And the Washington Times another rumor monger? This from them:
Edmunds, however, has two outstanding arrest warrants pending on unrelated matters and has thus far refused to contact police. He was last seen June 9 at a candlelight vigil held in support of the missing girl in a Salt Lake City park, but was not picked up by officers in the area.
Almost certainly their source was the Deseret News article. Unfortunately, the way newspapers gather information on time-sensitive stories isn't a whole lot different from the way freepers gather information for their posts (you know: read somebody else's speculation or misunderstanding, assume it's true, and then compose a post based on the assumption it's true).