Gerald was a student at BYU in Utah, in 1974, when he murdered Barbara Jean Rocky a fellow student.
Barbara's nude body was found by a worker in Big Cottonwood Canyon the next day by a utility company employee . Her clothing folded neatly near her head. Her purse nor a gun was found.
Barbara was shot once in the chest and five times in the back.
It took over 30 years to solve this murder.
Hicker was Arrested in Tacoma, Washington, in November 2007.
To avoid the Death Penalty and a long prison sentence ...
September 11, 2009 News reported Hicker pled guilty to second degree felony manslaughter and received up to 5 year prison sentence.
He had cancer and other health concerns and was not expected to outlive his sentence.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
November 2, 2010
"He claims he shot Rocky because he feared she might shoot him first. Hicker said he and Rocky went into Big Cottonwood Canyon that day and Rocky removed her clothing and began praying to the devil. At one point, Hicker said, he tried to touch her. Repulsed, she pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, Hicker claimed. Hicker said he then wrested the gun from her and opened fire."
Release date set for ::; October 30, 2012, six days before his sentence expires.
Other articles say, Barbara had obtained a gun, from Gerry [who is the person who reported her missing} because she thought someone was shooting at her.
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Barbara's nude body was found by a worker in Big Cottonwood Canyon the next day by a utility company employee . Her clothing folded neatly near her head. Her purse nor a gun was found.
Barbara was shot once in the chest and five times in the back.
It took over 30 years to solve this murder.
Hicker was Arrested in Tacoma, Washington, in November 2007.
To avoid the Death Penalty and a long prison sentence ...
September 11, 2009 News reported Hicker pled guilty to second degree felony manslaughter and received up to 5 year prison sentence.
He had cancer and other health concerns and was not expected to outlive his sentence.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
November 2, 2010
"He claims he shot Rocky because he feared she might shoot him first. Hicker said he and Rocky went into Big Cottonwood Canyon that day and Rocky removed her clothing and began praying to the devil. At one point, Hicker said, he tried to touch her. Repulsed, she pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, Hicker claimed. Hicker said he then wrested the gun from her and opened fire."
Release date set for ::; October 30, 2012, six days before his sentence expires.
Other articles say, Barbara had obtained a gun, from Gerry [who is the person who reported her missing} because she thought someone was shooting at her.
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Gerald was a student at BYU in Utah, in 1974, when he murdered Barbara Jean Rocky a fellow student.
Barbara's nude body was found by a worker in Big Cottonwood Canyon the next day by a utility company employee . Her clothing folded neatly near her head. Her purse nor a gun was found.
Barbara was shot once in the chest and five times in the back.
It took over 30 years to solve this murder.
Hicker was Arrested in Tacoma, Washington, in November 2007.
To avoid the Death Penalty and a long prison sentence ...
September 11, 2009 News reported Hicker pled guilty to second degree felony manslaughter and received up to 5 year prison sentence.
He had cancer and other health concerns and was not expected to outlive his sentence.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
November 2, 2010
"He claims he shot Rocky because he feared she might shoot him first. Hicker said he and Rocky went into Big Cottonwood Canyon that day and Rocky removed her clothing and began praying to the devil. At one point, Hicker said, he tried to touch her. Repulsed, she pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, Hicker claimed. Hicker said he then wrested the gun from her and opened fire."
Release date set for ::; October 30, 2012, six days before his sentence expires.
Other articles say, Barbara had obtained a gun, from Gerry [who is the person who reported her missing} because she thought someone was shooting at her.
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Barbara's nude body was found by a worker in Big Cottonwood Canyon the next day by a utility company employee . Her clothing folded neatly near her head. Her purse nor a gun was found.
Barbara was shot once in the chest and five times in the back.
It took over 30 years to solve this murder.
Hicker was Arrested in Tacoma, Washington, in November 2007.
To avoid the Death Penalty and a long prison sentence ...
September 11, 2009 News reported Hicker pled guilty to second degree felony manslaughter and received up to 5 year prison sentence.
He had cancer and other health concerns and was not expected to outlive his sentence.
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
November 2, 2010
"He claims he shot Rocky because he feared she might shoot him first. Hicker said he and Rocky went into Big Cottonwood Canyon that day and Rocky removed her clothing and began praying to the devil. At one point, Hicker said, he tried to touch her. Repulsed, she pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, Hicker claimed. Hicker said he then wrested the gun from her and opened fire."
Release date set for ::; October 30, 2012, six days before his sentence expires.
Other articles say, Barbara had obtained a gun, from Gerry [who is the person who reported her missing} because she thought someone was shooting at her.
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