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SALT LAKE CITY After Valerie Peck shot and killed her 2-year-old son, she shot herself twice in an attempt to end her life, according to a police affidavit.
When that didn’t work, she drove to another nearby canyon to possibly “freeze to death,” the affidavit states. Ultimately, deputies found Peck and after a brief stay at a local hospital, she was booked into the Uintah County Jail for investigation of aggravated murder and child abuse. Related
The investigation began on Monday when dispatchers received a 911 call from a person reporting that a woman had shot her 2-year-old son and then attempted suicide by shooting herself, the affidavit states. The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office has not said whether she or someone else contacted them about the shooting.
3-year-old shot, killed in Uintah County; Mother also sustains gunshot wound
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UINTAH COUNTY, Utah â A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed Monday afternoon in Uintah County, and his mother was shot and seriously wounded.
The Uintah County Sheriff s Office received a report of a 40-year-old woman and 3-year-old boy shot shortly before 2:30 p.m. Deputies responded and found the woman wounded and her son deceased on Glen Bench Road, just west of State Route 45.
The woman was treated on the scene, then taken to a hospital for further treatment due to the seriousness of her injuries, the sheriff s office said.
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VERNAL A 3-year-old boy is dead and his mother seriously injured after a shooting in a remote part of Uintah County Monday afternoon.
At about 2:25 p.m., deputies with the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched after reports of a shooting near Fantasy Canyon, roughly 30 miles south of Vernal.
“Deputies located the woman just west of state Road 45 on the Glen Bench Road, where they also found the boy deceased,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.
The woman, 40, received medical treatment from deputies on the scene before she was taken to a hospital “due to the seriousness of her injuries,” police say. Her identity was not released Monday.
| Updated: Dec. 19, 2020, 3:44 a.m.
The Uintah County District Attorney has charged a woman in the fatal shooting of her 2-year old son.
Valerie Peck, of Vernal, was charged with child abuse and first-degree murder.
The Uintah County Sheriff’s Office said in a charging document that officers found Peck and the child Monday in the area of Fantasy Canyon, south of Vernal in Uintah County, after receiving a call reporting a shooting.
The child was dead and Peck was injured when police arrived. She received medical treatment at the scene before being taken to a hospital. The sheriff’s office originally said the child was 3 years old but later reported the child’s age as 2 years old.