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It sounds like the plot of a late-night TV legal drama: There's a missing person and a murder charge but police have yet to find a body.
But that's the challenge Utah County prosecutors face as they start to mount a case against Timmy Brent Olsen, who was charged last week with first-degree felony murder in connection with the 1995 disappearance of 15-year-old Kiplyn Davis.
"We don't have a body, and that is a concern," said Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson. "It certainly is a complicating factor. It would certainly help our prosecution to have Kiplyn Davis found and returned home. But it's obvious today that we're prepared to proceed without having recovered the body."
While such cases are difficult, University of Utah law professor Erik Luna says it is "totally possible to convict someone without recovering the body."
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635178454,00.html
But that's the challenge Utah County prosecutors face as they start to mount a case against Timmy Brent Olsen, who was charged last week with first-degree felony murder in connection with the 1995 disappearance of 15-year-old Kiplyn Davis.
"We don't have a body, and that is a concern," said Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson. "It certainly is a complicating factor. It would certainly help our prosecution to have Kiplyn Davis found and returned home. But it's obvious today that we're prepared to proceed without having recovered the body."
While such cases are difficult, University of Utah law professor Erik Luna says it is "totally possible to convict someone without recovering the body."
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,635178454,00.html