Missing Utah mother, children found unharmed

Pat Reavy, KSL.com

ST. GEORGE, Utah (KSL.com) — A St. George mother and her 3 young children who constabulary said were “missing and endangered” person been recovered safe by nan Nevada Highway Patrol.

St. George constabulary issued a little connection conscionable aft 2 p.m. saying that Brittany Etta Deal, 27, and her 3 children — property 2, 5 and 9 — had been recovered unharmed and that David Gene Remley, 36, was successful custody.

“St. George constabulary detectives are moving pinch nan Nevada Highway Patrol to find what happened. More accusation will beryllium released erstwhile it becomes available,” nan section stated.

Deal and her children had not been heard from since Monday day and constabulary put retired an alert calling them “missing and endangered.” The children were past seen being picked up from a St. George time attraction halfway astir 5:15 p.m. Monday by Remley.

“David was driving a achromatic GMC Terrain registered to Brittany Deal. It is chartless if Brittany was wrong nan conveyance aliases thing astir her whereabouts,” St. George constabulary announced successful a connection Tuesday. “There is an progressive protective bid betwixt David and Brittany and nan children from a caller family fight. Because of this, we see Brittany, Quetin, Braylee and Briston to beryllium endangered.”

According to nan Missing People successful America website, Deal was not believed to person been successful nan vehicle.

By Tuesday afternoon, nan Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office successful Nevada, which borders southwest Utah, posted connected its Facebook page that Remley “could perchance beryllium successful our area do not approach. If you person immoderate accusation aliases travel successful interaction pinch antheral aliases conveyance pictured please interaction LCSO immediately.”

Remley has a agelong history of home violence, according to tribunal records. Most recently, he was charged Friday successful 5th District Court pinch aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and 3 counts of home unit successful nan beingness of a child, violating a protective bid and witnesser tampering, third-degree felonies. A warrant was issued Friday for his arrest.

The charges stem from an Aug. 14 incident during which Deal was hospitalized pursuing a conflict pinch Remley, her boyfriend, according to tribunal documents. Remley head-butted Deal, causing her to suffer consciousness, charging documents state. Deal had a protective bid against Deal astatine nan clip that was issued June 29 owed to a anterior home unit incident.

In June, Remley was arrested and later charged pinch assaulting Deal erstwhile she told him she nary longer wanted to beryllium pinch him, according to a constabulary booking affidavit.