Brian David “Emmanuel” Mitchell Kidnapper In 2002, Mitchell was a homeless man who worked a few days for a man named Ed Smart. One night he returned to the Smart home and kidnapped fourteen-year-old Elizabeth from her bedroom. Elizabeth’s sister...
Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. (1943-1975) Highjack He was a Vietnam veteran, a helicopter pilot, and a capable skydiver. He was 29 years old. He was a police science major at Brigham Young University, and he was having serious financial problems. On April 7, 1972, he...
Mark Hofmann Murderer and Forger He was raised in a “devout” LDS family. He served a full-time mission. He married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1979. He has four children. His most notorious forgery is known as the Salamander letter. It depicted Joseph...
Glenn Taylor Helzer Serial Killer He, his brother Justin; and their roommate, Dawn Godman, killed five people in the San Francisco area during the summer of 2003. They conspired to fund a self-awareness program to bring “joy, peace and love” to the world...
Ronald Lee Haskell On July 9, 2014, a mass shooting occurred in a home located in the town of Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, leaving six family members dead, four of them children, and a 15-year-old girl the sole survivor. The suspected shooter, later identified...
Mark Hacking Mark Hacking reported his wife missing on 19 Jul 2004. She was five weeks pregnant. Two weeks later, he was arrested when police found a witness to whom Mark had confessed that he had killed his wife in her sleep and dumped her body in the trash. Her body...
Born Robert LeRoy Parker in Beaver, Utah on April 13, 1866, Cassidy was the first of 13 children. His Mormon parents had come to Utah from England in 1856. His first run-in with the law occurred after he let himself into a closed shop, took a pair of jeans, and left a...
Ted Bundy He was attractive, smart, and had a future in politics. He was also one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. Ted Bundy screamed his innocence until his death in the electric chair became imminent, then he tried to use his victims one more...
Arthur Gary Bishop (1951-1988) Serial Killer Served a mission in the Philippines. Excommunicated in 1974. In 1983, when questioned by police regarding the disappearance of a neighborhood boy he knew, he confessed to having killed him and four others. Alonzo Daniels...
Jason Brown First-degree murder, armed robbery and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution Robert Keith Palomares was shot five times in the head on 24 Nov 2004 at 10:00 AM outside the AMC Theater Multi-Plex in Ahwatukee, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix, while picking up...
Jodi Arias Jodi Arias killed her former boyfriend Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008. He was killed at his home in Mesa, Arizona. He had been shot in the face and stabbed some 27 times, his throat slit from ear to ear. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide....
Kelly Wiglesworth Contestant:Survivor Borneo(Season 1, 2000) She was a resident of Las Vegas before appearing on the show. To prepare for the challenge, she diligently practiced Tae Bo to get in shape. She also maintained a strict diet of fruits and vegetables to...
Vocal Point “The Sing-Off” (NBC) Season: Season 3, 2011 Result: 5th place All members of the group are returned missionaries. They are fluent in seven different languages. They won second place at the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella in...
Ali Vincent Ali Vincent reveals a new formula to the world, after winning season five of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” season 5. The hairdresser from Mesa, Ariz., lost more than half her body weight, but gained a whole new perspective on life. “I am a whole new woman,”...
Jaymz Tuaileva “So You Think You Can Dance?” (Fox) Season: Season 2, 2006 Result: Top 14 Notable: Tuaileva has worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Cher, Ne-Yo, and Donny and Marie Osmond. He has also appeared as part of the professional dance...
Sam Taylor “Undercover Boss” CEO of Oriental Trading Company Season: Season 3, 2012 Notable: Taylor graduated from BYU and Harvard. At one point in the episode he was shown around a piano with his family singing “Families Can Be...
Mike Stanger American Ninja Warrior Mike Stanger American Ninja Warrior From Mike’s blog Mike Stanger. I’m a father of 2, a caregiver husband, an insurance agent and an online fitness coach with Beachbody! This is where I put a lot of my thoughts and...
Lacey Schwimmer So You Think You Can Dance 20 finalist Lacey-Mae Schwimmer appears as a top 20 finalist on the third season of the Fox reality television series So You Think You Can Dance. Born on June 28, 1988. Her nicknames are Birdie, Sissyduckling, Macy Gray, and...
Benji Schwimmer and Heidi Groskreutz Dancers So You Think You Can Dance The winner of the 2006 season of So You Think You Can Dance was announced on August, 2006. The winner Benji Schwimmer, after 16 million votes were collected for the season finale. He appeared on...
Julie Stoffer Cast Member: Real Worldw Orleans, Ne She appeared on MTV’s The Real World: New Orleans in 2000. Her religion became central to the plot, and she found herself disabusing her roommates of some “pretty whacked” ideas about The Church of...
Kat Rose Worst Cooks in America Season 2 Kat Rose is Mormon and is in on the show Worst Cooks in America on the Food Network Season 2 which is playing at this time. She teaches Seminary and has been the Seminary teacher for Newnan Ward in Newnan Georgia. From the...
Tyler Robinson “The Voice” Season: Season 1, Fall 2011 Blake Shelton turned his chair around during Robinson’s blind audition. As a member of Team Blake, Robinson lost in the Battle...
