What was supposed to be a day hike in Utah’s Big Cottonwood Canyon is now at the center of a criminal case involving some of the most serious child abuse charges on the books.
According to FOX 13 News reporter Averie Klonowski and KUTV 2 News reporter Natalie Wada, 31-year-old Micah Zephan Smith is accused of turning a difficult mountain trail into what prosecutors describe as a life-threatening ordeal for his three young children.
Smith now faces three counts of first-degree felony aggravated child abuse and three counts of first-degree felony child torture, as reported by Wada…