Killer Dads: Fathers who ended their children's lives in situations involving child custody, visitation, and/or child support
UTAH
Salt Lake County
*Father: CLINTON HART
Victim(s): Vanessa Hart (4 years)
Date of Death: June 2010
Dad got custody of child as part of “messy” divorce. Took children from Oregon to Utah and denied mother contact. One and a half years later, father charged with felony murder. In October 2010, father pleaded not guilty. Convicted of child abuse homicide in August 2011.
Utah County
Father: BRYSON DREW
Victim(s): Chanse Drew (2 years)
Date of Death: June 2013
Father with "shared" custody killed son in murder-suicide.