hacking dumping body. The author meandered around for awhile before getting to the nitty gritty--but this might be why they continue their search of the landfill. He was apparently caught in the act of dumping her body.

[MizSterious]

I found that quote quite curious. What "good" person murders his wife in her sleep? And that's not even considering the years of lies leading up to this! Next question: Did Mark have help in cleaning up and perhaps dumping the body? Should the police start asking some of these friends a few questions?

[MizSterious]

I don't know if Mark could tell the truth if it meant his very life. I don't know how much of his story the police are buying, perhaps just the parts that can be backed up by solid evidence.