Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
COLD: Searching for clues about Susan Powell’s death in her son Charlie’s police interviews
Kids sometimes tell fantastical stories. But when children are victims of abuse or witnesses to crimes, separating truth from fantasy in their stories can be a major challenge for police.3 days ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
COLD: New experiment aims to identify mystery metal evidence in Susan Powell cold case
An experiment by KSL’s COLD Podcast has revealed the likely source of a key piece of evidence in the death of Susan Cox Powell, 15 years after she disappeared.4 days ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Parole board calls Ogden sex offender a ‘substantial threat’ after he stalked woman
The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has decided an Ogden sex offender presents a "substantial threat to public safety" after finding he stalked a woman while out of prison.21 days ago
Dave Cawley
Woman tells parole board convicted sex offender stalked, harassed her
A woman details meeting a convicted sex offender and cold case suspect at a gym. Afterward, she said he stalked and harassed her before he was arrested again on a parole violation. Now, she's pleading for the parole board to keep him there.2 months ago
Larry D. Curtis
Utah Supreme Court overturns death sentence, upholds conviction for murder of Joyce Yost
The Utah Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder over the discussion of his religion at his sentencing hearing.5 months ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Suspect in Utah cold case back in prison on unrelated parole violation
A registered sex offender who spent more than 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting multiple women in Ogden during the 1980s is back in custody, after four years on parole.7 months ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Supreme Court questions ‘injection’ of religion into death penalty trial of Douglas Lovell
Douglas Lovell has submitted an appeal to the Utah Supreme Court over issues related to religious discussion during his trial for the murder of Joyce Yost.10 months ago
Dan Rascon, Andrew Adams, and Mary Culbertson, KSL TV
No human remains found in possible burial site in 1985 cold case
Wednesday was a day of optimism and hope in a nearly 40-year-old murder mystery case of a woman from Roy, Utah.1 year ago
Dave Cawley, KSL TV
Police to investigate possible mountain gravesite in 1985 cold case
Police confirmed to KSL5 they plan to excavate a possible gravesite in the mountains near Causey Reservoir on Wednesday in connection with a 1985 cold case.1 year ago
Dave Cawley and Keira Fairmont
Blamed on Bundy: COLD podcast challenges popular theory in Nancy Baird cold case
The unsolved 1975 disappearance of Nancy Baird from East Layton, Utah has long been attributed to serial killer Ted Bundy. KSL’S COLD podcast gained exclusive access to case files that point toward other more probable suspects.2 years ago
Josh Ellis and Dave Cawley
Appeals court reinstates $98M verdict awarded to Susan Cox Powell’s parents
The $98.5 million verdict a jury awarded to the parents of Susan Cox Powell in 2020 has been reinstated by a Washington appeals court.2 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL TV
COLD podcast: Jacket could place missing woman Sheree Warren with suspect the night she disappeared
Ogden police found a gray suede jacket that potentially belonged to a woman who’d been missing for a year-and-a-half named Sheree Warren.2 years ago
Dave Cawley
COLD podcast: Witness undermines alibi in Sheree Warren cold case
In the days after Sheree Warren disappeared on Oct. 2, 1985, her boyfriend Cary Hartmann spoke to police and a private investigator about his actions and whereabouts on the night of the disappearance.2 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Last chance for a life out of max: How some Utah death penalty inmates made it to medium security
Utah's death penalty law remains on the books after lawmakers turned back an effort to abolish capital punishment this month. But those same lawmakers might be surprised to learn the Utah Department of Corrections has already dismantled its death row. Now, thanks to the KSL Investigators and the COLD podcast team, we know why.3 years ago
Eliza Pace, KSL TV
Ten years since tragic deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell
Saturday marked the ten year anniversary of the tragic deaths of Charlie and Braden Powell, the sons of Susan and Josh Powell of West Valley, Utah.3 years ago
Eliza Pace, KSL TV
12th anniversary of Susan Powell disappearance
Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 marks twelve years since the disappearance of Susan Cox Powell.3 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Douglas Lovell seeks to reverse second death sentence in Joyce Yost murder
Cold-hearted con-man or reformed killer? KSL's Cold Podcast concludes with a look at Douglas Lovell's latest effort to reverse his death sentence and convince the courts he is a changed man.4 years ago
Mike Headrick & Tania Dean, KSL TV & Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
KSL Investigators explore change in Utah’s death row
The Utah Department of Corrections has quietly ended a decadeslong practice of housing Utah State Prison inmates who are under sentence of death in maximum security, allowing the majority of them to move into medium-security cell blocks.4 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Douglas Lovell’s Actions Deprive Joyce Yost’s Family Of Time, Memories With Her
When Douglas Lovell raped Joyce Yost, he set in motion a sequence of events that would forever deprive Yost’s children and grandchildren of the opportunity to share their lives with her.4 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Criminal Syndicate In Utah State Prison May Have Played Role In Theresa Greaves Murder
A criminal syndicate operating out of the Utah State Prison in the early 1980s might have played a role in the suspected murder of Theresa Rose Greaves nearly 40 years ago.4 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
‘Cold’: A prison informant reported Douglas Lovell’s death-row confessions to investigators — did either tell the truth?
A prison informant told Weber County investigators in 2006 that Douglas Lovell, the man who'd killed Joyce Yost in 1985 to prevent her from testifying in a sexual assault and kidnapping case, had lied to police about the location of Yost's body.4 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
She Was Never There: Detective Reflects On Search For Joyce Yost 28 Years Later
The South Ogden police officer who for years led the investigation into the 1985 disappearance of Joyce Yost does not believe the man twice sentenced to die for killing Yost has ever been honest about the location of her body.4 years ago
Dave Cawley, KSL Podcasts
Recording Between Investigator, Douglas Lovell Surfaces In Yost Case
An audio recording of an encounter between South Ogden police Sgt. Terry Carpenter and Douglas Lovell is featured in the eighth episode of the KSL investigative podcast series COLD’s second season. The recording has not previously been publicly released.4 years ago