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Craig Roger Gregerson (born c. 1986) is a Salt Lake City, Utah man convicted of the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old Destiny Norton on July 16 2006.
Gregerson grew up the seventh of eight children in a Mormon family in Orem, Utah. According to his older brother Spencer, Gregerson "just seemed like a lazy person", and Spencer does not recall him graduating from high school. He was previously employed by Radio Shack and a number of temporary staffing agencies. He was convicted of assault in December 2004 for punching his mother-in-law in the face, and other domestic violence incidents with his wife Catherine have been reported.
Gregerson resided in a duplex in downtown Salt Lake City that shared a yard with the house that Destiny Norton and her parents shared with a number of other people who were acquainted with each other from the drum circle scene in downtown Salt Lake City.
Police search warrant affidavits revealed that Gregerson consented to an FBI polygraph test on July 24 2006, and later signed a full confession, telling authorities he had been keeping the girl’s body in his basement for eight days. Gregerson reportedly told FBI agent Steve Fillerup, the polygraph examiner, that he had been planning Destiny’s abduction "for some time" and that he had "made written plans" for the crime. Gregerson reportedly lured the girl into his row house unit, where she “panicked and began to scream", then "went limp" after he gagged her. Gregerson carried the girl’s body into his basement and sexually assaulted her. He kept the body in a plastic container, and later purchased supplies to mask the odor coming from the basement.
Gregerson was charged with kidnapping and aggravated murder on July 27 2006. Gregerson waived his rights to a speedy trial, and later waived his rights to a preliminary hearing which had originally been scheduled for October 3 and October 4 2006. In a plea bargain to avoid the death penalty, he plead guilty to capital murder and child kidnapping on December 4, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder, and fifteen years to life for the kidnapping. The sentences will be served consecutively.
References
- Destiny Norton Found Dead, Suspect Arrested
- Quiet, 'lazy' suspect has tumultuous past
- Warrant: Gregerson Planned Destiny’s Kidnapping
- October Preliminary Hearing Set For Gregerson
- His lawyers subpoena data about defendant]
- Hearing for accused child killer postponed
- Murder suspect's court date postponed one week
- Gregerson pleads guilty, gets life for killing Destiny
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