1 00:00:59,358 --> 00:01:02,395 Good morning I’m Sergeant Mark Wine with the Sal Lake City 2 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:06,332 Police Department’s Public Relations Unit Today, we’ll be 3 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:09,236 providing an update to the twenty nineteen homicide of 4 00:01:09,236 --> 00:01:13,240 Blaire Leavitt First you will hear from Blair’s mother Marie 5 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:18,344 Leavitt Followed by Salt Lake City Po Captain Victor Sib 6 00:01:18,344 --> 00:01:21,815 Afterwards, we allow time for a few questions We know there 7 00:01:21,815 --> 00:01:25,451 will be many specific questions about this case that we will 8 00:01:25,451 --> 00:01:28,888 not be able to answer as this remains an ongoing and active 9 00:01:28,888 --> 00:01:32,358 investigation We appreciate your patience and understanding 10 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:36,696 in the matter Finally, you will hear this number again But 11 00:01:36,696 --> 00:01:40,433 anyone with information on this case should call eight zero one 12 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:44,771 seven nine nine, three thousand and reference the Blaire Lea 13 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:50,911 homicide Now I’d like to invite Miss Leavitt to the podium 14 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:55,716 Good morning 15 00:01:57,851 --> 00:02:01,454 It’s been two and a half years since Catherine Blair Levitt 16 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:05,391 was taken from us 17 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:11,998 I know that the Po community here in Salt Lake is huge. I 18 00:02:11,998 --> 00:02:15,335 know that there are people out there who know things about 19 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:21,774 this case. I am going to plead with you and ask you to put 20 00:02:21,774 --> 00:02:28,347 yourselve in my shoes in my family’s shoes 21 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:33,120 She was my only daughter 22 00:02:33,953 --> 00:02:38,158 She was my son’s only sister 23 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:48,301 She was an auntie She was a granddaughter She was a to many 24 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:54,641 Blair was very very loved and still lives 25 00:02:55,842 --> 00:03:00,146 I implore you to do the right thing. If you know anything 26 00:03:00,146 --> 00:03:06,553 about this case I would ask that you please do the right 27 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:09,589 thing 28 00:03:10,890 --> 00:03:16,896 I love you Claire. I went two and a half years to this day 29 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:23,804 and I am not going to give up. Until this is all. All the 30 00:03:23,804 --> 00:03:29,975 suspect all those cowards out there have been brought to just 31 00:03:29,975 --> 00:03:34,714 I’m her mother first and foremost 32 00:03:34,747 --> 00:03:43,256 and this is all about Blaire Remember her name. 33 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:50,996 And I thank you 34 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:20,526 Good morning. I’m Captain Victor Si the commander of Salt 35 00:04:20,526 --> 00:04:23,396 Lake Lake City Police Department investigations di 36 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:25,898 With me today is Lieutenant Todd Mitchell. He commands the 37 00:04:25,898 --> 00:04:29,835 Person Crimes Unit within the division Before we begin, 38 00:04:29,835 --> 00:04:33,072 Marie, thank you for for being here Thank you for your 39 00:04:33,072 --> 00:04:35,408 continued support and thank you for your patience. I know, I 40 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:39,879 know this isn easy. Um these are the cases that keep us up 41 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:43,816 at night. And I want to assure you that we will continue We 42 00:04:43,816 --> 00:04:47,520 will continue to pursue this case and seek justice for for 43 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,424 Blaire and answers for you and your family okay? So, thank 44 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:54,694 you. Today we are here to announce that through an 45 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:57,864 extensive investigation we have identified six suspect in the 46 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:00,967 murder of Blair Leavitt as well as in the obstruction of 47 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:06,306 justice and hamper our case to bring this to to the courts Um 48 00:05:06,306 --> 00:05:09,509 a little background this investigation be twenty-seven 49 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:13,046 July two thousand 19 when Salt Lake City Police officer 50 00:05:13,046 --> 00:05:15,648 responded to a residence in the area of twelve hundred North 51 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:21,922 Red Road. Upon their arrival they found miss Leavitt was the 52 00:05:21,922 --> 00:05:25,392 victim of a gunshot wound. Uh they evacuated her to a nearby 53 00:05:25,392 --> 00:05:28,061 hospital and despite the valiant life- measures taken by 54 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:31,898 medical person she succumbed to her injuries and died at the 55 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:35,134 hospital. 56 00:05:36,068 --> 00:05:38,872 The people responsible for miss Leavitt’s death need to be 57 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:42,443 brought to justice We know there are people who have lied 58 00:05:42,443 --> 00:05:44,745 and try to minimize their involvement or their knowledge 59 00:05:44,745 --> 00:05:50,216 or or any role in this in this case Um and we hope those lies 60 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:54,321 end today We hope that someone will come forward with one 61 00:05:54,321 --> 00:05:57,791 critical piece of information one cru item of evidence that 62 00:05:57,791 --> 00:06:02,328 will help us march towards our goal of bringing justice for 63 00:06:02,328 --> 00:06:06,500 for Blaire and Answers and closure to her family And bring 64 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:12,339 this case from an investigation into a courtroom. Through this 65 00:06:12,339 --> 00:06:15,809 investigation we’ve been able to verify or we have identified 66 00:06:15,809 --> 00:06:20,380 rather six su in this case. These are the individual on the 67 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:24,785 screen They are all su in this case. They have some role or 68 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:29,589 some responsibility in miss Bla murder I’m sorry, miss 69 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:32,992 Leavitt’s murder 70 00:06:34,326 --> 00:06:39,433 All six of these suspects were very confident We’re present 71 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:42,902 We’re like I said had some rule. However, one of these 72 00:06:42,902 --> 00:06:47,708 suspect is responsible for miss Blair’s murder One of these 73 00:06:47,708 --> 00:06:51,443 suspects point a handgun at her, pulled the trigger, and 74 00:06:51,443 --> 00:06:56,751 fired the bullet that killed miss Lea I want to talk 75 00:06:56,751 --> 00:07:00,953 directly to those who we have alleged of this heinous crime 76 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:03,289 It’s time you’ve come, it’s time you come forward You’ve 77 00:07:03,289 --> 00:07:08,728 been running from this for far too long This is your chance to 78 00:07:08,728 --> 00:07:12,398 come forward, set the record straight. To be the first one 79 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:15,968 to come forward and to tell us exactly what happened that 80 00:07:15,968 --> 00:07:21,441 night for that day. Who killed miss Leavitt Excuse me. 81 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:25,011 Finally, I haven’t asked for our community I know that these 82 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:30,850 suspect have spoken with family members friends cohorts, 83 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:34,420 etcetera We know that members of the community have heard 84 00:07:34,420 --> 00:07:37,257 something about this homicide They know some of the facts. 85 00:07:37,257 --> 00:07:41,361 They know some of the players. They know what went on in that 86 00:07:41,361 --> 00:07:48,233 reside We’re asking you to come forward These people may live 87 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:53,339 in Utah or they may live in California We have people 88 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:57,009 responsible for this homicide living in both places We 89 00:07:57,009 --> 00:08:01,481 want to know what went down 27 July 2000 in that re If you 90 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:04,716 have any information that can help us further our 91 00:08:04,716 --> 00:08:07,687 investigation and take this, like I said, out of the 92 00:08:07,687 --> 00:08:10,423 investigative mode and into a courtroom we would great 93 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:13,360 appreciate it. Again, that number, that’s Se Wyen gave you 94 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,929 seven, nine, nine three thousand eight, zero, one, 95 00:08:16,929 --> 00:08:20,399 seven, nine, nine, three thousand. You can remain 96 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:24,036 anonymous Please when you do call reference the Blaire 97 00:08:24,036 --> 00:08:30,375 Leavitt homicide I think with that, I’m now happy to answer a 98 00:08:30,375 --> 00:08:33,179 few questions but I do want to caution you that this is an 99 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:37,183 open and active investigation and therefore I cannot I will 100 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:40,752 not answer certain questions and I also would ask you to be 101 00:08:40,752 --> 00:08:43,723 respectful. We do have family members here in your line of 102 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:50,497 question So, with that, any questions Yes ma’am. Interest 103 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:56,503 Again that’s an active and investigative active and 104 00:08:56,503 --> 00:08:59,071 ongoing part of our investigation. We always, we we 105 00:08:59,071 --> 00:09:02,842 withhold that certain bit of information from from the 106 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:05,711 public so that you know, we can verify things and that we can 107 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:08,814 cement our investigate our the results of our investigation 108 00:09:08,814 --> 00:09:12,085 Yes, ma’am. 109 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,759 Knows through our investigation Sir Are there any charges filed 110 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:21,694 against these six in the intersection There are no 111 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:24,196 charge filed at this point. And are you just looking for 112 00:09:24,196 --> 00:09:26,899 information so you can file charges Are these six people 113 00:09:26,899 --> 00:09:29,235 missing Are you looking for these? No, they’re not missing. 114 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:32,705 We know who they are. But we we want them to come forward. We 115 00:09:32,705 --> 00:09:35,340 want members of the community come forward to help us further 116 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:40,180 our investigation. Sir. None of them have actually None of them 117 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:44,950 have been charge Have they been arrested No, that would 118 00:09:44,950 --> 00:09:47,821 require, that would require charges. Have they been 119 00:09:47,821 --> 00:09:51,558 questioned? Yes, they have been question And back to the loader 120 00:09:51,558 --> 00:09:55,995 question Can you at least say 121 00:09:57,530 --> 00:10:00,733 I I can’t speak to that at this time. I’m sorry I believe it 122 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:03,970 started 123 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:11,010 Well, that is how the call came in Yes, initially, that’s how 124 00:10:11,010 --> 00:10:15,515 the call came in to the police but the circumstances surround 125 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:18,751 that. I’m not at liberty to discuss right now One final 126 00:10:18,751 --> 00:10:23,422 question, yes, ma’am. Why is this 127 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:28,595 We did have the information before the time Sometimes 128 00:10:28,595 --> 00:10:31,297 information that we have we do need to sit on. We do need to 129 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:33,833 hold close to the chest and excuse me we do need to hold 130 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,502 close to the chest until such time that it’s appropriate to 131 00:10:36,502 --> 00:10:40,240 release that information Um we not just, we just don’t band 132 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:43,843 about names and call them suspects until we’re certain 133 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:46,312 that they’re suspect right? Is it fair to say that some of 134 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:48,180 these people have been on your radar for two years? These 135 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:51,050 people have been on our radar, yes, sir With that, thank you 136 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:56,656 very much. I appreciate you you all coming. 137 00:10:56,789 --> 00:11:03,863 Sure It’s S as in Sam I E, B as in boy E N E C K. I like how 138 00:11:03,863 --> 00:11:07,333 you snu in an extra question Look at you You’re good. you’re 139 00:11:07,333 --> 00:11:10,403 good.