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Utah House Unanimously Honors Searchers Who Located Laurie Hacking's Remains
Summary
The Utah House passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 on Jan. 17, 2005, honoring law enforcement, volunteers and others who participated in the landfill search that located the remains of Laurie Hacking on Oct. 1, 2004; the resolution passed the House 69–0 and will be sent to the Senate for signature.
The Utah House on Jan. 17, 2005 unanimously approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, a resolution honoring the law enforcement officers, landfill staff, volunteers and others who took part in the search that located the remains of Laurie Hacking at the Salt Lake Valley Solid Waste Facility.
The reading clerk read the resolution into the record, noting that the landfill search was undertaken after Hacking’s disappearance and that the search posed unusual challenges at a facility that receives, the text states, "upward of 2,500 tons of new solid waste daily." The resolution lists participating agencies and offices that assisted in the search, including the Salt Lake City Police Department, the Utah Department of Public Safety and its State Bureau of Investigation, the Utah Highway Patrol, the Bureau of Forensic Services, the Salt Lake County and Duchesne County sheriff’s offices, and municipal police departments across the valley.
Representative Hunsaker introduced the resolution and invited members of the search effort forward for recognition. A representative of the search team, Roger Winkler, thanked the House and described the scale of the effort: "We had, an excess of, 80, public safety, searchers involved in the landfill search," he said, and praised the cross-agency and community support that enabled the operation.
The resolution commemorates that, on Oct. 1, 2004 — more than two months after Hacking’s disappearance — the search located her remains in the landfill. After summation remarks from Representative Hunsaker praising the dedication shown by law enforcement and volunteers, the House opened the vote. The presiding officer announced a tally of 69 yes, 0 no; the resolution passed the House and was to be referred to the Senate for the Senate president’s signature.
The chamber joined in applause for those recognized. The resolution expresses the legislature’s gratitude for the service and determination of those who participated in the search.
