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Utah Mother Who Killed Six Newborns Remains in Prison as Parole Hearing Set for 2064

Court records describe concealed births tied to addiction that culminated in a 2015 guilty plea yielding a maximum Utah sentence.

Overview

  • Darren West found six boxed infant remains in the garage of the former Pleasant Grove home in April 2014, prompting the investigation.
  • Authorities said a seventh baby appeared stillborn, and officials confirmed West was the father as the couple also had three surviving children.
  • Prosecutors detailed that between 1996 and 2006 Megan Huntsman killed six newborns by suffocation or strangulation immediately after delivery.
  • Huntsman pleaded guilty in 2015 to six counts of murder and was sentenced in Provo to at least 30 years in prison with the possibility of life.
  • Prosecutor Jeff R. Buhman described the killings as cold and calculated, while Huntsman attributed her actions to meth addiction followed by alcohol and depression.