Lee Benson
Lee Benson
Lee Benson is a sportswriter and columnist for the Deseret News. He has covered at least nine Olympic Games for the paper and has written columns on Mormon issues. He has also co-authored a book with James W. Parkinson about American prisoners of war of the Japanese during World War II and their attempts to obtain reparations...
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First, the department did not participate in the early February press conference when Ed Smart and his wife, Lois, revealed Emmanuel's description to the public. Second, the police had failed to find the homeless man, or identify his true identity, during October, November, December and January, when they privately knew of his existence,
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History never repeats itself, historians do.
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The police department's interest in Emmanuel, or lack thereof, became an issue for several reasons.