UT – Micah Smith charged after kids survive freezing night lost in mountains; also accused of tampering with their medical equipment, 11 Oct 2025

[nhmemorymaker]

so, we should get some update today. December 8.

I hope they are doing psych tests on him while in jail...

Daily Mail can be brutal with their photos! Poor brother.

 

[Goldenseal]

In the first news of the debacle, (October) his supporters tried so hard to present this as some inadvertent tragedy, they were "stranded", MS "sacrificed himself", pls send money quick, but leave them to grieve. It was over the top, the praise for the father, at his heroic behavior as nature unexpectedly threw cruel challenges his way. Eye Roll.

I don't know how closely his behavior would fit into the pattern in your link, but I'm sure there was a lot more going on way before he exposed his children to near death. They can't keep a lid on it.

It is disturbing how supporters are trying to sanewash this 'father.' He comes across as a total family annihilator. If his wife had come along on the hike, she'd have been the first to go over the side. Just MOO.

 

[windshifter]

New article with bodycam footage from one of his prior interactions with police:

Footage shows officers confront father days before ‘nightmare’ hike that hospitalized children


"“I advised my backing officers I was uncomfortable releasing Smith with access to the weapons in his current state, for reasons of public safety, but that I did not have a legal reason to seize them,” the report said.

...

Smith is being held without bail at least until his next detention hearing set for Jan. 6."

 

[windshifter]

The released bodycam footage is 58 minutes long. They've edited some of the audio "for language and to protect private information". It's nicely timestamped!

 

[NuttMegg]

I think this is a different one, where he was getting into a house in a ski mask, then running

https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/footage-arrest-father-child-torture-nightmare-hike-hospital/

 

[tlcya]

I think this is a different one, where he was getting into a house in a ski mask, then running

https://www.abc4.com/news/digital-exclusives/footage-arrest-father-child-torture-nightmare-hike-hospital/

I'm not stealing anything. I have no need of anything in that house. The houses are just being wasted. I needed some of those doorknobs in there.



okay, so I guess the rules don't apply to him because he is a hard working father after all, and he needed the doorknobs from the vacant property that is just sitting there empty and wasted.

 

[NuttMegg]

I'm not stealing anything. I have no need of anything in that house. The houses are just being wasted. I needed some of those doorknobs in there.



okay, so I guess the rules don't apply to him because he is a hard working father after all, and he needed the doorknobs from the vacant property that is just sitting there empty and wasted.

Yeppers, that's why the ski mask.

 

[tlcya]

Yeppers, that's why the ski mask.

but he's not stealing anything it was just a fashion choice.

 

[NuttMegg]

but he's not stealing anything it was just a fashion choice.

I dunno. Never thought of stealing doorknobs in a ski mask. Isn't that kind of like an ostrich hiding just his head in a hole? The guy is real tall, had his car there. I sincerely hope that the wife is happy with her new guy. The kids too.

 

[Stunned]

but he's not stealing anything it was just a fashion choice.

I'm wearing one now!

 

[Rosydecember]

I'm wearing one now!

Please empty your pockets @Stunned!

Rosy finds a pocketfull of doorknobs

 

[Dotta]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2003204959836176409

 

[NuttMegg]

Utah father charged with child torture after near-deadly hike says courtroom cameras could harm his kids

A Utah father charged with child torture after a near-deadly hike is asking a judge to ban cameras from his courtroom hearings, arguing images of him in jail could harm his children.

www.sltrib.com

 

[NuttMegg]

Selfish' dad who allegedly forced children into near-death mountain hike thinks cameras in court will be too much for them​

Dad who allegedly put children on 'nightmare' hike thinks court cameras are too much for them

"Any exposure to images of their father in jail garb and handcuffed could jeopardize the interests or well-being of the children," the defense motion reads.

lawandcrime.com

 

[Stunned]

Selfish' dad who allegedly forced children into near-death mountain hike thinks cameras in court will be too much for them​

Dad who allegedly put children on 'nightmare' hike thinks court cameras are too much for them

"Any exposure to images of their father in jail garb and handcuffed could jeopardize the interests or well-being of the children," the defense motion reads.

lawandcrime.com

What a sensitive parent! IMO

 

[NuttMegg]

What a sensitive parent! IMO

Yes. And he's objecting to his own appearance in the court photography, not the childrens' from what I understand.

 

[Megnut]

Utah father charged with child torture after near-deadly hike says courtroom cameras could harm his kids

A Utah father charged with child torture after a near-deadly hike is asking a judge to ban cameras from his courtroom hearings, arguing images of him in jail could harm his children.

www.sltrib.com

So, now he's concerned about the children's welfare?

Not that any of us believe him. He's concerned about  his welfare. And he knows he isn't faring well in the court of public opinion.

Reserving my sympathy for not him.

JMO