03/01/2023
Utah — “At the time of that conversation, the KSL Investigators had already filed two public record requests with the Davis County Sheriff's Office, seeking any reports involving Homer. Both times, no records related to sexual assault were provided.
It wasn't until the KSL Investigators sent a third request, after learning the names of both women, that the sheriff's office located their report, which revealed why Steed and the other woman hadn't heard back.
"After speaking with Syracuse Police Department, it was determined a majority of victims resided in their jurisdiction, therefore they will be taking over as the case agents," a Davis County sheriff's detective wrote in the report. "This case will be closed with nothing further to investigate."
Davis County Sheriff Kelly Sparks did not agree to an interview, but his office sent a statement in response to the KSL Investigators' request to discuss the two cases.
"During our investigation, the detective assigned to the case inaccurately believed that charges for these two assaults would be handled by a different agency that had similar open cases on Mr. Homer," the statement read. "Recently, our office was made aware that internal protocols were not followed and subsequently, those cases were wrongfully closed. We recognize that our lapse in protocol resulted in a delay in justice for these two victims and we're sincerely sorry. Since learning of our mistake, our investigations unit has reopened these cases and a new detective has been assigned who is currently reexamining the case."
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