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U.S. NEWS Friday 31 May 2019
Police confirm missing Utah girl’s

body has been found

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST dispatcher. “We woke up Defense attorney Shannon PVC pipe. Nearby was a
Associated Press and the front door is wide Demler has said his client broken knife taken from
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A open.” did something inexcusable the family’s kitchen bear-
body found after a five- The girl was reported miss- but wants the family to find ing the blood of the girl.
day search is that of a ing Saturday morning, and closure. The child’s blood Whipple has a criminal re-
5-year-old girl taken from officers spent five days was found on Whipple’s cord that includes a 2016 In this Saturday, May 25, 2019
her home and killed by her combing the city set in a watch and sweatshirt, au- assault, possession of a sto- booking photo provided by
uncle, Utah police con- picturesque valley near thorities said, and his hand- len vehicle and drug-relat- Cache County Sheriff’s Office
firmed on Thursday. the Idaho border about 80 print was discovered on a ed charges.q shows Alex Whipple.
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley’s miles (129 kilometers) north Associated Press
remains were located in of Salt Lake City.
a heavily wooded area The body was found after
less than a block from her the girl’s 21-year-old uncle
home on Wednesday, but Alex Whipple gave his law-
authorities could not imme- yer a map of where she
diately confirm it was her. was hidden. In exchange,
Also Thursday, a 911 call prosecutors promised not
released by Logan Police to pursue the death pen-
revealed the panic her alty.
parents felt moments after Whipple killed her Saturday
realizing she was missing. after spending the night at
Detrich Black, the boy- his sister’s house and hid
friend of Shelley’s mother the body under trees and
Jessica Whipple, was calm brush, prosecutors have
but distraught as he re- said. He was charged with
ported the 5-year-old’s dis- aggravated murder, child
appearance. “My daugh- kidnapping and other
ter is missing,” he tells the counts.

Critics say FCC

report overstates

broadband availability

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE reality of internet availabil-
Associated Press ity on the ground.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — “This report deserves a
The Federal Communica- failing grade,” Commis-
tions Commission’s broad- sioner Jessica Rosenworcel
band report is being ham- wrote. “It concludes that
mered by critics who say it broadband deployment
paints too rosy a picture of is reasonable and timely
high-speed internet avail- throughout the United
ability in the U.S. States. This will come as
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of news to millions and millions
West Virginia joined two of Americans who lack ac-
dissenting FCC commis- cess to high-speed service
sioners in criticizing the re- at home.”
port released Wednesday. The FCC’s data collection
The FCC’s annual Broad- methods have been rou-
band Deployment Report tinely labeled as flawed.
says the country’s digital The commission considers
divide has “narrowed sub- an entire area covered if
stantially,” with the num- a service provider reports
ber of Americans without that a single location on a
broadband dropping more census block has or could
than 18%, to 21.3 million have fast internet speeds.
people, between 2016 and Commissioner Geoffrey
2017. The majority of the Starks wrote that the agen-
gains were for people living cy should change its data
in rural parts of the country, collection policies, point-
according to the report. ing out that a draft version
The agency’s two Demo- of the report was found to
cratic commissioners is- have overstated broad-
sued dissenting statements band connections in an
along with the report that area where about 62 mil-
said it was at odds with the lion people live. q