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Salt Lake City -- Mark Hacking was sentenced Monday to six years to life in prison for the shooting death of his wife while she slept last July, bringing to a close a murder that shocked Utah and still hasn't been fully explained. Judge Denise Lindberg listened to nearly two hours of emotional testimony before handing down the only sentence she could under Utah law. Lindberg said only the parole board could determine how long Hacking will ultimately stay in prison, but that she will recommend that he be held "a very long time."

Article Last Updated: 4/15/2005 08:49 AM Guilty plea by Hacking likely today The plan all along? All signs indicate neither side ever intended to go to trial By Matthew D. LaPlante The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Expect no gasps of surprise if Mark Hacking pleads guilty today. It appears that he has never intended to do anything otherwise.    Witnesses pivotal to the prosecution's case were never contacted by defense investigators - a fundamental first step in establishing a trial defense in any case, let alone one in which the defendant faces life imprisonment.    And, apparently content that...

Two men face murder trials for deaths of pregnant wives Article Last Updated: Friday, February 06, 2004 - 3:36:15 AM PST Two men face murder trials for deaths of pregnant wives One gets headlines around the world; the other is largely ignored By Amelia Hansen, STAFF WRITER REDWOOD CITY -- Deep inside the Maguire Correctional Facility, a man accused of killing his pregnant wife and unborn child sits waiting for his day in court. His name is not Scott Peterson. But like Peterson, he is in his 30s, has dark hair, and will stand trial for multiple counts of murder....

(KSL News) -- Police have confirmed that the human remains found Friday morning at the Salt Lake County landfill are those of Lori Hacking. In a statement sent to the media Detective Phil Eslinger said, "This afternoon the Salt Lake City Police Department was notified by teh Office of the Medical Examiner that dental records positively identified the remains found at the land fill as those of Lori Hacking." After weeks of fruitless efforts, the search for the body is developing at breakneck speed. First, searchers found the body at 8:20 this morning. When they made the official announcement a...

Hacking's Attorney to Challenge Confession 1 hour, 57 minutes ago By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - The attorney for Mark Hacking said he will raise the issue of mental illness and challenge his client's confession to relatives that he killed his wife, Lori, and dumped her body in a garbage bin. Hacking, 28, reportedly made the statement to his brothers when he was a psychiatric patient in the hospital, said defense lawyer Gil Athay. "To me that creates a substantial issue," Athay told Salt Lake television station KUTV Thursday. "Mental illness, mental deficiency certainly will be...

Brothers prompt confession Mark Hacking opened up to Scott and Lance after they confronted him in hospital By Matthew D. LaPlante, Matt Canham and Stephen Hunt 2004, The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune 2004-08-05 02:48:09.673 Five days into the search for their sister-in-law, Mark Hacking's brothers made a decision that could help seal his fate.    Cognizant of their promise to help find Lori Hacking, they confronted Mark in his hospital room the morning of July 24, pleaded for information and gave him the afternoon to think it over.    They returned that night. And, they said, he confessed.    "My...

Posted on Wed, Aug. 04, 2004 Hacking volunteers alias to jailers By PAUL FOY Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - A man jailed on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife told authorities he used an alias - the latest in a number of discrepancies he has offered since reporting his wife missing after a morning jog, police said Wednesday. Mark Hacking volunteered the alias "Jonathan Long" when a jailer asked him, "Have you ever used another name - that could be for anything?" He did not say why he adopted the name or how he used it and authorities did...

Search now 'unnecessary,' say families of Lori Hacking By Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News Mark Hacking told his family something important Saturday — and whatever it is, it apparently makes any further volunteer searches for his missing 27-year-old wife unnecessary. That news came late Saturday, not from Salt Lake City police but by way of a statement faxed to the Deseret Morning News and other media by Mark and Lori Hackings' families. "The families understand that Mark Hacking has provided information that makes it unnecessary for individuals or groups to continue the volunteer search," the statement reads. "At this time,...

Top Stories - AP Search Called Off for Missing Utah Woman 26 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo! By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - Relatives of a missing woman and her husband said late Saturday that the husband has given them information that prompted them to call off a volunteer search for the woman. AP Photo The families' statement did not reveal what Mark Hacking told them. Investigators said they had not yet heard from the Hackings' relatives and were trying to reach them. "If they've got information that's breaking, that's something...

Deceits Follow Husband in Hacking Case Fri Jul 30, 7:34 PM ET By PAUL FOY, Associated Press Writer SALT LAKE CITY - By all accounts, Mark Hacking was fun to be around and loving to his wife. He wanted to be liked and respected and, like his father, to become a doctor. AP Photo   But years of deceptions are catching up to Hacking, a 28-year-old former nightshift hospital orderly who has become the focus of police in the disappearance of his wife, who vanished as they were packing to move to a medical school where, it turns out, he...

I have been looking to see who all is still chatting about Lori. Seems that the chatter has come to an end. Is this because there are only minimal updates to this story???

A 'new phase' in search Hacking apartment turned back over to the family By Pat Reavy and Jennifer Dobner Deseret Morning News The apartment where Mark and Lori Hacking lived is no longer a crime scene and has been turned back over to the family. Mark Hacking Lori Hacking Tuesday, friends and family of the Hackings removed tables, chairs, a dresser, a headboard and other items that were not seized as potential evidence by Salt Lake City police. Scott Hacking, Mark's brother, said cleaning out the apartment was a difficult and somber process. "It's where she lived. It's sacred to...

SALT LAKE CITY July 26, 2004 — Three days before her husband reported her missing, Lori Hacking took a phone call at work that left her stunned and sobbing, her colleagues at a brokerage house told The Associated Press. Several colleagues said that Hacking had been arranging for on-campus housing at the University of North Carolina medical school and that they believe the school was returning a call to say her husband, Mark Hacking, was not enrolled there, as he had told her. Lori Hacking left work early after receiving the call the afternoon of Friday, July 16. Mark Hacking...

Bloodied knife is found at Hackings' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bloodied knife is found at Hackings' Police mum on reports of a blade with blood, hair Copyright 2004 Deseret Morning News By Jennifer Dobner and Pat Reavy Deseret Morning News A bloodstained knife with strands of hair attached is among the evidence Salt Lake police seized from the apartment of Mark and Lori Hacking, sources told the Deseret Morning News Saturday. The knife is among numerous items taken — including a set of box springs, some bedding and computers — from the couple's home in the six days since the newly pregnant Lori...

SALT LAKE CITY — The night after 27-year-old Lori Hacking (search) disappeared, her husband was causing a disturbance at a local hotel, FOX News has learned. Police late Monday night responded to a complaint at the Chase Suites Hotel, where Mark Hacking (search) was running around naked, only wearing a pair of sandals. When the officers realized who he was, they took him to the nearby University Neuropsychiatric Institute (search), where he was admitted as a patient. FOX News has also learned that less than a half hour before Mark Hacking called police to report that his pregnant wife never...

Pregnant Woman Disappears While Jogging Tuesday, July 20, 2004 SALT LAKE CITY — In a case reminiscent of the disappearance of Laci Peterson, a 27-year-old pregnant woman vanished during her daily morning jog, and distraught family and friends turned out Tuesday to search for her. Lori Kay Hacking, who is five weeks pregnant, went out about 5:30 a.m. Monday, heading from her Salt Lake City home to nearby City Creek Canyon and Memory Grove park for a run.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The search for 27-year-old Lori Hacking has made an unlikely connection between Salt Lake City and Chapel Hill.Lori Hacking reportedly left her Salt Lake home around daybreak Monday to go jogging and has not been seen since. Mark Hacking, Lori's husband, told family, investigators and the media that he and his wife had planned to move to Chapel Hill to attend medical school, but on Wednesday, WRAL learned that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has no record of Mark Hacking and that he is not registered to be a student at the medical...