By Tori Richards
July 26, 2007
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (Crime Library) — This week marks one year since a massive search effort for a young a girl came to a tragic end when her body was found stuffed inside a plastic tub in a neighbor's basement. Her loving parents have managed to eke out some semblance of a life thanks to overwhelming support from the community, friends and their church.
Rick and Rachael Norton have moved away from the low-income downtown duplex that held the horrific memories of daughter Destiny, 5, who disappeared while playing in their side yard only to surface seven days later in the filthy basement of a secretive neighbor.
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| Destiny Norton |
Destiny was found on July 24, 2006, capping off a massive search involving hundreds of volunteers who scoured every block of Utah's capital city. Her killer, Craig Gregerson, 21, even aided in the search and invited FBI agents into his home while the community desperately held out hope that she was alive.
Last December, Gregerson pleaded guilty to first degree murder and child kidnapping in order to avoid the death penalty. He also admitted to having sex with Destiny's corpse but wasn't charged with that offense. Destiny was suffocated — squeezed to death — Gregerson would later confess.
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