Brian L. Rooney [SEP] convicted of
Brian L. Rooney
Brian L. Rooney (born June 27, 1970) is a former construction worker who was convicted of the abduction and murder of 21-year-old college student Michelle Gardner-Quinn, a senior at the University of Vermont, located in Burlington, Vermont.
Gardner-Quinn's body was found on October 13, 2006 at the Huntington Gorge in Richmond, stuffed into a rock crevice and covered with leaves. An autopsy revealed that she had been sexually assaulted; cause of death was strangulation and blunt force
– Mitchell ruled competent to stand trial.
- December 10, 2010 – Mitchell convicted in Elizabeth Smart abduction.
- May 25, 2011 – Brian David Mitchell is sentenced to two life sentences in federal prison for the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart.
- September 11, 2018 - The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole announced Wanda Barzee is scheduled to be released on Sep 19 because the board had failed to give her credit for time served in federal prison.
- September 19, 2018 - After serving 15 years