Salt Lake CI~, UT
DESERET NEWS
Silt Lite CIty-Ogden
Mil Arll

Frida,

D64,707
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3, 2001

ICenter gets bizarre visitor
By NaIncy Perkins
DeseretNews correspondent

8T.GEORGE···.A.bloodied,
naked man was found lying at
the feet ofthe Christus statue
r ill thevi~itQI'Scen~r atThe
.·.Churchof~esusChristof.<
Latter-daySaiJlts'~ItlPle
ground~this mo~.· •.

Thettlan, \Vhose' en~tywas
not releliSed. .early' ," ,)7; was
the subject Qfnum . 'us911 .
calls around 7:50 am..; saiq
Craig Harding, St~rge .••
. police spokesman;~li<;ellaY
the man is a 24-yeai'-oldfrbm·
. StGeorge.

"People were calling saying
said.
a naked man was running
"He was severely lacerated
down 600 South toward the
from breaking the glass on the
temple," Harding said. "We got front entrance to the visitors
more 911 calls when he goUo
center," Harding said. "At thi~
the visitorS center and began
point we don't know why he dId
pounding on the glass." .
what he did."
' .
Officers hUITied to the s~ene
The man was taken to Dixie
and found broken glas~,a~ot of Regional Medical Center,
blOod and;a man iIlsideth~ vis-. which is directly across the
itors cen~r, which Was no~yet
street from the temple grounds.
open to the public. WhendfficCalls to the visitor's center
ersapproa,ched the man he
early Friday went unanswered.
yelled something and lunged at . Dale
Bills, illS Church spokes-.
them, Harding said.
Officersusedatasergun and man, did not immediately
return calls.
energized it twice before the
man could be restrained, he
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