Daniel Kovach

1 month ago | kjzz.com | Wendy Halloran |Daniel Kovach

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An ongoing 2News Investigation into an agreement that was negotiated by the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office with a criminal defendant and his attorney found DA Sim Gill failed to respond to a request which directly resulted in the case being closed by a district court judge. In 2022, Tasha and Justin Mayfield’s 15-year-old daughter LaShay was dating 18-year-old Kolten Jess Rose.

Mar 26, 2025 | kutv.com | Wendy Halloran |Daniel Kovach

by Wendy Halloran & Daniel Kovach, KUTVWed, March 26th 2025 at 9:58 AMUpdated Wed, March 26th 2025 at 10:12 AMDoug Griffith is seen in a Sept. 18, 2024, mugshot. (Photo: Utah Department of Corrections)SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A convicted drunk driver who was the focus of a series of 2News Investigations and was sent to prison in large part after the judge watched nearly 10 minutes of the reporting has been released on parole from the Utah State prison in Gunnison.

Mar 11, 2025 | kutv.com | Wendy Halloran |Daniel Kovach

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — An alleged scandal at the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office and accusations of a cover-up that goes all the way up to the District Attorney himself. A prosecutor turned whistleblower came forward to Chief Investigative Reporter Wendy Halloran telling Wendy that Sim Gill swept it under the rug.

Aug 29, 2024 | kutv.com | Wendy Halloran |Daniel Kovach

PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — The lead attorney for Kent Cody Barlow, the man charged with two counts of first-degree murder has formally requested to withdraw from the case, but is he getting a fair shake from the judge? A 2 News Investigation looks into written and oral arguments on the motion and whether the judge has lost his neutrality in this high-profile case involving the deaths of two little boys, Hunter Jackson, and Odin Ratliff in 2022 at a horse boarding facility in Eagle Mountain.

Jun 6, 2024 | kmyu.tv | Wendy Halloran |Daniel Kovach

A 2 News continuing investigation into the firing of a Springville Police Officer has uncovered a practice within the Division of Children and Family Services that shows in least one case, they don’t believe the word of a police officer who suspected abuse – and to open a case, the child is supposed to be able to articulate that they are being abused in front of their alleged abuser to a police officer before DCFS opens a case.