Dennis Piernick & Brent Carpenter

Jun 29, 2021

This week, we are continuing with commemorating Pride Month by discussing a murder and an assault. Both crimes were solved, but the murder was not solved until 30 years later, and the assault was on a friendly bicyclist well known to those in the Logan area.

https://www.deseret.com/2012/7/12/20504383/thirty-years-later-murder-case-closed-but-little-closure-for-family#dennis-piernick-39-was-killed-may-16-1982-the-salt-lake-city-police-department-closed-the-investigation-into-his-death-july-12-2012-after-determining-the-person-who-should-be-arrested-in-the-case-was-already-dead

https://www.qsaltlake.com/news/2012/10/01/a-history-of-hate-crimes-in-utah/

https://usustatesman.com/bicycle-brent/