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Pregnancy center vandalized

Rachel Fixsen3 years ago3 years ago

The building was vandalized with black paint.

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Suspect named in La Sal murders

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

A man confessed to killing Moab couple Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner before committing suicide, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office has reported. The two women were shot at their campsite in the La…

Two people are unfurling a massive sign; the sign takes up most of the backyard they are in.
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Grassroots effort creates billboard for murdered women

Ali Harford4 years ago4 years ago

The sign includes contact information for the Grand County Sheriff’s Office and a private investigator working with Schulte. Soon, it will hang along Highway 191.

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Reward offered in Big Bend Boulders vandalism

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

The Bureau of Land Management is offering $1,000 in reward money for info leading to the culprits behind greasing handholds at the Big Bend Bouldering Area, upstream of the Big Bend Campground along…

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Two arrested on Highway 191 for human smuggling, kidnapping

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

On Dec. 3, Grand County Sheriff Deputy Jamison Wiggins pulled over a van with “extremely dark window tint” near milepost 128 as the vehicle headed north on Highway 191. As he spoke with…

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Preserving rock art: Science Moab talks to Jonathan Bailey about his work to document southern Utah rock art

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

This week, we speak about rock art with Jonathan Bailey, a photographer and conservationist who is partnering with the Utah Rock Art Research Association to record and protect Emery County’s archaeological resources. We…

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Father hires PI to look into Moab couple’s murder: Visitors to the La Sals in mid-August asked for tips

Ali Harford4 years ago2 years ago

The father of Kylen Schulte has hired a private investigator to look into the murders of his daughter, Moab resident Kylen Schulte, and her wife, Crystal Turner. The couple were found dead by…

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Sheriff’s Office seeks tips in murder of Moab couple

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office is asking for anyone who may have been in the South Mesa area of the La Sal Mountains between Aug. 13 and Aug. 15 to contact them in…

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A month on, the Moab community mourns murdered couple: Local businesses offer reward, memorial service held Friday

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago4 years ago

It’s been a month since the murder of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Turner. The tragedy has rocked the Moab community—the couple, found murdered at their campsite in the La Sal Mountains on Aug….

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‘We can’t forget these girls’: Murdered women’s father asks for clues, reward doubled

Moab Sun News4 years ago4 years ago

When Kylen Schulte came to Moab to live in 2016, her father said that “she really blossomed.” “She became spectacular, the tallest, brightest sunflower,” Sean-Paul Schulte said. His daughter said that moving to…

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