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Thousands search for missing jogger as family clings to hope SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Churches canceled meetings and services to allow hundreds of congregants to flood neighborhoods and go door-to-door in search of a missing pregnant woman whose disappearance has baffled friends and neighbors. More than 3,000 people turned out Sunday to distribute fliers and join the search for Lori Hacking. The turnout was the largest since she vanished last Monday. Later Sunday, about 200 people attended a candlelight vigil at a park where the woman's car was found and where it had been presumed that she disappeared while jogging. The family has been holding as many as two news conferences a day since the 27-year-old was reported missing. But they have been more reluctant to face reporters since questions arose about the credibility of Hacking's husband, Mark. "We are all exhausted and we feel we need to concentrate our efforts and our energies on finding Lori," said Thelma Soares, Hacking's mother. Scott Dunaway, a leader in Soares' church and the family's newly named spokesman, said they had learned little as far as new developments in the investigation. A clump of brown hair was found Saturday in a trash bin at a gas station less than a block from the store where Mark Hacking bought a mattress before reporting his wife missing. But police say they don't know whether the hair was Lori's. Detective Dwayne Baird, a police spokesman, wouldn't confirm or deny a Deseret Morning News report, citing unnamed sources, that a bloody knife with strands of hair was among items taken from the Hackings' apartment. "We took a lot of things out of that apartment," Baird said. He said police were still waiting on test results from a search of the apartment and surrounding area. Baird said Mark Hacking, 28, was still a "person of interest" in the case, but he would not elaborate. Mark Hacking reported his wife missing just days before they were to move to North Carolina, where he had said he was going to attend medical school. But he had lied to his wife and family - he had not been accepted to any medical school and never even graduated from college. He also had initially said his wife did not wake him up after coming home from an early morning jog, as usual, and never showed up to work. But police confirmed Friday that Mark Hacking was at a furniture store buying a new mattress just before reporting to police that Lori was missing. He has been under psychiatric care since police found him Tuesday running naked around a motel not far from his home. Lori Hacking's family and her in-laws have said they want to keep the focus on finding Lori, not Mark's inconsistent statements. "We continue to entertain all possibilities and we are prepared for whatever the outcome may be," Douglas Hacking, Mark's father, said in a written statement given to The Associated Press. "We would like to think Mark had no part in it. Our love for him has not changed and our ultimate goal is still to bring Lori home." |
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Landfill Searchers Uncover Hopeful Leads In Lori Hacking Case Volunteers looking for Lori Hacking's body in the Salt Lake County landfill un-cover some hopeful leads. But, it doesn't necessarily mean the search is nearing an end. Amanda Butterfield joins at the landfill, and has more. Amanda, it was envelopes and newspapers found, right? Newspapers from or near the date Lori went missing, and envelopes from the Psyciatric Institute at the University of Utah where Mark worked. It's some of the most important landmarks volunteers have discovered since they've been digging though thousands of pounds of trash in the past couple weeks. The envelopes and newspapers dated near Lori's dissappearance give officials confidence they're searching in the right area. But it doesn't mean Lori's body will be found next. Phil Eslinger/Salt Lake City Police: " WE'VE FOUND NEWSPAPERS THAT ARE A YEAR AND TWO OUT THERE ALSO, SO WHO'S TO SAY FOR SOME REASON THOSE PAPERS AREN'T ONES THAT WERE HUNG ONTO FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN PUT OUT THERE." Other landfill searches in the country like this have lasted months. But Salt Lake police believe this search will only take weeks more, into October possibly November before it ends, with or without a body. Detective Eslinger says with out a doubt, if Lori's body is here, they will find it. But he adds they're searching here becasue of what Mark Hacking has told them, and with his history of lies, it's hard to trust him. This is the third week volunteers have been searching by hand for Lori. They average about ten hours a day, 4 days a week. |
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Police Continue Visual Search For Lori Hacking's BodySep. 27, 2004 Tomorrow ... police officers return to the landfill. This is the third week of what organizers call "the -visual search" for Lori Hacking's body. Samantha Hayes is on the nightbeat with this update. 10 hour days..Tuesday through Friday..an average of 20 officers from agencies around the valley. There are no perks for this kind of work..no extra pay. Officers say they are looking for Lori and their own peace of mind. PHIL ESLINGER: "FOR ME PERSONALLY, PHYSICALLY I DID NOT CONSIDER HOW DEMANDING THAT JOB WOULD BE." The work is hard. PHIL: "ITS DIRTY AND DISGUSTING, FILTHY AND SMELLY. AND CONDITIONS ARE TERRIBLE OUT THERE BUT YOU KNOW ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO." For weeks, specialized teams with cadaver dogs picked through thousands of tons of trash...and didn't find much. The officers started searching for Lori Hacking's body in an area that has not been searched before... PHIL: "AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU FIND AN ARTICLE OUT THERE THAT KEEPS YOU GOING. FIND A NEWSPAPER WITH A DATE THAT'S JULY 17TH OR 18TH." SAMANTHA HAYES: "THERE ARE STRONG CLUES POLICE MAY BE GETTING CLOSE. THEY HAVE FOUND BUSINESS ENVELOPES FROM THIS RESEARCH PARK AREA WHERE THEY BELIEVE LORI HACKING'S BODY WAS LEFT IN A DUMPSTER." "I'VE GOT 3 DAUGHTERS AT HOME AND TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT BEING THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE AFFECTED ME." But they don't know if they will eventually find what they are looking for. PHIL: "THIS MAY VERY WELL TURN OUT THAT WE SPEND WEEKS OUT HERE AND WILL RECOVER ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. BUT WE WERE OUT THERE FOR THE RIGHT REASON." Officers say the search wears on them emotionally, and that by Friday..they really need 3 days off to recuperate. |
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Positive Signs That Searchers Are on the Right TrackSep. 27, 2004 There are signs tonight that searchers may be getting closer to finding Lori Hacking's body. Authorities say they've hand-picked through 45-thousand tons of trash at the Salt Lake County landfill. They've found "landmarks" they hope mean they're looking in the right area...landmarks like newspapers with dates on or shortly after Lori's murder. They've also found envelopes from a trash bin at the Psychiatric Institute at the University of Utah. Mark worked there and police think he dumped Lori's body in a dumpster there. |
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Thanks Tammy!!!! I'll keep on posting!! |
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Lori Hacking's Body Found? CBS/AP) Police on Friday recovered human remains at a landfill where investigators have been searching for the body of Lori Hacking, the missing Utah woman whose husband is charged in her death.
It was not immediately clear whether the remains were those of Hacking, 27, who has not been seen since July 18.
Authorities have spent weeks combing through 4,600 tons of trash for any sign of Hacking, whose husband, Mark, reported her missing the following day, saying she never returned from a morning jog.
Hacking has been charged with murder and allegedly confessed to his brothers that he shot his wife while she slept and disposed of her body, the weapon and a mattress in a trash bin.
He is being held on $1 million bail at the Salt Lake County jail.
Authorities charge that Hacking killed his wife after an argument provoked by her discovery that he had been lying about his college education and plans to enroll at a medical school. Prosecutors filed court documents detailing Hacking's confession to the slaying, made to his brothers when they visited him in a psychiatric ward.
Since then, police have operated on the assumption Hacking, 27, a stockbroker's assistant, was buried under tons of trash at the landfill.
Detectives discovered Lori's car keys and wallet in a purse at her apartment, even though her husband said she had driven her car to a city park for an early morning jog.
Her car was found at the park, and police said the driver's seat and mirrors had been adjusted for a large man. Lori Hacking, 5-foot-3 and barely 115 pounds, couldn't have reached the pedals or steering wheel in that seating position, court documents say.
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Police confirm Lori Hacking's remains found at Salt Lake landfill
Police confirmed Friday that a body found at the county landfill was that of Lori Hacking, the Utah woman allegedly murdered by her husband. The state medical examiner's office made the identification using dental records about six hours after police found a decomposed body at the landfill where they've been searching for months. The discovery came on the 33rd working day of a search of 4,600 tons of garbage. The search started with the help of cadaver dogs and finished with authorities using garden rakes to comb through the trash. About 20 law enforcement officers were just beginning a manual search Friday when the remains were found. "It means everything to us to find Lori's mortal remains so that we might lay them to rest with dignity," Hacking's parents, Eraldo and Thelma Soares, said in a prepared statement. Hacking, 27, has not been seen since July 18. Her husband, Mark Hacking, reported her missing the following day, saying she never returned from a morning jog that police determined she never took. Mark Hacking has been jailed on a charge of murder. While he was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit, he purportedly confessed to his brothers that he shot his wife while she was sleeping and disposed of her body, the weapon and a mattress in separate trash bins. The searchers found the remains in an area not previously probed by cadaver dogs. The remains were found among trash that included newspapers dated July 16-19, the weekend Lori Hacking disappeared. Investigators also found business envelopes indicating they were from the University of Utah Research Park area where Mark Hacking worked and where prosecutors believed he dumped the body. The search was called off Friday, even though police haven't found a .22-caliber firearm they believe was the murder weapon. Investigators' hopes of finding the body had diminished in recent weeks. The search of landfill had been tedious, with each day presenting searchers and dogs with 300 or more tons of trash to sort through. Searchers at the 550-acre landfill had concentrated their search on a football-sized stretch, going through compacted garbage 20 feet deep. |
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Police Find Utah Woman's Body in Landfill
By PAUL FOY
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The body of a young Utah woman allegedly killed by her husband has turned up in a landfill that police had been searching since her disappearance in late July.
The state medical examiner's office used dental records to identify Lori Hacking's remains about six hours after they were discovered Friday.
``It means everything to us to find Lori's mortal remains so that we might lay them to rest with dignity,'' Hacking's parents, Eraldo and Thelma Soares, said in a statement.
The discovery came on the 33rd working day of a search of 4,600 tons of garbage. Over the past weeks, investigators used cadaver dogs and garden rakes to comb through the trash.
Hacking, a 27-year-old assistant stock broker, had not been seen since July 18. Her 28-year-old husband, Mark Hacking, reported her missing the following day, saying she never returned from a morning jog.
Authorities believe Lori Hacking was killed after she learned her husband was not enrolled in medical school in North Carolina, even though they were packing to move there. It was the latest in a series of deceptions perpetuated by the husband over several years, police say.
While Mark Hacking was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit, he allegedly confessed to his brothers that he shot his wife while she was sleeping and disposed of her body, the weapon and a mattress in a trash bin. He was charged with murder and jailed on $1 million bail.
The search was called off Friday, even though police have not found a .22-caliber gun they believe was the murder weapon.
``We were confident we could go forward with the case without a body, and now we have the body,'' said Assistant District Attorney Robert Stott.
Mark Hacking's attorney, Gil Athay, did not return calls Friday from The Associated Press.
The remains were found among trash that included newspapers dated July 16-19, the weekend Lori Hacking disappeared. Investigators also found business envelopes indicating they were from the University of Utah Research Park area where Mark Hacking worked and where prosecutors believed he dumped the body in the trash.
Police Chief Rick Dinse said the remains found ``were not all intact.''
Mark Hacking's father, Douglas Hacking, issued a statement saying, ``We hope today's discovery will begin to bring closure to both our family and the Soares families in this tragic event.''
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Finally, Lori can be laid to rest SALT LAKE CITY - Private funeral services will be conducted for Lori Hacking once the body is released to the family, said David Gehris, family friend and Lori's former home teacher. Two volunteers found human remains, including teeth and bones, they believed to be Lori's at the Salt Lake City Landfill just after 8 a.m. Friday. Later that day, the state medical examiner's office confirmed through dental records that the remains belonged to Lori. Chief of Police Rick Dinse said in a press conference Friday that although Lori's body was not found intact, they have recovered all or most portions of her body. Members of law enforcement and public safety organizations in the Salt Lake City area sifted through over 4,300 tons of waste since the search began. After 21 days of combing through the landfill and identifying the body, the search was officially called off. Dinse described the scene where they found Lori's body as emotional. "I can tell you there were tears at that location by officers and by landfill employees," Dinse said. "There was a tremendous emotional contribution by all those individuals who were involved." He said Lori's family was contacted before information was released to the media. Family friend David Gehris said Lori's mother, Thelma Soares, was both relieved and very pleased with the results of the diligent search that was performed. "It means everything to us to find Lori's mortal remains so that we might lay them to rest with the dignity befitting the valiant daughter of God she was," Lori's parents Thelma and Eraldo Soares said in a statement Friday. "We know her body will rise whole, perfect and beautiful again in the resurrection." Lori was reported missing July 19 by her husband Mark, who said she hadn't come home from her morning jog. Mark allegedly confessed later to his brothers that he shot Lori while she was sleeping and disposed of her body in a dumpster. Dinse said they had not found the murder weapon and would not continue to search further for it. "We were confident we could go forward with the trial without a body, and now we have the body," said Assistant District Attorney Robert Stott. Dinse said he didn't think Lori's parents should see or identify the body, but the decision would be up to them. Gehris said the family would follow Dinse's advice. Gehris, a '85 BYU alumnus, said he served as Lori's home teacher until she went to college. He currently home teaches her mother and acts as her unofficial spokesperson. He described the mood after Lori's body was found. "Basically it's just mixed emotion," Gehris said. "It's a great relief that she's been found but also sadness that the reality is there." |
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Experts: Cause of Lori Hacking death may never be known SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) -- The remains of Lori Hacking, the young woman allegedly killed by her husband, were so broken up by the time police recovered them from a landfill that authorities may never know how she died. Autopsy findings released Wednesday confirmed Hacking's identity from dental records, but said experts couldn't determine the cause of death. Her husband, Mark Hacking, who reported his wife's disappearance and asked for volunteers to search for her, was jailed on a murder charge after allegedly confiding to his brothers that he shot her while she slept and threw her body in a trash bin. The remains were in so many pieces the medical examiner couldn't find a bullet hole, Deputy District Attorney Bob Stott said Wednesday. Nor was there any way to determine if Lori Hacking was five weeks pregnant, as she told friends, he said. Authorities believe Lori Hacking, a 27-year-old stockbroker's assistant, was killed July 19 after learning her husband wasn't enrolled in medical school in North Carolina, the reason he had given for moving there. It was among a series of deceptions he had perpetuated over several years, police say. The uncertain autopsy will not affect how Mark Hacking, a 28-year-old hospital orderly, is prosecuted for murder, Stott said Wednesday. "Finding the body was what helped us, and making the identification," he said. Police found Lori Hacking's body in a landfill October 1 after picking for weeks through compacted trash 20 feet deep over an area the size of a football field. Mark Hacking's brother says that while Mark was hospitalized in a psychiatric unit he admitted to shooting his wife in the head with a .22-caliber firearm, then disposing of her body, the weapon and a bloody mattress in separate trash bins. The murder weapon and mattress have not been found. Hacking's next court date is October 29. His bail is set at $1 million. Because the alleged confession came in the psychiatric ward where Hacking was treated for 13 days after his wife disappeared, his attorney has suggested he might try an insanity defense. |
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Mark Hacking Pleads Not Guilty
Oct. 29, 2004 Despite a letter from Lori Hacking's brother...asking Mark Hacking, to plead guilty to Lori's murder...the suspect did not do that, today...in his preliminary hearing. As Tonya Paponikolas tells us...his plea, took another emotional toll on both familes. Mark Hacking had some family support at his arraignment today. Both his parents and brother Scott were there for Mark's plea. "Scott Hacking, Defendant's Brother: I JUST LOOK AT MARK. HE'S MY BROTHER, THE ONE I LOVE." "Douglas Hacking, Defendant's Father: IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD, VERY HARD." Before court, Eraldo Soares said he hoped his son-in-law would plead "guilty." "Eraldo Soares, Lori Hacking's Father: IT WOULD GIVE US SOME REST. WE WOULDN'T BE ANY MORE SUFFERING LIKE WE ARE." But he and Lori's mother did not get that wish. Hacking's attorney, Gil Athay, entered a "not guilty" plea on behalf of his client. "Thelma Soares, Lori Hacking's Mother: IN PLEADING "NOT GUILTY," MARK CONTINUES TO HURT US." "Thelma Soares, Lori Hacking's Mother: I FEEL OUTRAGE ON BEHALF OF LORI AND HER BABY BECAUSE MARK HEAPS NOW INSULT UPON INJURY." "Eraldo Soares: I'M SAD THAT HE SAID "NOT GUILTY" BECAUSE HE KEEPS POSTPONING THE STOPPING THE HURT THAT WE HAVE." Hacking's brother says he has mixed feelings about the case going to trial. "Scott Hacking: IT SEEMS TO MOST OF US THAT BY JUST SAYING "GUILTY" AND GETTING IT OVER WITH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, LEGALLY IT MAKES SENSE THAT SAYING "NOT GUILTY" LETS ALL OF US LEARN THE INFORMATION." "Thelma Soares: I KNOW THAT ONE DAY, MARK WILL RECEIVE PERFECT JUDGEMENT, FROM THE ONLY JUDGE WHO KNOWS EVERY DETAIL OF WHAT HE DID THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT IN JULY." "Tonya Papanikolas: SCOTT HACKING TOLD US MARK HAS UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE PSYCHIATRIC TESTING. WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE TESTS WILL PLAY INTO HIS DEFENSE. HACKING'S TRIAL WAS SET FOR APRIL 18TH. IT'S EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT A WEEK. AT THE MATHESON COURTHOUSE, TONYA PAPANIKOLAS, EYEWITNESS NEWS." |
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Lori Hacking's Brother Sends Letter to Mark in JailOct. 28, 2004 (KSL News) -- Mark Hacking will be arraigned on murder charges Friday in the death of his wife Lori. He's expected to plead "not guilty", something that doesn't sit well with Lori's brother. Friday's Deseret Morning News quotes from a letter Paul Soares sent Mark in jail. It asks him to, "save your family the grief and cost of this attorney. Just plead guilty for once. Just tell the truth. Take responsibility for your actions.... don't ask for some lenient plea bargain. Be a man." Soares' letter goes on to say "nothing less than life is adequate for your crime." |
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Lori Hacking's Mother Delivers Emotional Speech Against Domestic Violence
Oct 18, 2004 2:12 pm US/Mountain
Thelma Soares shared accounts of the life and death of her daughter, Lori Hacking, during an emotional speech kicking off the YWCA's Week Without Violence.
The highly publicized murder case has made Soares a reluctant celebrity and a spokeswoman for those affected by violent crime, but she renounced her new membership in the club of those affected by domestic violence.
``Many of you have said tonight that you are pleased to be here,'' she said at the Sunday seminar. ``Well, I'm really not pleased to be here tonight.''
For almost half an hour, Soares delivered a tearful, intensely personal recollection of Lori, the investigation of her killing and the subsequent outreach from people all over the world.
``We all belong to this group. There is comfort in the fact that you know others share in your grief,'' Soares said.
``I have experienced good along with the sorrow this summer in losing my Lori,'' she said, while holding up drawings and letters from children.
Soares was thrust into the national spotlight when her daughter was reported missing on July 19, sparking a huge search. Later, her son-in-law, Mark Hacking, allegedly confessed to his brothers that he shot Lori while she slept and disposed of her body in trash bins. He's been charged with murder and faces an Oct. 29 arraignment.
Mark Hacking allegedly reacted after she confronted him about not being accepted to medical school, even though they were packing to leave for North Carolina.
``We don't really want to belong to this group but unfortunately because of the actions of others, we are thrown into it,'' Soares said.
Lori's body was recovered Oct. 1 after cadaver dogs and volunteers spent months searching the landfill.
Soares said her faith and her religious beliefs have helped her deal with her grief and that her daughter's burial gave her great closure.
``I believe that beautiful body will rise in the resurrection and will be whole and perfect,'' Soares said. ``And this is how I am able to face the future.''
In August she founded the Lori Kay Hacking Memorial Scholarship fund to assist a woman with financial or personal difficulties by paying tuition for the University of Utah's business school.
``It's something tangible and good that will help other women in need,'' Soares said.
Donations have come from around the world, and the fund now tops $160,000. It likely will be able to fund scholarships for two women annually to receive an education in Lori Hacking's name.
Sunday's program dedicated the 2003 Wall of Remembrance, which stands in the Salt Lake City-County building as a memorial to the 62 men, women and children who died that year as victims of violent crime in Utah. |
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Family Changes Lori Hacking's Name On Gravestone <TEXT id=txt_posted>POSTED:</TEXT> 9:58 am EST December 6, 2004 <TEXT id=txt_updated>UPDATED:</TEXT> 10:10 am EST December 6, 2004 OREM, Utah -- The family name "Hacking" has been removed from the gravestone of a woman whose husband has been charged with killing her and dumping her body in a trash bin. Lori Hacking's family changed the headstone, which now reads "Lori Kay Soares." "Hacking" has been replaced on the headstone by the Portuguese word "Filhinha," which translates to "little daughter." "We just felt that Mark obviously didn't want her anymore," said Lori's mother, Thelma Soares. Mark Hacking's parents were notified of the change and understood, Soares said. Mark Hacking reported in July that his 27-year-old wife had failed to return from an early morning jog, setting off extensive searches by volunteers and police. He later allegedly admitted to his brothers he shot her as she slept and disposed of her body in a trash bin. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and his trial is set to begin April 18. Police found Hacking's body Oct. 1 at a landfill they had been searching since her disappearance. |
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