To combat this, states, including Utah, have safe haven laws that allow women to drop off unwanted newborns to authorities with no questions asked. “They’re not 30-year-old women who can go have an abortion.” “These are usually girls who are 17, get pregnant, become scared to death and don’t want to tell their parents,” said Meyer, who has written about mothers who kill their children. Meyer said “concealers” are typically teenagers who do not repeat the act. Neighbors said they noticed Huntsman’s weight fluctuated over the years, with her toggling between baggy and tight clothes, but they didn’t realize she was pregnant.Ĭheryl Meyer, a psychology professor at Ohio’s Wright State University, said some women who kill their children hide or deny her pregnancy and then dispose of the baby after it’s born. Wall said she’s puzzled about why Huntsman would have killed the babies, especially considering her youngest daughter, now a young teen, was born during the decade Huntsman told authorities she killed the other babies. West’s parents have played an influential role in their upbringing, especially the youngest, who is still in junior high. The three daughters who were living in the house were good young women who have turned out remarkably well considering their father has been in prison, Chipman and Wall said. Neighbor Sharon Chipman said the couple married young, and Huntsman never worked except for a short stint at a grocery store. “Darren is a remarkable man, husband, brother, son, son-in-law, friend and father of our three beautiful daughters,” she wrote, continuing, “Please we need this guy to keep our family together.” West was released from a federal prison in California in January and transferred to a halfway house in Salt Lake City, said Chris Burke, spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.ĭuring the Drug Enforcement Administration investigation in 2005, agents stopped by the house, spoke with Huntsman and looked around but it’s unknown how extensive the search was.Īs he maintained his innocence, Huntsman wrote a letter asking a federal judge to consider leniency at sentencing. In August 2006, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison, but appealed three times. West pleaded guilty in federal court in 2005 to two counts of possessing chemicals intended to be used in manufacturing methamphetamine, according to court records.

Smith said the three daughters have been interviewed, but he declined to discuss what they said. He’s been cooperative, and was devastated by the discovery, he said. He was living in the house during the decade that authorities believe Huntsman had killed the babies, Smith said. Police have talked with West as they investigate his level of knowledge and involvement in the deaths, Smith said. Buhman said Huntsman is the principle suspect, but didn’t rule out more arrests as the investigation continues. Investigators believe West and Huntsman were together when the babies were born, but don’t believe he was aware of the killings. Huntsman’s three daughters - one teenager and two young adults - also lived in the house. It could take weeks to get the results, Utah County Attorney Jeff Buhman said. They don’t know who the babies’ fathers are. Investigators believe Huntsman is the mother of them all based on what she has told them but have ordered DNA tests to make sure that’s the case. West called police, who then found the bodies in the garage. He called Huntsman, who admitted to him it was her baby, according to court documents. Her estranged husband, Darren West, made the discovery Saturday with fellow family members while cleaning out the garage of the house, which is owned by his parents. During the interview with police, she was unemotional and matter of fact, according to Pleasant Grove police Lt. All but one of the babies was born alive, she said.

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