UTAH
Standard-Examiner
Monday, October 3, 2005
By Tim Gurrister
Standard-Examiner staff
tgurrister@standard.net
Over a month has passed since a jury convicted Aaron Marcos Montoya of child sexual abuse and officials still wonder if they'll have to put on two more trials in two cities involving five more little girls.
Montoya's strained state of mind and plea negotiations that appear to be at an impasse make two more trials a distinct possibility, according to the lawyers involved.
"I can't think of a case where someone in prison already long term has gone to trial on similar charges," said Deputy Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings, prosecutor on all the Montoya cases. ...
The molestations that have him in prison now came while Montoya was an LDS Primary instructor, convicted of inappropriately touching three girls, ages 5 and 6, while they prayed or colored pictures in December 2004 in his Syracuse Primary class.