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Woman is slain; husband arrested

Great reporting. The Tribune has none of the facts but now they will (when they steal your story).

Wow, Deseret Morning News, way to get this story up quickly. Within minutes, the Salt Lake Tribune had a story posted on its website, but there was nothing on here for hours and hours. Way to go.

Great guy! and what a way to set the tone for a day to worship with the ward family. I expect as horrible as it was to lose a life, there were many, many small kids and adults who were very traumatized and will live their entire lives with the terrible memories of this tragic day.
I hope this wife killing results in the husband getting the death penalty, unlike other wife or baby killers have received in Utah as of late. The guy who killed his wife less she find out he was a complete fake comes to mind. He wasn't convicted of a capital crime, what a time for the DA to strike a bargain.
My thoughts and prayers go out to this woman's young kids, and to all her family along with the ward family. My God bless them with the knowledge that he is aware of their pain and feels the same sorrow over the actions of a cruel murderer.

Prayers to them all , especially the children they are so young to lose there mother and over something that could have been avoided. What is wrong with the world today, do wives and husbands really do something that bad that there spouse feels the need to end there life? If you dont want to be with them or there are problems MOVE ON! Dont take the life of a person its so very sad.

This is so tragic. My heart goes out to the family and the ward members. Those two little children will never know their mom. (Or their dad, if he spends life in prison). May the good Lord find them a healthy and happy home to be raised in.

I feel for the kids.

I was in the building during the tragic events. It was a very difficult experience for the ward. However, we should all be grateful that there were no other injuries or deaths from this incident. This took place just minutes after church services had begun. The officer told me they found the remains of 10 rounds (not 6-8 as reported). We are VERY fortunate that more lives weren't taken as a result of this inhumane act.

We have a fantastic ward, and a fantastic Bishop. We will get through this, and be stronger as a result. Our most sincere prayers to the family, to all involoved, and especially these two innocent children.

So so sad. He is such a coward

In response to the "Anonymous" comment, shame on you. A mother is gone and all you can do is criticize the newspaper for taking the time to investigate the story and report it responsibly? News is more than a running line of headlines.

I pray that the kids and the families will find the peace that they will need to move forward from this tragedy and that they will honor her memory by living their lives to the fullest

What a terrible tragedy! It was a very difficult experience, but our ward is strong, and we have a great Bishop.

As tragic as this was, we are so fortunate that most members were in the building. When I picked up my vehicle, the officer told me they found the remains of 10 rounds. We should be so grateful others weren't also injured or even killed.

Our most sincere prayers are with those impacted by this terrible loss. Especially two those innocent children.

Horrific tragedy. Our prayers go out to the kids and family. Tell me again why we are so afraid of "gun control" in this country?

What a horrible tragedy. My prayers go out to those two tiny children and to the witnesses of this senseless murder. Now those poor babies have their mother's loss and their father's legacy to contend with as they grow up. My prayer is that they have family who can care for them and help them deal with the aftermath.

My sister lives in Utah and is going through a similar situation. I don't know why Utah authorities won't step up and protect these women. This is a tragedy that could have been avoided! How many more estranged wives will die before the police, DCFS etc. realize that there are a lot of men that know how to "work the system" in Utah (in particular - because it is so 'family-oriented') and exploit it? I feel for this women's family and I wonder how many people close to her are saying, 'we knew this would happen'. Utah is not immune to the problems of domestic violence and the crimes that go along with it. Hopefully this will be a wake up call for anyone in a position to make a difference.

This just breaks my heart. I grew up with this young man, I wrote him on his mission, I sang in a quartet with him in church services. I haven't seen or talked to him in about 15 years - I don't know what happened or where he went so wrong. He played varsity basketball in his youth and was kind and outgoing. His parents are the sweetest. This is just very very sad. My heart goes out to the family of Kristy and all those friends and family members devastated by this event. So tragic.

What a tragedy. Can't we all just get along?

This is a horrible event and a real tragedy acted out by a coward. And I don't have any idea why the need of 'gun control' is brought up now. He took a weapon and went to a place that is well known to not allow concealed weapons, and shot an innocent person. If you ask me, something should have been done earlier, now is not the time to talk about new laws. He broke two yesterday what good would it be to break a couple more. A man that hits his spouse needs to be locked up! That's the type of control we need.

"Texan", we are not "afraid of 'gun control'" in this country, we are afraid of being without firearms when the "stuff" its the fan.

Gun control only works for people who obey the law, all others become victims. Those who ignore the law (that is, criminals, by definition), will still have guns. If someone really wants to kill another person, then the law won't stop them, but a 45 slug might. My own sister saved herself from a similar situation, using her gun.

In this case, he might be the dead one if she had had a gun, or, at least, she might have survived. This is so very unfortunate and such a terrible tragedy for the children. Yes, it's true, we need to wake up to domestic violence and enact stricter domestic violence laws and more protections for the victims.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims family

Does anyone know where David grew up? Marie? I think I might know him but it has been a very long time & I don't want to call the family just in case it is him.

Having seen the male side of a divorce in Utah, I can say that the shooter was probably at the breaking point for some time.

My wife cheated on me, filed motion after motion, had me cuffed and removed from my home several times, filed child abuse charges, etc. Nothing stuck as it was all false, and I have joint custody now. I watched as another man took my place in my son's home.

I came very close to the breaking point many times. I can understand the pain of a divorce and having ZERO people take your side, including the state.

No excuse for the shooting, but people really don't understand the pain associated with these situations until they are in them.

It is sad that now two kids have neither parent.