Gary Arthur Bishop (1951-1988) was an excommunicated former Mormon from Hinckley, Utah who was executed by lethal injection on June 10, 1988 at the Utah state prison at Point of the Mountain, for five counts of capital murder, five counts of aggravated kidnapping, and one count of sexually abusing a minor. He had confessed to the murders of five young boys for sexual motives in 1983, as a result of a routine police investigation, and led the police to three skeletons near Cedar Fort and two more recent corpses near Big Cottonwood Creek. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Mormon is a colloquial name referring to Latter Day Saints, derived in the 1830s from the Book of Mormon, one of their books of scripture, whose compiler was called the prophet Mormon. ... Hinckley is a town located in Millard County, Utah, in the middle of the Sevier Desert. ... Lethal injection table at the Huntsville Unit in Texas Lethal injection is a method of capital punishment. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // History Early history Native Americans have lived in Utah for several thousand years; most archeological evidence dates such habitation about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. ... Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ... // Sexual abuse in general Sexual abuse is a form of abuse that is made by means of the sexual behavior between an victim(s) and offender(s). ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. ... Cedar Fort is a town located in Utah County, Utah. ...
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