- Christopher Hewitt, convicted of murder and assault 18 years ago, goes before parole board.
- Victim’s father and survivor Seth Coleman shared emotional testimonies about the 2007 attack.
- Hewitt expressed remorse, highlighting anger management and drug abuse classes during incarceration.
SALT LAKE CITY — A man convicted of killing his friend and injuring another man 18 years ago in an unprovoked attack had his first parole hearing on Tuesday.
Christopher Allen Hewitt drove Benjamin Perkins-Link and his friend, Seth Coleman, who were both 19, to Neffs Canyon in August 2007, allegedly to hang out. But while Perkins-Link and Coleman were talking, Hewitt came up from behind and attacked them both with a 5-foot metal pole.
Coleman was able to get away. But Hewitt repeatedly hit Perkins-Link with the pole, killing him…