US EditionUtah Father Who Went Missing with 3 Children on Hike Charged with Child Torture, Abuse
Micah Smith faces six felony counts after hiking with young children in a winter storm, leading to severe injuries and critical conditions, prosecutors said.
- On Saturday, Oct. 11, Micah Smith, 31, took his three children, ages 2, 4 and 8, up Broads Fork Trail and they were caught in a winter storm; searchers found them the next morning and transported all to hospital.
- Charging documents say Smith refused to turn around despite texts from Smith's wife and his 8‑year‑old daughter's pleas, and court records state he admitted not checking weather or trail reports.
- While being rushed to the hospital, officers performed 25 minutes of CPR on the 4‑year‑old boy, who arrived with a core temperature of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and later suffered a stroke requiring skull surgery.
- Prosecutors charged Micah Smith with three counts of child torture and three counts of aggravated child abuse, and a judge ordered him held without bail in the Salt Lake County jail.
- Search‑and‑rescue teams and helicopters from Intermountain Health's Life Flight and Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau responded to the hard, 6.5-mile route, while a GoFundMe raising more than $60,000 was taken down Wednesday.
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‘Defendant chose to summit a mountain over the safety of the kids:’ Father who went missing with 3 children on hike charged with child torture, abuse
A Utah father who went missing overnight last month with his three children in Big Cottonwood Canyon has been charged with multiple counts of child torture and aggravated child abuse.
‘Selfish’ Utah dad charged with child torture after dangerous hike that left children hospitalized
Micah Smith was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse and child torture for taking his 2-, 4-, and 8-year-olds on a brutal hike in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Oct. 11.
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