Utah Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed a law on Tuesday that will increase protections for the children of online content creators. This move was inspired by the child abuse conviction of Ruby Franke, a popular YouTube personality who was found guilty of severely abusing her children.
The new law says that online creators who make more than $150,000 a year from content featuring children will be required to set aside 15% of those earnings into a trust fund that the kids can then access when they turn 18. This will also be the rule for parents of child actors appearing in TV or film projects, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ruby-franke-child-influencer-protections-utah-d9702b22c9ea7adba6e15003971493ce#">Associated Press</a>.
“Children cannot give informed consent to be filmed on social media, period,” Ruby’s ex-husband Kevin Franke said. “Vlogging my family, putting my children into public social media, was wrong, and I regret it every day.”
The Frankes became famous after starting the “8 Passengers” YouTube channel in 2015. The series followed their day-to-day lives as a Mormon family in Springville, Utah. The Franke children were included in the videos Ruby posted up to five times a week, the outlet noted. Their content became popular, attracting 2.5 million subscribers by 2020. 
In 2012, Ruby changed track and started creating parenting content with therapist Jodi Hildebrandt. At Hildebrandt’s insistence, Ruby became estranged from her husband and moved into the therapist’s home with her two youngest children. Viewers became increasingly alarmed by Ruby’s disciplinary suggestions.
The women were taken into custody on child abuse charges after Ruby Franke’s severely underweight 12-year-old son, Russell, climbed out of a window and ran to a neighbor for help. The neighbor called 911 after noticing that the teen’s ankles were wrapped in bloody duct tape. Responding officers discovered the youngest Franke child, 9-year-old Eve, with her head shaved and sitting cross-legged in a dark closet.
A search of the home uncovered handwritten journals where Ruby claimed that her son was possessed by the devil. In the journals, she detailed abuse including starvation and making her children work outside in the heat without protection or nourishment. 
Both Ruby and Hildebrandt received prison sentences of up to 30 years. The Hulu documentary “Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke” led to national attention.
The youngest Franke daughter, Eve, wrote a statement regarding the new law. “I’m not saying YouTube is a bad thing. Sometimes it brings us together,” she said. “But kids deserve to be loved, not used by the ones that are supposed to love them the most.”
The content creation industry is largely unregulated, AP noted, but several states have started adding protections. Illinois, California, and Minnesota all have laws that protect the earnings of young creators.

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Utah Law To Protect Child Influencers Passes After YouTuber Ruby Franke’s Child Abuse Conviction

New Utah Law Protects Child Influencers After YouTuber Ruby Franke's Child Abuse Conviction

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Former Utah congresswoman Ludmya “Mia” Love passed away on Sunday after a nearly three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. She was 49 years old.
Her family posted the news on Sunday: &#8220;Love Family: With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our lives, we want you to know that she passed away peacefully today. She was in her home surrounded by family. In the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of happy memories, Mia quietly slipped the bands of mortality and, as her words and vision always did, soared heavenward. We are thankful for the many good wishes, prayers and condolences. We are taking some time as a family and will provide information about funeral services and a public celebration of her life in the days to come.&#8221;
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Love Family: With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our lives, we want you to know that she passed away peacefully today. She was in her home surrounded by family. In the midst of a celebration of her life and an avalanche of happy… <a href="https://t.co/YzhAuH1l9x">pic.twitter.com/YzhAuH1l9x</a>
&mdash; Mia Love (@MiaBLove) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiaBLove/status/1903991643700891930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Love, a Republican, was initially diagnosed with the aggressive form of brain cancer — which also afflicted the late Senator John McCain — in 2022, three years after she left the House of Representatives where she’d served Utah’s 4th Congressional DIstrict since winning the seat in 2014. Prior to her time in Congress, Love served her community as the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.
After losing her 2018 re-election bid — by just under 700 votes — to former Salt Lake City Mayor Ben McAdams (D-UT), Love was hired as a CNN commentator and made several appearances on the ABC midday talk show “The View.”
She spoke about her prognosis with CNN anchor Jake Tapper in May of 2024 — when doctors advised her that she likely had 10-15 months to live — and she said that her faith was what kept her strong.
“I was looking for a cure in my faith and in science. Funny thing is, my patriarchal blessing said you will have a long and prosperous life, a rich and rewarding life, so long as you decide to remain in public service,” she told him at the time.
“Whether you are facing a cancer diagnosis yourself, or fighting a different battle, there is hope! For me, that hope comes from my faith and my family,” she added in a Facebook post. “Both have been a source of immeasurable strength, peace, love, and support. Every day, I thank God for my life and a family who give that life beauty and meaning.”
Things took a turn for the worse early in 2025, and on March 1, Love’s daughter Abigale shared heartbreaking news via X: “Hello Friends, I’m Mia’s daughter Abigale. Many of you are aware that Mom has been fighting GBM brain cancer. Sadly her cancer is no longer responding to treatment and the cancer is progressing. We have shifted our focus from treatment to enjoying our remaining time with her. I am building an archive of special memories with Mia. Please send your pictures, videos and memories to me at <a href="mailto:MiaLoveMemories@gmail.com">MiaLoveMemories@gmail.com</a>. Thank you.”
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Hello Friends, I’m Mia’s daughter Abigale. Many of you are aware that Mom has been fighting GBM brain cancer. Sadly her cancer is no longer responding to treatment and the cancer is progressing. We have a shifted our focus from treatment to enjoying our remaining time with her. I… <a href="https://t.co/xlJfSC3IX7">pic.twitter.com/xlJfSC3IX7</a>
&mdash; Mia Love (@MiaBLove) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiaBLove/status/1895879538787140019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In the days that followed, Love was recognized by her state’s legislature in a citation.
“Mia Love made history as the first black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Utah’s Fourth Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. During her time in Congress, Congresswoman Love tirelessly advocated for policies in tax reform, economic development and public safety, always prioritizing the well-being of her constituents,” the statement began.
The statement acknowledged Love’s service to her community both as a mayor and then as a U.S. Congresswoman.
“Congresswoman Love’s admirable leadership, commitment to public service and inspiration to future generations will continue to resonate long into the future. Despite her courageous battle with brain cancer, Mia Love exemplifies strength, resilience and unwavering determination, inspiring all who know her story,” it concluded.

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Former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love Dies At 49 After 3-Year Brain Cancer Battle

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The University of Utah’s medical school paid over $75,000 to be a member of the influential <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mount-rushmore-of-dei-how-a-major-academic-association-is-destroying-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Association of American Medical Colleges</a>, the DEI-focused organization that facilitates medical education throughout North America, according to an invoice shared with The Daily Wire. 
The invoice, obtained through a public information request by Do No Harm, an organization opposed to the politicization of medicine, shows that the University of Utah’s Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine paid $75,760 for a year-long institutional membership in the AAMC starting on July 1, 2024. The AAMC counts as members all 158 American medical schools accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), which the organization co-sponsors. 
The AAMC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mount-rushmore-of-dei-how-a-major-academic-association-is-destroying-medicine">has been accused</a> of harming medical education through leftist political initiatives, including its commitment to DEI initiatives, “anti-racism,” and promoting transgender ideology. A <a href="https://donoharmmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Activism-over-Meritocracy-How-the-AAMC-is-Corrupting-Medical-Education-with-Endless-DEI-Ideology.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comprehensive report</a> from Do No Harm highlights the full extent of the AAMC&#8217;s DEI programs. 
“It&#8217;s just ironic that the medical schools are held captive to pay this kind of money to be dished out all the crap that comes out of the AAMC,” Laura Morgan, the author of the report and Do No Harm’s senior director of programs, told The Daily Wire.
Additionally, the medical school twice paid over $20,000 to the AAMC over the last two years for a booth and marketing services at the organization’s annual conference. For this year’s AAMC conference in Atlanta, the school paid $18,000 alone for marketing services and another $5,250 for the booth. 
During some of their <a href="https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/aamc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous</a> appearances at the conference, the school has hosted talks on “The Power of Diversity in Medicine,” “Is Climate Change a Health Care Issue?&#8221; and “Developing Leadership Opportunities for Women in Academic Medicine.” 
AAMC member schools receive professional development for faculty, policy advocacy before Congress, access to data and research, applicant and student services, and accreditation services. The organization was founded in 1876. 
In recent years, the AAMC has moved beyond medicine to promote race-based academic admissions policies, racially-focused medical theories, and transgender medical procedures for children. The group has also declared that DEI in health care is one of its top priorities. 
”Because the AAMC promotes so much of the ideologically based information, then that just trickles into the medical schools and they perpetuate it,” Morgan said. “What’s it going look like when there’s a whole generation of doctors who can tell you all about microaggressions or transgenderism, but they don’t know anything about how your heart works.&#8221;
Do No Harm director of research Ian Kingsbury pointed out that the AAMC&#8217;s DEI agenda has gone beyond mere recommendations. He said in one instance, the LCME <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2023/02/01/med-school-went-woke-after-pressure-from-accreditor-documents-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressured</a> the University of Utah School of Medicine because it said the school’s “diversity/pipeline programs and partnerships” were “unsatisfactory.” LCME later claimed that it had a broad definition of diversity that expanded beyond race and gender. 
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“They play a game of pretending that these are simply recommendations but we have reasons to suspect that they are enforcing this ideological agenda,” Kingsbury said. “It’s not simply that they are recommending these things, they are saying that schools must do this.” 
He added that it might be necessary to have the federal government intervene because the AAMC had “lost the plot so badly,” and had no competitor to force them to focus on academics. 
“There is a social contract in medicine which says that doctors will do medicine and we will largely leave them alone while they practice medicine,” he said. “Once they stop doing medicine and start doing whatever the hell this is, you forfeit your end of that social contract.”

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Here’s How Much Medical Schools Pay For Membership In Woke Academic Association

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A few years ago, a group of researchers and academics embarked on a bold experiment. They wanted to answer the following question: “Is it possible that people with no Ph.D. in any field could write a paper in that field every two weeks and get it published?”
In other words, they wanted to know whether they could write complete gibberish, and still have it published in a prestigious, peer-reviewed academic publication.
What they found was that, indeed, it is quite possible. In fact, it&#8217;s very easy.
For example, the researchers wrote one published <a href="https://newdiscourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/HootersPublished.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paper</a> that explored the conundrum of why straight men might like to eat at Hooters. The paper delved into a fake two-year study concerning a &#8220;thematic analysis of table dialogue&#8221; at Hooters, as well as the concept of &#8220;breastaurant masculinity.&#8221; Yes, &#8220;breastaurant masculinity.&#8221; They use the term about ten times in the paper, and apparently, every time, the editors loved it.
Another hoax paper discussed &#8220;rape culture and queer performativity&#8221; at dog parks in Portland. That one sailed past the editors as well. But maybe the hoaxers&#8217; most impressive work was their article entitled &#8220;Our Struggle Is My Struggle,&#8221; which lifted passages from “Mein Kampf” and placed them in a feminist journal of social work, totally undetected.
The whole exercise was pretty entertaining. And of course it proved its point, which is that peer-reviewed publications will publish anything that sounds like something a Left-wing intellectual would write. And then the experiment ended, and the hoaxers went about their normal lives.
Or at least, that&#8217;s the official story. A <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10806-024-09934-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paper</a> that was just published in the peer-reviewed journal &#8220;Springer Nature,&#8221; out of Germany, has a lot of people questioning whether yet another hoax may be unfolding in the world of academia. To be clear — for reasons I&#8217;ll outline in a moment — it doesn&#8217;t look like a hoax. But a lot of people are hoping it is, because the alternative is just too depressing to contemplate.
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A Ph.D. named Colin Wright first drew attention to the <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10806-024-09934-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paper</a> the other day on social media. The paper is entitled, &#8220;Loving the Brine Shrimp: Exploring Queer Feminist Blue Posthumanities to Reimagine the ‘America’s Dead Sea.'&#8221;
The paper is written by someone named &#8220;Ewelina Jarosz,&#8221; who uses &#8220;she/they&#8221; pronouns and holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Research at &#8220;UKEN,&#8221; Poland.
Here&#8217;s what &#8220;she/they&#8221; came up with. The paper&#8217;s abstract <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10806-024-09934-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>, 
<blockquote>The article aims to transform narratives surrounding Utah’s Great Salt Lake, often referred to as &#8216;America’s Dead Sea,&#8217; by reimagining how brine shrimp are perceived in science, culture, and art. It introduces the concept of hydrosexuality to bridge these realms, thereby enriching feminist blue posthumanities and feminist biology through art-based practices and queer advocacy. &#8230; The hydrosexual perspective challenges settler science by exploring the connections between the reproductive system of brine shrimp and the economy, ecology and culture. &#8230; this cultural analysis draws inspiration from low trophic theory and Queer Death Studies.</blockquote>
The paper goes on to explain that &#8220;hydrosexuality&#8221; is a term that emphasizes the &#8220;more-than-human sensuality and sexuality emphasizing fluidity and relationality&#8221; and &#8220;deploys watery thinking to dissolve&#8221; the &#8220;hegemonic notion of the autonomous and bounded human subject.&#8221;
At this point, you can see why people thought that the Hooters guys had struck again. But then Colin Wright noticed that, in this article, the authors referenced something called a &#8220;postmedia environmental performance&#8221; that they had recently performed in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The performance was called, &#8220;Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp.&#8221; The performance, according to the authors, was intended to &#8220;express their human love towards the vulnerable yet tough brine shrimp,&#8221; by means of &#8220;a communal bath in the GSL, which some of us, including myself, perceived as making love to the lake.&#8221;
So, naturally, Colin Wright and his followers went looking for the footage. If they could find it, it might demonstrate that these authors weren&#8217;t playing a prank — or if they were, they were really, really committed to the bit.
What Colin Wright and his followers found appears to confirm that this paper is, indeed, real. And the video is very much worth watching.
To be clear, normally, I wouldn&#8217;t subject you to extended footage of eco-sexuals doing their thing. But it&#8217;s been about eight months since I last talked about eco-sexuals, in the context of that show &#8220;Naked Attraction.&#8221; So we&#8217;ve had enough of a cooling-off period, I think. And if this footage is any indication, things are deteriorating very, very quickly in that community.
Here&#8217;s how the &#8220;Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp&#8221; begins. You&#8217;ll notice that the Mystery Science Theater guys have been overlaid to the front of the footage for comedic effect, by one of Colin&#8217;s followers. Watch:
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So it begins normally enough. The eco-sexuals announce their intent to marry the brine shrimp. We&#8217;ve all been there. And then, out of nowhere, we hear the voice of the &#8220;Spiral Jetty.&#8221;
That&#8217;s apparently a piece of &#8220;land art&#8221; that was constructed in 1970 by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake. And as you heard, the Spiral Jetty apparently felt the need to insert himself and his personal problems into this wedding. He&#8217;s apparently dry and exposed, and he thinks that&#8217;s relevant to the wedding between these people and these brine shrimp.
So he doesn&#8217;t shut up. He keeps going and going. And eventually he devolves into reciting land acknowledgements. Watch:
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No one thinks about getting rid of this guy at any point. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s really incredible about this. Imagine you&#8217;re getting married, and out of nowhere, some effeminate voice pipes up, and starts reciting a land acknowledgement. And then he tells you all about how your wedding will benefit him. Even if you&#8217;re an intersectional feminist, it&#8217;s enough to make you root for global warming to accelerate a little bit and ruin the whole beach.
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But eventually the land art quiets down, and they&#8217;re allowed to recite the vows. And then there&#8217;s even more drama, because someone interrupts once again. This is a theme of these eco-sexual weddings, apparently. None of these people can shut up. Watch:
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So they ask the shrimp for psychic consent. And one of them says, &#8220;I don&#8217;t hear no. &#8230; My sense is not all of them, but most of them.&#8221;
And apparently, that&#8217;s good enough for these people. They subscribe to the Harvey Weinstein school of ethics over there in Poland&#8217;s eco-sexual community, I suppose. So the marriage takes place, although there&#8217;s a caveat. As the paper puts it: &#8220;To avoid potential harm to living critters, vows were made to the brine shrimp’s exponentially enlarged augmented reality image, which popped up at the lake’s shore above the humans’ heads.&#8221;
And then they consummated the marriage by walking into the water with their hands in the air. Watch:
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At this point, I have to come clean. 
I have to admit that I don&#8217;t have much of a grand overarching point to make about the wonders of feminist blue post humanities and hydrosexuality. These people are so far gone that you legitimately can&#8217;t tell if they&#8217;re mocking the very concept of humanities.
Let me simply state: We have clearly reached the logical end point of wokeness. Every &#8220;slippery slope&#8221; argument conservatives made for the past 50 years has been vindicated. When feminists are marrying the brine shrimp while a talking sculpture recites land acknowledgements in the background, it&#8217;s abundantly clear that wokeness has jumped the shark. (Although I hesitate to make that statement, because the next video might actually involve these people trying to jump some sharks. And that footage would, in all likelihood, be even more disturbing to watch than this &#8220;Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp.&#8221;)
But all the same, these people (or their survivors) would probably be able to find some peer-reviewed publication to publish the footage anyway. After all, there is no bottom to modern-day academia. There are just queer women getting married to brine shrimp, all the way down. The hoaxers have become indistinguishable from the serious, credentialed feminist eco-sexual professors. And that is why eco-sexuals, peer-reviewed publications, and feminist academics who marry shrimp are canceled.

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These Feminists Married Shrimp. I’m Serious.

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Senator Mike Lee sharply criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday for reportedly offering &#8220;scathing&#8221; remarks about former President Donald Trump and the &#8220;MAGA movement.&#8221;
McConnell slams Trump as a &#8220;narcissist&#8221; and a &#8220;sleazeball&#8221; in his forthcoming biography, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/politics/mcconnell-trump-gop-new-book/index.html">according to CNN</a>, adding that Trump has “done a lot of damage to our party’s image and our ability to compete.” Speaking to The Daily Wire Thursday, Lee slammed the Kentucky Republican for his comments.
&#8220;Openly hurting him, it&#8217;s just baffling to me,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;I cannot figure it out&#8230; number one, he&#8217;s a Republican senator. Number two, he&#8217;s the Senate Republican leader. Number three, we are less than two weeks away from a general election in which these guys are in tight races.&#8221;
McConnell reportedly also says that “Trump is appealing to people who haven’t been as successful as other people and providing an excuse for that, that these more successful people have somehow been cheated, and you don’t deserve to think of yourself as less successful because things haven’t been fair.&#8221;
&#8220;If senate Republican leaders are going to come out and do these sorts of things, we need to have a conversation about it,&#8221; Lee said. &#8220;And we especially need to have a conversation between those who are running for Senate Republican leadership posts.&#8221;
The Utah Republican <a href="https://x.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1849490264399982805">reiterated</a> his criticism in an X thread Thursday.
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🧵 1. McConnell’s attacks on Donald Trump &amp; Rick Scott are indefensible
Those running for Senate GOP leadership posts need to weigh in on this &amp; commit never to sabotage Republican candidates &amp; colleagues—particularly those who are less than two weeks away from a close election <a href="https://t.co/wMWxjvMwHC">pic.twitter.com/wMWxjvMwHC</a>
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1849490264399982805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
&#8220;We must have clarity from the candidates running to replace McConnell on where they stand on these attacks,&#8221; Lee said in the thread. &#8220;They must be clear on how they plan to lead the conference, and on the role of its members.&#8221;
&#8220;The Senate Republican leader is supposed to help Republicans, not undermine them Sadly, we’ve had too much of the latter. That must end now,&#8221; he added.
McConnell&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Mike Lee Slams Mitch McConnell For Attacking Trump, ‘MAGA Movement’

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Social media influencer Hannah Neeleman, better known by her social handle and business name Ballerina Farm, was a polarizing figure even before the interview that made her go viral.
Critics saw her as a shackled housewife popping out kids when she could have been dancing at Juilliard. But even fans of the so-called “trad-wife life” took issue with Neeleman’s brand of homesteading, claiming she was too beautiful, too curated, and most of all, too staged.
They couldn’t help but point out how Neeleman’s husband was a literal billionaire (son of David Neeleman, who founded multiple airlines including JetBlue) so obviously, this was all simple for her. They accused the Instagram star of cosplaying farm wife life and painting an unrealistic portrait of hard work.
Neeleman had already gone viral when she competed in the Mrs. World pageant just 12 days after giving birth to her eighth child, a feat she accomplished without pain medication and at home in bed. Photos and video clips of her competing make it clear why so many followers take issue with her – even two weeks postpartum, the Instagram star is stunning. Jealousy is common, especially on social media.
Then, the interview came out. U.K.-based outlet The Times published a lengthy <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/magazines/the-sunday-times-magazine/article/meet-the-queen-of-the-trad-wives-and-her-eight-children-plfr50cgk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profile</a> after writer Megan Agnew visited the famous Utah farmstead and got to experience the beauty of Neeleman, Mormon mom of eight, firsthand. But then Agnew decided to make the influencer’s husband Daniel sound like her captor rather than her life partner. She openly lamented Neeleman’s decision to scale back on her career ambitions and devote herself to making her home and raising kids.
“Is this an empowering new model of womanhood — or a hammer blow for feminism?” the writer wondered.
“My goal was New York City. I left home at 17 and I was so excited to get there, I just loved that energy. And I was going to be a ballerina. I was a good ballerina,” Neeleman told Agnew during the interview. “But I knew that when I started to have kids my life would start to look different.”
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Agnew made her disdain for Neeleman’s husband and family clear. “I can’t, it seems, get an answer out of Neeleman without her being corrected, interrupted or answered for by either her husband or a child. Usually I am doing battle with steely Hollywood publicists; today I am up against an army of toddlers who all want their mum and a husband who thinks he knows better,” she wrote in the piece.
One viral line from the article quotes Neeleman as saying, “‘Our first few years of marriage were really hard, we sacrificed a lot. But we did have this vision, this dream and —’”
The interviewer noted how Daniel “interrupts” to say, “We still do.”
The passage continued, “What kind of sacrifices, I ask her. ‘Well, I gave up dance, which was hard. You give up a piece of yourself. And Daniel gave up his career ambitions.’”
Reactions to the article were so strong that Agnew wrote another <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/my-day-with-the-trad-wife-queen-and-what-i-really-thought-of-her-qmbmmhkp8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-up piece</a> a few days later responding to her expose on “the queen of the internet ‘trad wives’” and resulting commotion. The interviewer said Neeleman had “become an avatar through which people hotly debate motherhood, womanhood and freedom to choose either.”
Every post shared on the Ballerina Farm social accounts – whether it’s a video of her making pasta from scratch, or churning her own ice cream – has a fair amount of negative comments alongside the gushing support and requests for recipes. Neeleman doesn’t often address the haters. But in the case of The Times article, she did come to her own defense.
She shared her thoughts in an Instagram clip shared on July 31. “A couple of weeks ago, we had a reporter come into our home to learn more about our family and business,” Neeleman said in the video.
“We thought the interview went really well,” she continued. “We were taken [aback] however, when we saw the printed article — which shocked us, and shocked the world by it being an attack on my family and my marriage.”
“That couldn’t be further from the truth … which leads me to believe that the angle taken was predetermined,” Neeleman said of the piece. “Together, we have built a business from scratch. We&#8217;ve brought eight children into this world and have prioritized our marriage all along the way. We are co-parents, co-CEOs, co-diaper changers, kitchen cleaners and decision makers.”
In another post shared the same day, the beauty queen once again got personal.
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“Everyday I share a glimpse into our rural farm and family life here in the mountains of northern Utah,” she wrote. “I wear many hats–mom, wife, cook, business owner, content creator, lover of God and all things butter. For long time followers and those just joining the journey, I wanted to take the opportunity to tell you our story in my own words.  My time before marriage, before kids, before I even dreamt of creating Ballerina Farm.”
Neeleman encouraged followers to read more of her story on the <a href="https://ballerinafarm.com/pages/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">About Us page</a> of the official Ballerina Farms website, where the influencer discussed growing up in Utah as one of nine children as her parents ran a small flower shop.
“Cash was tight, entrepreneurial spirit was thick, and we worked hard to make ends meet,” she wrote. &#8220;Looking back now, I realize I was raised in a small business training incubator. A front line view of how business works.”
“With the flower shop being in retail I learned all about the seasonalities of cash flow, the importance of a good customer experience, and the value of great employees,” Neeleman continued.
She called her marriage to Daniel the “best decision” she ever made and gushed about having her first child, too. “Motherhood was my new dream.  God was guiding me, as He always had,&#8221; she wrote.
As for shifting her priorities from prima ballerina to family life, Neeleman said she has no regrets.
“We started chasing after our new list of dreams. The channel is an expression of my real life. It is beautiful, rewarding and I get to do it with my family. We have many dreams still to accomplish and I can’t wait to see what the future holds,” she concluded.

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Mom Of 8, ‘Ballerina Farm’ Founder Defends Her Life Choices, Marriage After Scathing Expose

Mom Of 8, 'Ballerina Farm' Founder Defends Her Life Choices, Marriage After Scathing Expose

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Taylor Wily, who starred in the remake of &#8220;Hawaii Five-O&#8221; and &#8220;Forgetting Sarah Marshall,&#8221; died on Thursday. He was 56 years old.
Wily’s death was confirmed on Hawaii&#8217;s KITV 4 Island News by musician Lina Girl Langi, one of his close friends.
&#8220;It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of a Hawaii celebrity who was also a family friend,&#8221; Langi said. &#8220;Taylor Wily, former wrestler, MMA fighter and actor passed away today in Hurricane, Utah.&#8221;
&#8220;He would look physically menacing until you just folded right into a hug, and that was it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;My heart is breaking.&#8221;
Michael J. Henderson, Wily&#8217;s manager, <a href="https://ew.com/taylor-wily-dead-hawaii-five-0-forgetting-sarah-marshall-8667237#:~:text=Taylor%20Wily%2C%20the%20Samoan%20actor,He%20was%2056.">told</a> Entertainment Weekly that he died from natural causes and no further details would be available at this time.
Wily, born Teila Tuli, was born in Hawaii in 1968 and started his career in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling in the 1980s and had a successful run, becoming &#8220;the first foreign-born wrestler to win the championship in the third-highest Makushita division,&#8221; according to <a href="https://people.com/hawaii-five-0-actor-taylor-wily-dead-at-56-8667178">People</a>.
He later went on to fight in the first UFC fight in 1993, losing to UFC fighter Gerard Gordeau.
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Despite his enormous size and previous career as a professional fighter, he was widely remembered by those who knew him as a &#8220;gentle giant.&#8221;
Wily appeared in seven episodes of the original &#8220;Magnum P.I.&#8221; and appeared in the 2008 romantic comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
He is best known for his role as Kamekona on CBS&#8217;s remake of &#8220;Hawaii Five-O,&#8221; where he appeared in more than 170 episodes during the show&#8217;s 10-year run from 2010 to 2020.
“Hawaii Five-O” and “Magnum P.I.” executive producer Peter Lenkov posted on social media that he was &#8220;devastated&#8221; and &#8220;heartbroken&#8221; by the news.
“You came in with a towel on your head mopping up sweat, and I was smitten. You charmed me into making you a regular… on the show… and in my life. You were family. And I will miss you every day, brother,” he said in a follow-up post. “PS: when we spoke last week, we laughed at how right you were from Day 1. Five-0 was our dream job. And I was so lucky we got to share that magic together.”

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The transgender suspect accused of murdering his parents at a home in Utah has admitted to the killings and stated that he would do it again, police said on Wednesday.
Law enforcement officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-catch-transgender-suspect-accused-of-double-murder-hiding-in-weeds">arrested</a> 28-year-old Collin Troy Bailey after he was found in a field of weeds on Wednesday following a roughly 12-hour search that began the night before after they received a call about a shooting at a home where a man and a woman were found dead.
Bailey, a man who claims that he is a woman, was charged with two counts of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, seven counts of shooting a gun, and aggravated burglary.
The victims — identified as 69-year-old Gail Bailey and 70-year-old Joseph — were Bailey&#8217;s parents, local media <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/51047085/unremorseful-woman-brutally-killed-southern-utah-parents-tried-to-kill-brother-police-say">reported</a>.
Police documents said that Bailey had no remorse for murdering his parents, allegedly saying: &#8220;I would do it again. I hate them.&#8221;
A police booking affidavit stated that Bailey told law enforcement that he went to the home specifically to murder his parents.
Neighbors told police that there was a lot of &#8220;volatility and bad vibes&#8221; in the family.
Bailey told police that he had &#8220;strained relationships&#8221; with multiple other family members, the document said. Multiple family members told police that they were afraid of him.
Someone in the home heard the gunshots and fled to a neighbor&#8217;s house, where they called the police.
Bailey&#8217;s brother reportedly locked himself and his wife in his bedroom during the killings.
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Bailey shot at the locked bedroom and told police that he didn&#8217;t care if he killed his brother, according to a booking affidavit.
He told police that upon breaking into the home, he opened fire on his mother, shooting her three times. When his father started coming toward him, he shot his father in the head. He later returned and shot both parents again in the head to ensure that they were dead.
&#8220;Mia describes jumping fences or walls, hiding in bushes, sleeping in a park bathroom, and other efforts to elude law enforcement,&#8221; police said in the document. &#8220;Mia bragged about [his] ability to avoid the efforts of law enforcement to locate [him], including evading officers, hiding from helicopters and hiding from drones.&#8221;

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Police Say Transgender Suspect Admits To Murdering Parents: ‘I Would Do It Again. I Hate Them.’

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Law enforcement officials in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> located a transgender suspect who they believe is responsible for murdering two people inside their home this week who share the same last name as the suspect.
Police began searching for 28-year-old Collin Troy Bailey on Tuesday night after they were called about shots fired in a neighborhood in Washington County.
They said that officers entered the home through the front door and discovered a man and a woman who had been shot to death.
Police identified Bailey as the sole suspect in the case and described him as a “transgender male transitioning to a female and [who] currently goes by the name of Mia Bailey.” They said that he wears “wigs and is known to change hairstyles frequently.”
Authorities located Bailey hiding in a field of weeds on Wednesday afternoon and quickly arrested him without further incident, according to video that was recorded from the moment that he was captured.
While no information has been released about the identities of the victims, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13546637/Trans-woman-28-run-woman-man-shot-dead-Washington-City-home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the home where the murders happened was listed as Bailey&#8217;s home address and others who were listed as living at the residence included &#8220;Gail Bailey, 69, and her husband Joseph, 70, who appear to be Bailey&#8217;s parents.&#8221;
Washington City Police Department Lt. Kory Klotz said that Bailey had a firearm on him when he was located by law enforcement and that he put it on the ground before he was arrested. The weapon was later recovered by law enforcement.
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&#8220;We have some good news,&#8221; said Officer Tiffany Mitchell with the St. George Police Department. &#8220;We have the suspect in custody. Everyone is safe. No one else was injured.&#8221;
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Police Catch Transgender Suspect Accused Of Double Murder Hiding In Weeds

Law enforcement officials in Utah are searching for a transgender suspect after two people were found murdered in their home this week.
Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Washington City Police were called about shots fired in a local neighborhood, police <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=780214064291117&amp;set=pcb.780214590957731">said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;Washington City Police Officers arrived on scene and entered the residence through the front door,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Upon entry into the home, two deceased adults (one female and one male) were located inside from apparent gunshot wounds. Officers on scene attempted life saving efforts on the two victims but efforts were unsuccessful. Upon searching the home further, no other victims and no suspects were located. From the initial investigation, it was apparent a double homicide had occurred.&#8221;
Police said that they identified a single suspect in the case, Collin Troy Bailey, who they described as a &#8220;transgender male transitioning to a female and currently goes by the name of Mia Bailey.&#8221;
Police said he is white, 5&#8217;10&#8221; tall, weighs 130 pounds, and has brown hair. They noted that he wears &#8220;wigs and is known to change hairstyles frequently.&#8221;
He was seen leaving the area in a yellow 2014 Kia Sol with Utah License Plate U069GF.
Police said that his current whereabouts are unknown and he is &#8220;considered armed and dangerous&#8221;. Police said the public should not approach him if they spot him and should instead contact law enforcement.
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Law enforcement said that they do not believe there are currently any threats to the general public, even though they suspect he may still be in the area.
Police did not say what the relationship was between the suspect and those in the home who were murdered.
&#8220;The Washington City Police Department sends our heartfelt condolences to the victim&#8217;s family in this horrific tragedy,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;We also want to thank all those who assisted with this incident, which is Washington County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, St George City Police Department, Utah Highway Patrol, Washington County Attorney&#8217;s Office, and local citizens on scene.&#8221;

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Police Searching For Transgender Suspect After Two People Murdered In Home

“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/faith-based-series-the-chosen-hits-3-at-box-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chosen</a>” creator Dallas Jenkins opened up about Season 4, 5, and what fans can expect as the hit faith-based series gets back to filming.
Speaking to The Daily Wire, the creator of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-actress-once-skeptical-about-god-says-role-has-been-life-changing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a> — which explores the life of Jesus through those who were closest to him — talked about the unique legal and financial challenges the series has faced with releasing Season 4 to the streaming site after releasing the season exclusively in theaters earlier this year.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-creator-talks-about-season-4s-extreme-pain-and-sadness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jenkins</a> has been very transparent with his audience throughout the entire delay and says it has been, “painful and no one has been more frustrated about it than I am.”
“But I do promise that Season 4 is going to be very impactful, if you haven’t seen it yet,” he added. “And that in a few years when you look back you&#8217;re not going to remember these couple of months that we didn’t want to wait.”
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In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-wait-is-finally-over-the-chosen-announces-huge-news-about-season-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> on Wednesday, “The Chosen” announced the first episode of <a href="https://www.thechosen.tv/en-us/statement?utm_source=vanity&amp;utm_medium=vanity&amp;utm_campaign=season4news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Season 4</a> will be available for streaming beginning on Sunday, June 2, with the second episode coming out the following Thursday, June 6.
“The wait is finally over,” Dallas Jenkins, creator, producer, director and writer of the hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-chosen-actress-once-skeptical-about-god-says-role-has-been-life-changing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a> said in the release.
“The response from those who’ve seen Season 4 in theaters was that this is our best season, so I can’t wait to deliver these episodes free and easy to the world,” he added.
“We wanted to offer fans a chance to see it on the big screen together in theaters,” Jenkins continued. “But I’ve maintained the show will always ultimately be available free and easy, and we’re now ready for our livestreams, which are going to be bonkers this year.”
<h4>SEASON 4</h4>
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/the-chosen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Chosen</a>” first three seasons were all available for fans to watch on the show’s <a href="https://new.thechosen.tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">app</a> and stream for free with a message about paying it forward. Season 4 was the first time they opted to release it first exclusively in theaters. Jenkins said doing so helped with funding the show so that they can provide it for free to stream.
“Releasing it in theaters first not only allowed us to give the fans a great experience, and allowed those who were willing to pay for it to to see it on the big screen and to see it in community which is important to a lot of people, see it in the way that we really intended it,” the creator said.
“But it was also able to give us a little bit of a financial boost and we have to come up with creative ways to do that when we have a show that’s ultimately free and the people don’t have to pay for it if they don’t choose to,” he added. “So, when people are willing to do that, we want to definitely take advantage of that because we need it. We have a lot of money to raise, a lot to finance. We don’t have a studio or streaming platform that’s financing this whole operation.”
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Season 4 is an emotional one with the feeling of impending doom surrounding Jesus and his followers. Jenkins talked to us about how he tries to strike a balance between the difficult parts of the greatest story in human history — about “life triumphs over death and good triumphs over evil” — and how vital it is for the audience to relate to Jesus’ disciples.
“But every good story also is not going to shy away from the pain,” Jenkins said. “And the pain and the sadness, and the impending doom is a part of life. I think it’s essential for audiences to go through with us.”
“Because maybe there’s some who don’t want to go through some of that pain but I think for others, they need to, they want to because they want to be able to relate to this story and to these people and to know that that the followers of Jesus in history, the builders of the early church … were human beings just like us,” he added.
“And they struggled just like we did and they have questions just like we do,” Jenkins continued. “And they experience poverty, oppression, and racism, and tribalism, and hardships and health problems just like we do. And that is so essential for the audience to understand and to know. Because when they relate to that then the answer and the hope that is provided can apply to them too.”
<h4>SEASON 5</h4>
Production on Season 5 has begun with more than three weeks so far of filming in Utah where 600 extras, from all over the world, were on set everyday for three weeks.
As for what fans can expect from Season 5, the creator of the series confirmed it’s going to be about Holy Week. Jenkins said that, just as the Gospel of Luke references the resoluteness of Jesus during the Passion Week, those working on the series have “absolutely” felt that same sense of resolve and urgency.
“The filming of Season 5, we are a few weeks into it, and it has really been overwhelming,” Jenkins said. “For three weeks we had 600 ‘Chosen’ fans per day on set in first-century costumes participating with us in some of these immensely important and life-changing events from scripture during Holy Week. The most impactful week in the history of the world.”
“Week one we filmed Jesus arriving in Jerusalem for Holy week and the actors were overwhelmed,” he added. “Several of them would come back after a take with tears streaming down their face talking about how humbling it was to see 600 people waving palm branches and chanting and singing and Romans on horseback and this big Jerusalem set that we’re filming on I mean it felt like we were in the first-century.”
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“That’s happened a few times, filming moments from Holy Week, historical moments that were so impactful,” Jenkins continued. “Getting a chance to recreate those and see them in real time really is jaw dropping. And having the fans there with us and crying during some of these scenes, and supporting us and telling us that the show has changed their lives, is the fuel for us.
Jenkins couldn’t say whether all of Season 5 will be first released in theaters exclusively. He added that “it’s very likely they will release the entire thing in theaters first, but hopefully next time around there won’t be a delay in the streaming.”
As the creator of the hit series, Jenkins will often say “something special is happening on the set of ‘The Chosen,’” and he told The Daily Wire that is already evident during the filming of Season 5.
Obviously, Jesus’ character (played by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jonathan-roumie-says-hes-on-mission-from-god-with-his-portrayal-of-jesus-in-the-chosen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jonathan Roumie</a>) is going to have a huge impact in the upcoming season, but another character he said the audience is going to get a deep dive into is Judas (played by Luke Dimyan).
Jenkins said during a press conference he loves looking into how Jesus’ followers didn’t know it was Judas who betrayed him.
“How they wrestle with the fact that something bad is happening,” Jenkins said. “Jesus outright told the disciples one of you will betray me. How did this impact Judas? Who is it that Judas first approached? Specifically, the Romans, the religious leaders? How did it happen without the disciples knowing. The betrayal in Season 5 is really exciting and heartbreaking.”
<h4>Popularity Growing</h4>
The creator of the series also talked about its growing popularity, noting that when singers like Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani post on <a href="https://x.com/blakeshelton/status/1792722359281184908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> about watching and loving the show, news outlets have to pay attention.
Shelton recently took to X and wrote to his 19 million followers, “Random two thumbs up from a country singer… Just finished season 3 of ‘The Chosen’ and I absolutely love it. No question in my mind why it’s a worldwide phenomenon.” Stefani <a href="https://x.com/gwenstefani/status/1792783298894410149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added,</a> “[BlakeShelton] Obsessed, Can’t wait for season 4 [thechosenTv] u better not watch w out me!! Gx.”
“… they aren’t journalists, but when the Kardashians and Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton are tweeting about how much they love the show, at some point it [success] becomes undeniable and at some point, whether you are a mainstream or faith-based journalist, you can’t deny what’s growing,” Jenkins said during a press conference later.
With over 200 million viewers, “The Chosen” is one of the most-watched shows in the world, a press release noted. The series is consistently a top performer across streaming platforms Amazon Prime, Peacock, and Netflix plus a top-rated broadcast weekly on The CW.
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<h4>SEASON 6</h4>
Looking ahead, Season 6 will deal entirely with the crucifixion and Season 7 the resurrection. Jenkins, who didn’t want to get ahead of the current season they are working on, did say that he recently read the script for episode one of Season 6 and could say that, “I&#8217;m absolutely just telling you we are doing it in a way that’s never been done.”
“And it’s really going to blow people away,” he added. “These last few seasons I think are not only going to be the best seasons but they are going to justify the time that we have taken to set them up with the first four seasons.”

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A squatter charged with murdering a Utah teenager has officially pleaded guilty to the crime.
James Brenner was charged in the 2022 disappearance of 19-year-old farmer Dylan Rounds, whose remains were found last month after Brenner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remains-found-believed-to-be-of-teen-who-disappeared-from-his-farm-in-2022-a-squatter-was-arrested-for-his-murder" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> authorities where to find the body. On Wednesday, Brenner formally pleaded guilty to Rounds’ murder, the Box Elder County Attorney’s Office said in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=843865617761943&amp;set=a.300843895397454" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
Brenner had reached a plea deal with prosecutors that required him to tell authorities where Rounds’ body had been left.
&#8220;In exchange, Brenner received a reduction from first-degree felony aggravated murder to second-degree felony murder. The second charge, desecration of human remains, was dismissed,&#8221; the attorney’s office said.
Brenner also pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted person. His plea agreement closed three cases, two of which related to Rounds. The third case involved an aggravated assault and was not related to Rounds.
Under the plea agreement, Brenner will be sentenced for each charge and will serve his time consecutively. His sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 1.
Rounds disappeared in 2022 after speaking with his grandmother on the phone, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/utah-teen-dylan-rounds-presumed-skeletal-remains-found-as-james-brenner-faces-murder-charge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“On April 9, 2024, skeletal remains presumed to belong to Dylan Rounds were recovered in the remote western Box Elder County area of Lucin,” the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Box-Elder-County-Sheriffs-Office/100069247537764/?locale=fr_FR&amp;paipv=0&amp;eav=AfYYbTyirhqFGyQDGp1dWy8CiMi5VWmwtULb7Dh1A9OOx90NRwvfGqm5k2rH16VLPWk&amp;_rdr">said</a> on Facebook. “The FBI assisted the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office by processing the area for evidence and recovering the remains.”
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Brenner was squatting on land next to Rounds’ trailer when he allegedly murdered the teen, East Idaho News <a href="https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/06/james-brenner-man-accused-of-killing-dylan-rounds-appears-in-utah-court/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last year, and was charged with one count of aggravated murder and one count of abuse or desecration of a human body. Brenner had a violent criminal history and had been arrested on outstanding warrants in June 2022 before authorities announced that he was a suspect in Rounds’ disappearance.
During a hearing last year, Brenner appeared with a limp, prompting Rounds’ parents to accuse him of attention-seeking behavior.
“He’s despicable. His whole act of limping around is a complete act,” Rounds’ mother, Candice Cooley, told East Idaho News at the time. “I don’t know if it’s so we think he’s going to die or make him some sort of deal but he wants people to feel sorry for him.”
“He looks for attention to have people feel sorry for him. That’s all. I think it’s an act,” Rounds’ father, Justin, told the outlet.
“Our hearts go out to the family of Dylan Rounds,” the sheriff’s office <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/09/us-news/utah-teen-dylan-rounds-presumed-skeletal-remains-found-as-james-brenner-faces-murder-charge/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “We offer our sincerest condolences for the loss of their family member. We understand that the pain of their loss is immeasurable, and we want to express our deepest sympathies to them. It is our hope that they can find peace moving forward.”

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Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Utah Teenager One Month After Remains Are Found

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