Utah man who killed family faced 2020 abuse investigation
By SAM METZ
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed seven family members before taking his own life this month had been investigated for child abuse years prior. Police records obtained by The Associated Press shed light on Michael Haight’s violent tendencies and the warning signs that authorities were aware of years before the tragic murder-suicide. Haight’s oldest daughter told investigators that her father had assaulted her multiple times, shaking her, choking her and banging her into the wooden part of a couch. The records show local police and prosecutors decided not to criminally charge Haight. His family’s attorney did not comment.
