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Family of missing Utah 19-year-old raises reward to $100,000

BOX ELDER COUNTY, Utah — It’s formally been one month because the household of Dylan Rounds final heard from him.
After weeks with no solutions, they’re elevating the reward to seek out their son from $20,000 to $100,000.
“There’s simply no hint,” mentioned Candice Cooley, Rounds’ mom.
The Field Elder County Sheriff’s Workplace is asking this a felony case, and the FBI is now concerned — bringing in specialised tools and excessive tech.
“That’s going to be our greatest footprint. I imply, we are able to’t discover one on the bottom so perhaps we are able to discover one thing off the stuff they will actually get off of his cellphone,” mentioned Cooley. “I’m grateful they’re there, however I’m terrified that they’ve been there for 2 weeks and may’t discover something both.”
Rounds lived on his farm in Lucin, Utah. His bank card was final used at a bar in Montello, Nevada, only a day or two earlier than he was final heard from.
“If I knew he was OK, I might deal with a month,” mentioned Cooley. “However not understanding something is simply torture.”
His household mentioned his boots have been discovered 5 miles away from his trailer and that his truck seemed to be pressure-washed. Cooley mentioned the motive force’s seat was discovered ready that doesn’t match Rounds’ top.
“There’s simply no approach. I imply, why would someone need to damage this child? Why would someone need to take this child?” she mentioned.
The Field Elder County Sheriff’s Division posted a listing of the numerous companies and teams concerned within the search efforts. These companies embrace Field Elder County Search and Rescue, Field Elder County Horse Posse, Elko County Sheriff’s Workplace, Weber County Search and Rescue, Utah Division of Public Security Aero Bureau, Utah Search Canine, Rigby Police Division, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Workplace, Ogden Police Division, Davis County Sheriff’s Workplace, Search and Rescue Okay-9s of Idaho, Texas Equusearch, together with many different mates, household and volunteers.
Cooley hopes federal investigators’ involvement and the brand new six-figure reward can convey within the solutions they know are on the market.
Anybody with data is inspired to name the Field Elder County Sheriff’s Workplace. The division’s 24/7 dispatch non-emergency numbers are 435-723-5227, 435-734-3894, and 435-257-3131.
A household buddy created a public Fb group for the search that’s up to date day by day.

Utah
Alabama lands portal commitment from Utah CB Cameron Calhoun
A day after keeping one of its current cornerbacks from the transfer portal, Alabama is now adding to its future secondary. The Crimson Tide received a commitment from Utah cornerback transfer Cameron Calhoun on Wednesday. The rising sophomore will have three years of eligibility remaining.
Calhoun started one game over 11 appearances during his debut season this fall. The 6-foot, 177-pound defender led Utah with nine pass breakups to go with an interception. He also tallied 21 tackles, including one for a loss.
Calhoun, a Cincinnati native, originally signed with Michigan as a four-star recruit in the 2023 class before transferring to Utah. He was a high school teammate with Alabama freshman signee Justin Hill.
Alabama lost cornerback Jahlil Hurley (Kansas) and safety DeVonta Smith to the transfer portal earlier this month. The Tide nearly saw cornerback Jaylen Mbakwe enter as well. However, the five-star freshman had a change of heart and elected to return to the team.
Both of Alabama’s starting cornerbacks from this season, Domani Jackson and Zabien Brown, are eligible to return next year. Jackson, a rising senior will have a draft decision to make, while Brown is coming off a promising freshman campaign. The Tide also returns former Wake Forest transfer DaShawn Jones, a rising redshirt senior, who saw plenty of action both at cornerback and in the Husky role.
The addition of Calhoun ensures Alabama is covered in the event Jackson elects to depart for the draft. Regardless, the Utah transfer provides the Tide with more experienced depth in the secondary.
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5 Family Members Found Dead Inside Utah Home, 17-Year-Old Boy Hospitalized: ‘Absolutely Horrific’
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Police in Utah are investigating the deaths of five people from the same family who were found dead inside their home.
The West Valley City Police Department shared on X (formerly known as Twitter) that officers were investigating a homicide after they found “five people deceased” and one teenager injured inside a home on the 3700 block of Oxford Way — which is located about 9 miles from Salt Lake City.
The five people who were found deceased included two adults, a 42-year-old male, a 38-year-old female, an 11-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girl and a 2-year-old girl. Police noted that their “initial information” indicated that they were all related and lived together.
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Authorities said their investigation began when they were contacted by a family member on Monday, Dec. 16 who had voiced their “concerns” to police after “they had not heard from the woman who lives in the home” after visiting a few days prior.
Officers then visited the property and attempted to “make contact” with the family. However, when they arrived and knocked at the door, “no one answered,” so officers looked inside the windows of the home and “spoke to neighbors.”
“They did not find any indications of an emergency or crime so they asked the family member to keep in contact,” police said in their statement.
When one of the deceased did not show up for work on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the concerned family member decided to enter the garage of the home to check if everyone was okay. While there, she found a 17-year-old family male member suffering from “an apparent gunshot wound” and called the police.
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Officers responded to the scene just after 2 p.m., and the 17-year-old was transported to the hospital. West Valley City police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku described his injuries as “significant” in a press conference, per KTVX and NBC News.
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“He’s in a condition where we’ve not really been able to communicate with him,” Vainuku said, per NBC News. His exact condition was unknown, per the outlet.
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After searching the house, authorities found the five other bodies. However, police did not say how they may have died.
Vainuku described the scene as “absolutely horrific,” and added that it “is something that certainly will weigh heavily on investigators in this case.”
Police said in a statement that they “obtained a search warrant for the home” and investigators had started their investigation inside the home.
“Officers also have canvassed the neighborhood gathering information and any video evidence,” they added.
“At this time, we believe this incident is isolated to this home,” police continued.
Utah
Utah family of five found dead in home

FIVE members of a Utah family including children aged 2, 9 and 11 were found dead of gunshot wounds in their home on Tuesday, while one 17-year-old boy was injured, police said.
There were no suspects at large, police said, indicating the shooter was someone within the family.
“We do not believe there’s a suspect on the loose. We believe at this point that this is an incident that’s isolated to this home,“ West Valley police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku told reporters.
The 17-year-old was in the hospital undergoing treatment and it was too soon to determine whether he was a suspect or a victim, Vainuku said.
The five dead were a man, 42, a woman, 38, a boy, 11, and two girls ages 9 and 2, Vainuku said.
“This is far beyond anything routine,“ Vainuku said. “There were four (homicides) in the city for the entire year of 2024 so this more than doubles that number. … This is something that certainly will weigh heavily upon investigators.”
West Valley City is a suburb of Salt Lake City with a population of about 134,000.
Police had been called to the home on Monday by a concerned relative but nobody inside responded and officers looking through the windows found no sign of an emergency or crime, Vainuku said.
When the woman failed to show at work on Tuesday, relatives entered the home and found the 17-year-old wounded in the garage. Officers called to the scene entered the home and found the bodies, police said.
In January 2023, a 42-year-old Utah man whose wife had filed for divorce just before Christmas shot dead seven members of his family including his five children ranging in ages from 4 to 17 and then turned the gun on himself, said officials in the town of Enoch City in southwestern Utah.
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