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Police arrest husband of missing Utah woman
« on: Aug 2^nd, 2004, 1:52pm »

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Police arrest husband of missing Utah woman
Search for Lori Hacking to resume Wednesday, police say
Monday, August 2, 2004 Posted: 2:47 PM EDT (1847 GMT)

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) -- The Utah husband of a pregnant woman missing for nearly two weeks has been arrested on a charge of aggravated murder in connection with his wife's death, Salt Lake City, Utah, police said Monday.

"We believe that Mark Hacking is responsible for her disappearance and her death," Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse said at a Monday news conference.

Mark Hacking is in the Salt Lake County jail, after he was released from a psychiatric hospital, Dinse said.

Lori Hacking, 27, has been missing since July 19, when her husband told authorities that she failed to return from an early morning jog. Her body has not been found, Dinse said.

The search for her body is likely to resume on Wednesday night at a landfill, Dinse said.

The announcement came after the family of Lori Hacking said over the weekend that her husband had provided information that made the search for the pregnant woman unnecessary. (Full story)

Until Monday's news conference, police had labeled Mark Hacking "the primary person of interest" in the case -- and said they had no others.

A spokesman for the Salt Lake City Police Department said a Hacking family member had provided police with "additional, substantive information," which he did not characterize.

Police called off their search of the landfill Thursday night after three days of sifting through about 7,500 tons of garbage.

Hacking, 28, was taken to a psychiatric ward the day after he reported his wife missing, after he was seen running around at night naked in sandals outside a motel where he'd taken a room.

Investigators focused on Hacking after learning he was at a store buying a new mattress just before reporting his wife missing. Investigators have refused to confirm reports that they found a mattress in a nearby trash bin.

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Re: Police arrest husband of missing Utah woman
« Reply #1 on: Aug 2^nd, 2004, 3:28pm »

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Well, wasn't he the convincing one, pretending to be nuts! When he is only mean and evil?
It's about time he was arrested. Now what in the world made this deviat think he could get away with killing his wife?
No mercy for him have I!

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« Reply #2 on: Aug 2^nd, 2004, 6:36pm »

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I hope they find body I would really hate to see another case like Peterson with no evidence or at least hard evidence

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Re: Police arrest husband of missing Utah woman
« Reply #3 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 7:33am »

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DA: Hacking allegedly admitted killing wife
Witness: He 'killed Lori while she was asleep'
Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Posted: 9:33 PM EDT (0133 GMT)

Salt Lake City police released this photo of Hacking after his arrest on Monday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CNN) -- The husband of a missing Salt Lake City woman told a "reliable citizen witness" in a psychiatric unit that he killed his wife while she slept and tossed her body in a garbage bin, the Salt Lake County district attorney said Tuesday.

Prosecutor David Yocom told reporters the alleged confession was made at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, where Mark Hacking worked as an orderly in the psychiatric ward.

Hacking, 28, was admitted to the unit shortly after reporting his 27-year-old wife, Lori, missing on July 19.

"I have no idea what his mental status is," Yocom said about the alleged witness.

A search for Lori Hacking's body was to resume Wednesday at a landfill where dogs trained to find bodies will help sift through the estimated 3,000 tons of garbage.

Police filed an amended probable cause statement with a court Tuesday that spelled out in greater detail their reasons for arresting Mark Hacking at the hospital Monday as he was being discharged.

Yocom said the amended statement was requested by the court so Hacking could be held longer than 72 hours.

"We want to make a thorough review of the case before we make a decision as to what [charges] to file," Yocom said, "and if it takes longer than 72 hours, we'll ask for an extension, which is not unusual."

The alleged report from the witness was included in the probable cause statement.

Yocom said according to the witness, "He killed Lori while she was asleep in bed and disposed of her body in a Dumpster."

Blood, videos and paper trail
In the statement, police also say they found blood on a knife in the couple's bedroom, on the bed's backboard and on its railing, and in Lori Hacking's car, which was found in a park where Hacking said his wife was jogging the morning she disappeared.

The blood in the car matched blood found in the apartment, police said.

A judge set bail for Mark Hacking at $500,000 cash, Yocom said. Hacking is being held on suspicion of one count of aggravated murder.

Authorities also released a video Tuesday of Hacking early on the morning of the July 19 -- before Lori was reported missing -- that shows him entering a Maverik Country Store to buy a tin of Camel Lime Twist cigarettes.

During the transaction, Mark can be seen checking his hands.

The video then shows him driving away in his wife's car, which he later told police he found at the park.

The store also has another video of Mark and Lori Hacking taken at 9:30 p.m. Sunday, the day before her disappearance, but it has not decided whether to make it public.

In the probable cause statement filed Tuesday, police also noted that:

The tag on the mattress police retrieved from a garbage bin outside the Hackings' apartment building matched the tag on the box springs inside their apartment.

A sales receipt from Bradley Sleep Center showed that Mark Hacking bought a mattress there at 10:23 a.m., shortly after Hacking called police to report his wife missing. At 10:46 a.m., Hacking called police again to tell them he had found her car at the park.

'Profoundly anguished' family
Thelma Soares, Lori Hacking's mother, said through a spokesman Monday that her family was "profoundly anguished" by the turn of events.

Calling Lori "our precious daughter and sister," the family's statement said, "Our lives will never be the same, and we will grieve for her and miss her until the day we die.

"To the wonderful Hacking family, who has shared this double tragedy with us, may heavenly father strengthen you in the difficult days ahead."

Hacking had told police the couple recently discovered she was pregnant, but Soares said her daughter had not told her that news.

The couple had been planning to move to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Hacking said he had been accepted to medical school at the University of North Carolina.

Hacking's family revealed last week that he had lied about the medical school acceptance and about earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah.

Both families are described as devout Mormons. A member of Hacking's family said the couple often went to hospitals to read Mormon scriptures to the sick.

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 8:34am »

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To think he killed this innocent beautiful young woman as she slept! How sick and mean can a man get? Probably this is sterotyping but the moment I saw his picture I also saw a killer look in his eyes.
Eyes, the window to a person's soul!
Then attempting to make it seem as if he were insane with his antics? Hopefully this will be one that won't get away with murder!

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 1:24pm »

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It's unlikely this one will get away since he has confessed to someone he did it.

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« Reply #6 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 1:33pm »

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Yes, but you know how attornies are, twist what people say to their own victory, you know anything to win! I'm waiting for him to deny it and his attorney to start the "not guilty" plea.

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« Reply #7 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 1:37pm »

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With this guy, I'm bettint the attorneys are gonna aim for the mentally unstable bit instead and try to keep him out of prision by angling for a mental hospital.

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« Reply #8 on: Aug 4^th, 2004, 2:04pm »

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Exactly and that is what he's hoping also! And I'm sure that's what he wants them to think since he was naked and only wearing sneakers.

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« Reply #9 on: Aug 5^th, 2004, 8:31am »

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THis is all so sad, my heart goes out to both families... Sad

I don't know how they are dealing with this, i don't know that i could. It's like two lives were lost...because obviously this guy isn't the Mark they know Sad

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« Reply #10 on: Aug 5^th, 2004, 9:46am »

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Yes, this is every parent's nightmare. No doubt when Dad's walk their daughters down the aisle, they will wonder if this guy he's giving her away to will be good to her.
Very Very sad, indeed!

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