Salt Lake Police examine a scene in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. An Orem man accused of inflicting a crash that killed two 3-year-old boys who have been taking part in in a horse corral in Eagle Mountain final yr now faces two upgraded fees of homicide. He had been charged with two counts of manslaughter. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
An Orem man accused of crashing right into a horse corral in Eagle Mountain, working over and killing two younger boys who have been taking part in inside, is now dealing with upgraded fees of homicide.
The amended fees have been filed towards Kent Cody Barlow, 25, on Wednesday. He's now charged in 4th District Court docket with two counts of homicide, a first-degree felony; and drug possession, a category A misdemeanor.
Former Utah County Legal professional David Leavitt charged Barlow with two counts of manslaughter, a second-degree felony. He mentioned on the time that he solely filed two felony fees so there can be no room for a plea discount.
"We're altering the tradition of felony justice in Utah County," he mentioned. "We do not intend to plea discount any case like this."
On Wednesday, Utah County Legal professional Jeff Grey, who defeated Leavitt in final yr's election, filed the amended fees.
Within the new court docket submitting, prosecutors cite the part in Utah regulation that states an individual could also be charged with homicide if that individual "performing underneath circumstances evidencing a wicked indifference to human life, knowingly engaged in conduct which created a grave threat of dying to a different and thereby triggered the dying of one other."
A cost of manslaughter is filed when prosecutors consider somebody causes the dying of one other by performing recklessly.
On Might 2, Odin Jeffrey Ratliff and Hunter Charlie Jackson, each 3 years outdated, have been taking part in with toy vehicles in a corral on the Cedar Valley Stables when Barlow, who had been "drifting" his automobile and going 80 mph to 100 mph close to 2300 North and 16000 West in Eagle Mountain, hit a bump and misplaced management of his automotive, in line with charging paperwork.
Barlow's automobile crashed by way of a number of fences, two horse stables and two corrals, inflicting a path of destruction of no less than 345 toes, in line with the Utah County Sheriff's Workplace. Each boys have been run over and ended up 75 toes from the place they have been taking part in. Each of them died immediately.
Blood drawn from Barlow's physique was analyzed and "confirmed the presence of methamphetamine and amphetamines at a really excessive degree," charging paperwork state.
Barlow was notified of the amended fees at a court docket listening to Thursday morning.