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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 14 November 2017

Ex-football player charged with murder in wife’s death

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST No attorney was listed for
Associated Press him in court records Mon-
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A day, and a phone number
former professional football for him went unanswered.
player sliced his wife’s neck Anthony McClanahan was
and then crawled on the treated for minor injuries
ground outside their rented and originally told officers
Utah condominium before he and his wife and baby
flagging down a police of- had been attacked. Inves-
ficer, prosecutors said in tigators, though, found no
murder charges filed Mon- evidence of anyone else
day. going into the building or
The bloody scene in the ski of a baby at the Park Re-
town of Park City indicated gency.
that Keri “KC” McClana- His wife’s body was found
han, 28, put up a desper- in the condominium he
ate struggle before she was had rented after someone
killed. The murder weapon else at the building called
was a small, sharp knife 911, saying they’d seen him
she’d worn sheathed in a crawling low to the ground
nylon paracord bracelet, through the hallways and
charging documents state. calling for help. Keri McCla-
Police found her husband, nahan had suffered several
Anthony D. McClanahan, cuts to the front, back and
46, covered in blood and sides of her neck, as well This photo shows Anthony D. McClanahan. (Salt Lake County Jail via AP)
crawling on his stomach as other defensive wounds through Nevada and Utah. in the mid-1990s after a col- band but wanted to help
outside early in the morn- and carpet burns. He was arrested in Utah on legiate career at Washing- him get on his feet first, said
ing of Nov. 2. He lifted him- McClanahan had been Oct. 12 and gave his son ton State University. He was her sister, Heather Gauf.
self up just enough to flag charged with child kid- back, then bonded out of in training camp with the The couple had met last
down a police officer, then napping last month after jail a week later. Dallas Cowboys of the NFL year when he was work-
dropped back down and authorities said he took his Originally from Bakersfield, in 1994 but never played in ing as a personal trainer in
began convulsing, his arms 8-year-old son from a pre- California, McClanahan a game. her hometown of Belling-
making a “snow angel mo- vious relationship from his played four years with the Keri McClanahan, who ham, Washington, and he
tion,” the officer on scene school in Arizona on Oct. Calgary Stampeders of the went by KC, had been pushed for a fast wedding,
told prosecutors. 3 and traveled with him Canadian Football League planning to leave her hus- Gauf said.q

ACLU questions how high-speed chase ended in deadly shooting

By J. McDERMOTT lice haven’t released the ing officers for keeping the had two outstanding war- four troopers involved, al-
Associated Press involved troopers’ names. public safe. rants. though she commended
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say Joseph Santos, “In the absence of addi- Providence Police released them, The Providence Jour-
The American Civil Liber- 32, tried to speed away tional information, it would the names of their officers nal reported .
ties Union raised questions from officers Thursday but be wrong to blame the po- involved and video foot- The ACLU is asking state
Monday about how a high- got caught in traffic and lice for what they did,” the age Friday. Officers recent- police to release its high-
speed chase ended in a repeatedly rammed an- ACLU said in a commen- ly began wearing body speed pursuit policy and
deadly shooting involving other car in front of him as tary on the shooting. “But cameras, and only one of the troopers’ names. It says
officers on Interstate 95 in officers jumped out of the it is just as inappropriate for the department’s five offi- the agency’s decision not
Rhode Island. way. police officials to so quickly cers who used their weap- to name the troopers “rep-
The ACLU of Rhode Island Providence and state po- conclude that there is no ons had body camera resents a glaring and trou-
is questioning whether the lice fired more than 40 fault by police for what footage. bling lack of transparency.”
chase and use of force rounds, killing Santos and happened either.” State Police Col. Ann As- The state police didn’t
were justified, why more injuring his passenger, Chris- It wasn’t immediately clear sumpico, in a press confer- immediately respond to
body cameras weren’t ac- tine Demers, 37. Both agen- why Santos wouldn’t stop, ence Saturday, wouldn’t a request for comment
tivated and why state po- cies praised the respond- though police did say he release the names of the Monday.q