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Utah County Children's Justice remembers Sgt. Bill Hooser as compassionate, dedicated investigator
When staff at the Utah County Children's Justice Center in Provo learned the news about the passing of Sgt. Bill Hooser, they were heartbroken to know a member of their team had just died. The 50-year-old Santaquin officer was killed May 5 when police say he was intentionally hit by a semitruck driver evading a traffic stop. Throughout Hooser's seven-year tenure with the police department, Hooser served in a variety of roles including doing detective work. While investigating cases of child abuse in the Santaquin area, he worked with the Children's Justice Center in Provo and was ...