TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES.
GOOD MORNING UTAH SHOW OPEN
EMILY GOOD MORNING UTAH...
I'M EMILY CLARK.
AND, I'M BRIAN CARLSON. IT'S
5 ON THIS FRIDAY.
EMILY
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
OVERNIGHT... HELD AT GUNPOINT...
6 MISSIONARIES WITH THE CHURCH
OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY
SAINTS HELD AGAINST THEIR WILL
INSIDE A HOME NEAR 3281 WEST,
COVENTRY PARK DRIVE IN WEST
VALLEY CITY.
POLICE SAY THE 6 MISSIONARIES...
ALL YOUNG MEN SHOWED UP TO THE
WINDSOR MOBILE ESTATES FOR AN
APPOINTMENT AT 8 O'CLOCK LAST
NIGHT. THE MAN THEY WERE
MEETING... 46-YEAR-OLD PAUL
MARQUEZ. POLICE SAY HE WAS
INTOXICATED WHEN HE INVITED THE
MEN INSIDE AND PULLED A GUN ON
THEM. THE MISSIONARIES WERE HELD
INSIDE THE HOME FOR AN HOUR AND
WERE ABLE TO TALK THEIR WAY OUT
OF THE HOUSE. THEY CALLED POLICE
WHO RESPONDED AND ARRESTED
MARQUEZ. THEY FOUND 3 GUNS
INSIDE THE HOME HE'S NOW
FACING CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT... KIDNAPPING AND
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A
RESTRICTED PERSON.
