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Article Last Updated: 4/15/2005 08:49 AM Guilty plea by Hacking likely today The plan all along? All signs indicate neither side ever intended to go to trial By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Expect no gasps of surprise if Mark Hacking pleads guilty today. It appears that he has never intended to do anything otherwise.    Witnesses pivotal to the prosecution's case were never contacted by defense investigators - a fundamental first step in establishing a trial defense in any case, let alone one in which the defendant faces life imprisonment.    And, apparently content that...

Fatal Fathers' Myth Promoted in Wake of Peterson, Hacking Cases By Glenn Sacks In the midst of the Scott Peterson trial and in the wake of the apparent murder of Lori Hacking, many are declaring the murder of pregnant women by their male intimates to be a nationwide crisis. The New York Post thunders "Pregnancy's Greatest Risk: Daddy," and the Chicago Tribune says that Peterson and Hacking represent a "violent, horrific trend." Media Life magazine warns that the "Laci Petersons of the world [are] becoming more common," and a recent A & E special called "Fatal Fathers" declares that the...

Hacking's Attorney to Challenge Confession 1 hour, 57 minutes ago By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - The attorney for Mark Hacking said he will raise the issue of mental illness and challenge his client's confession to relatives that he killed his wife, Lori, and dumped her body in a garbage bin. Hacking, 28, reportedly made the statement to his brothers when he was a psychiatric patient in the hospital, said defense lawyer Gil Athay. "To me that creates a substantial issue," Athay told Salt Lake television station KUTV Thursday. "Mental illness, mental deficiency certainly will be...

Brothers prompt confession Mark Hacking opened up to Scott and Lance after they confronted him in hospital By Matthew D. LaPlante, Matt Canham and Stephen Hunt 2004, The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-08-05 02:48:09.673 Five days into the search for their sister-in-law, Mark Hacking's brothers made a decision that could help seal his fate.    Cognizant of their promise to help find Lori Hacking, they confronted Mark in his hospital room the morning of July 24, pleaded for information and gave him the afternoon to think it over.    They returned that night. And, they said, he confessed.    "My...

Posted on Wed, Aug. 04, 2004 Hacking volunteers alias to jailers By PAUL FOY Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - A man jailed on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife told authorities he used an alias - the latest in a number of discrepancies he has offered since reporting his wife missing after a morning jog, police said Wednesday. Mark Hacking volunteered the alias "Jonathan Long" when a jailer asked him, "Have you ever used another name - that could be for anything?" He did not say why he adopted the name or how he used it and authorities did...

Tape Shows Mark After Alleged Murder Monday, August 02, 2004 SALT LAKE CITY — Soon after authorities believe Mark Hacking (search) killed his wife, he is seen inside a convenience store, where he repeatedly checked his hands, pulled something out of his watch and apparently avoided eye contact with other customers. His early morning trip to the Maverik convenience store is captured in a surveillance video, obtained exclusively by FOX News. The tape was taken at approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday, July 19 — the same day Mark's wife Lori Hacking (search) was reported missing. Click here to view the surveillance...

Search now 'unnecessary,' say families of Lori Hacking By Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News Mark Hacking told his family something important Saturday — and whatever it is, it apparently makes any further volunteer searches for his missing 27-year-old wife unnecessary. That news came late Saturday, not from Salt Lake City police but by way of a statement faxed to the Deseret Morning News and other media by Mark and Lori Hackings' families. "The families understand that Mark Hacking has provided information that makes it unnecessary for individuals or groups to continue the volunteer search," the statement reads. "At this time,...

Deceits Follow Husband in Hacking Case Fri Jul 30, 7:34 PM ET By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - By all accounts, Mark Hacking was fun to be around and loving to his wife. He wanted to be liked and respected and, like his father, to become a doctor. AP Photo   But years of deceptions are catching up to Hacking, a 28-year-old former nightshift hospital orderly who has become the focus of police in the disappearance of his wife, who vanished as they were packing to move to a medical school where, it turns out, he...

I have been looking to see who all is still chatting about Lori. Seems that the chatter has come to an end. Is this because there are only minimal updates to this story???

A 'new phase' in search Hacking apartment turned back over to the family By Pat Reavy and Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News The apartment where Mark and Lori Hacking lived is no longer a crime scene and has been turned back over to the family. Mark Hacking Lori Hacking Tuesday, friends and family of the Hackings removed tables, chairs, a dresser, a headboard and other items that were not seized as potential evidence by Salt Lake City police. Scott Hacking, Mark's brother, said cleaning out the apartment was a difficult and somber process. "It's where she lived. It's sacred to...