May 2015 | Vol. 15 Iss. 5
FREE A Collective Sigh Of Relief For Murray City Residents Suspects In The David Marsh Shooting Taken Into Custody By Lewi Lewis
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hen David Alan Marsh, a Murray City convenience store clerk, was shot to death in March during an attempted robbery, the community grieved with a collective anger that such a senseless crime could have been enacted upon such a harmless man. There was a beating of the drums for swift action, and even swifter justice. Although it has yet to reach the courts, the community of Murray City might be able to turn that collective anger Left: Martin Castillo was believed to be heavily involved in the murder but not in the store at the time of the shooting. Middle: Juan A. Zalazar, believed to be the trigger man in the David Marsh murder. Right: Alexis Alan into a collective sigh of relief. In late April, Murray police sent de- Garcia was the first suspect to be arrested in the David Marsh muders. tectives to West Palm Beach, Florida, and, working with local authorities, served Martin Castillo, 19, with an to be arrested for David Marsh’s murder] named him [Salazar] as arrest warrant and took him into custody; Castillo will be extradited the shooter,” Lt. Martin said. back to Utah, Division Commander Lieutenant Tom Martin said. When Garcia was arrested, his probable cause statement put On the afternoon of April 22, authorities also took into custody his fingerprints inside the Lee Market, as well as video footage that Juan Salazar, 23, in the Salt Lake area of 2100 South 200 East. “We identified tattoos on Garcia. arrested him as he was walking up to a relative’s, a family member’s “Without getting into individual involvement for all these people household that we’ve been surveying,” Lt. Martin said. It is unclear because,” Lt. Marsh said, “some of that that we have will play out as to why the relative’s home was under surveillance. with the continued investigation and court process, but that pretty During the interview, Lt. Martin made it clear that there was much identifies the two who went into the store.” a lot of information that they didn’t want to release “because it’ll Although heavily involved in the incident, the police are not come out in the court.” putting Martin Castillo inside the store at the time of the shooting. “But the stuff that you find on the probable cause statements Even though not all the details have been made public due for the arrests is going to be public record, if it hasn’t already come to the ongoing investigation, these three speedy arrests by a comout – the most recent probable cause statement on Juan Salazar in- mitted police department have certainly helped a community rest dicates that Martin Castillo and Alexis Alan Garcia [the first suspect a little easier. l
cultural showcase
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looking to the future
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Longview Students Inspired By Amazing Americans
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By Julie Slama
ongview’s annual Amazing American presentation attracted dozens of families and other students April 16 as they asked fifth-grade students about their choices of amazing Americans they presented on tri-fold boards, through creative representations and reports. The fifth-grade presenters narrowed down their top choices from a list created by their teachers that numbered more than 400 people. “I like Miss Piggy and knew Jim Hensen made the Muppets and created Sesame Street, but I learned he did so many more shows and won so many awards; he really is a neat guy,” fifth grader Lexi Patterson said. “He started it all when he made a puppet to be on TV for five minutes every day.” Melina Alamo selected Henry Ford as her amazing American since she is interested in cars.
Amazing Americans continued on page 4
knapp wins state
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irish dance
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