HAVE THEM THERE FOR YOU AT KUTV.COM. >>THE WAY SOMEBODY ELSE DESCRIBED IT, WHERE TIME STANDS STILL FOR YOU, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE MOVES ON. IT'S PRETTY ACCURATE. 2 YEARS AGO A CAR RAN OFF A ROAD IN EAGLE MOUNTAIN HITTING AND KILLING 23 YEAR OLD LITTLE BOYS WHO WERE PLAYING TOGETHER THAT DAY. >>THE SAID 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT. ON 2 NEWS AT 6:00 ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATHS, HUNTER'S MOM AGREED TO SIT DOWN WITH CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER WENDY HALLORAN TO TALK ABOUT A MIX UP. IN THIS CASE, IT MADE THE BOY'S DEATH EVEN WORSE, WENDY. WELL, HEIDI AND MARKET HAS BEEN A VERY HARD CASE FOR BROOKE AND JEREMY, JAZZ AND TERESA AND BODY RATLIFF. I SAT DOWN WITH BROOKE AND, AS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE, IT WAS MADE HARDER AS NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED ON HER TERMS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER THE TRAGEDY. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER? THE MOST IMPACT YOUR SON, >>HE SMILES DUMBELLS >>HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY, SO HE WOULD GIVE YOU A HUG. WHETHER HE KNEW YOU CAN ALSO LEFT TO RIGHT VERSUS 2: >>JUST 1 THIS 1, JUST 1 IN PARTICULAR YET SHANI HE'S PART OF ANGELS LANDING BUT HE'S A RETIRED FORESTS THAT JUST HANGS OUT. HUNTER CLAIM THAT AS HIS HORSE AND HE WAS THERE AS HUNTER WAS LAID TO REST. YOU HAVE FACED UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY AND IN THE FACE AND THIS >>YOU APPEAR TO BE HOLDING YOURSELF TOGETHER >>ON THE SURFACE IS THAT HOW YOU FEEL INSIDE, >>THERE'S THERE'S A LOTS OF EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWNS AND THE MANY THINGS THAT YOU MISS >>WHAT, DO YOU MISS THE MOST BEING ABLE TO >>HUNTER WOULD COME UP >>JUST BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HAVE HIS BLANKET AND MOM, I NEED TO CUDDLE YOU. >>HE >>DO WE TAKE IT 1 DAY AT A TIME >>WE TALK WITH ELEMENTS FAMILY OFTEN, SO WE'RE NOT EXACTLY ALONE IN AN OBESE PARENTS. THERESA AND BOBBY HAD DECIDED THEY WANTED HIS ORGANS DONATED AND WISHED TO HAVE HIS BODY CREMATED. VERKIN JEREMY HAD NOT CONSIDERED SUCH A GIFT AND WE'RE NOT ASKED ABOUT DONATING HIS ORGANS. BROOKS SAYS THE PLAN WAS FOR HUNTER TO BE EMBALMED AND BURIED IN THE CEMETERY'S ANGEL GARDEN STATE >>CRACKED >>YEAH SO WHILE >>THE PREPARATIONS FOR THAT HAPPENED >>BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY MISIDENTIFIED, KEPT BEING MISIDENTIFIED, AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THAT HUNTERS BODY WAS THE 1 THAT BECAME THE ORGAN DONOR. WE ARE NOT IDENTIFYING THE HOSPITAL WHERE THIS HAPPENED >>YOU, CAN NOW >>IS HEART VALVES AND THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE DONATION OR IF WE WANTED THEM TO PUT HIM BACK IN. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU HAD INTENDED FOR YOUR SON, >>WE WERE NEVER ASKED ODEN STAND BOBBY ALREADY GRIEF STRICKEN OVER LOSING HIS ONLY CHILD WAS INCONSOLABLE. 1 OF THE HARDEST PARTS WAS >>GETTING ODIN'S DAD TO REALIZE THAT IT WAS NOT HIS FAULT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE WAS THE 1 WHO SAID YES TO ODIN, AND SO HE FEELS EXTREMELY GUILTY THAT HE THINKS HE SAID YES TO HUNTER. THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. BROOKS SAYS SHE GOT 1 CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL. THEY APOLOGY OVER THE PHONE AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS WE WANTED. >>THAT'S ALWAYS THOUGHT, >>HERE'S THE PHONE NUMBER. IF YOU WANT TO CALL BACK AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS. >>AND, THAT WAS THAT >>MORE, THAN A NECKLACE NEGLIGENT. >>SOME SOME DEGREE I ASKED HER IF SHE FIND SOME MEASURE OF COMFORT, KNOWING THROUGH THIS MISTAKE HER SON HAS HELPED OTHERS. SOMETIMES IT DOES >>BUT AFTER WAITING 2 YEARS AND NOT GETTING 1, THANK YOU CARDS >>YOU WONDER IF IT WAS REALLY THE RIGHT CHOICE, >>THERE. WERE 4 HEART VALVES INTO CORNICE >>6 PEOPLE WE SEEM PLAYFUL BEING THINGS BECAUSE OF HUNTER >>1. THANK YOU CARD. THE DONOR COMPANY WE ARE ALSO NOT NAMING IS CONTRACTED WITH THE HOSPITAL. THEY LIKE TO DO THAT BLAME GAME. WELL, WE'RE JUST A 3RD PARTY AND IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THEY SEND A THANK YOU CARD. SLAP IN THE FACE TO >>YEAH >>NOW THE JAZZ FAMILY POSTED A STATEMENT ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATHS THAT THEY CALL AN ANGEL VERSURI TITLING IT BEST FRIENDS TO, +,INF AND BEYOND THE END OF THEIR STATEMENT SAYS HUNTER BECAME A DONOR IN MEMORY OF HIS BEST FRIEND ODIN. TOGETHER THEY BOTH BECAME HEROES FOREVER. BEST FRIENDS AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND THE 1ST EVER ODEN HUNTER MEMORIAL RIDE WILL KICK OFF IN EAGLE MOUNTAIN ON SUNDAY AT 11 CARS ARE ASKED TO LINE UP AT THE CORY B. RIDE MEMORIAL PARK MARK AND HEIDI >>THANK YOU THE FAMILY OF 1 OF THE BOYS KILLED IN THAT EAGLE MOUNTAIN CRASH, NOW SUING THE STATE OF UTAH. IT IS A LAWSUIT FROM THERESA AND BOBBY RATLIFF- PARENTS OF ODIN RATLIFF ALSO NAMED IN THE SUIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ADULT PROBATION AND PAROLE, AND ALSO WASATCH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. >>THAT LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE STATE AND WASATCH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. THE NEW, THE CAN'T. CODY BARLOW WAS IN VIOLATION OF HIS PAROLE BEFORE THE DEADLY CRASH AND THEN CONCEALED IT IN FAVOR OF 20,232 NEWS. INVESTIGATES UNCOVERED THE FACT THAT BARLOW TESTED POSITIVE FOR DRUGS 3 WEEKS BEFORE THE CRASH AND THEN STOP GOING TO DRUG TREATMENT. ENTIRELY WASATCH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT IT TO A P. N. P. A PMP NEVER ASKED AND THEY CLAIMED IT HAD NO CLUE THAT HE WASN'T SHOWING UP FOR HIS TREATMENT. AND A QUICK LOOK BACK AT THE PAST 2 YEARS AND SOME KEY DATES FOR YOU. THE CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THAT CRASH ON 5/2/2022, A PLAYING IN A HORSE, CORRAL BARLOW, MADE HIS 1ST COURT APPEARANCE 2 WEEKS AFTER THE CRASH ON MAY 19TH. BARLOW WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER, BUT THAT WAS LATER CHANGED TO 2 COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER. THOSE CHANGES STARTED THE COURT PROCESS OVER AND A NEW PRELIMINARY HEARING BEGAN IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AFTER MULTIPLE DELAYS.
