Walter White Charged in the Death of Samantha Mikesell
Walter White, a registered sex offender, was criminally charged today by Davis 
County prosecutors for his role in the death of Samantha Mikesell. Walter White and Samantha Mikesell struck up a friendship in 2005, when she met him through White’s son. White is a registered sex offender since his convicted in 1996 of lewdness involving a child.
Walter White was charged in Farmington’s 2nd District Court with child abuse, a second-degree felony; obstruction of justice, desecration of a body, unlawful sex with a minor and unlawful sex with a 16-year-old, all third-degree felonies. It is in connection with the death of Samantha Mikesell, whose body was found Thursday in Mueller Park Canyon. (The Desert News)
It appears that through the questioning of friends and acquaintances, the police believe that White and Mikesell were more than “just friends“ as Walter White had suggested.
In another bizarre development in this case, prosecutors charged White’s landlord, Deborah Jule, with burglary, a second-degree felony and obstruction of justice, a third-degree felony.
After Bountiful police searched White’s apartment, Davis County
prosecutors said Deborah Jule broke in through a window and stole a pair of cameras in the apartment.
“A witness indicates there were photos of the girl on the camera,” said deputy Davis County Attorney Steve Major. “She refused to turn over that camera to us and that’s why obstruction of justice.”
The cause of death has yet to be determined; however, a medical examiner stated there were no signs of trauma, and toxicology reports are pending.
She was found in oak brush wearing a bra and jeans but no shirt.
White has told police the pair went up the canyon Sunday night, drank liquor and took his antidepressant medication, but he has claimed he doesn’t remember anything between walking up the canyon and waking up in the lap of a dead Mikesell.
Pickett said White is being cooperative, but his version of events might not be accurate. Meanwhile, police on Friday were seeking a warrant to search White’s computer to see if he used it to speak with Mikesell and to to entice underage girls.
“What we found out so far is he has at least tried and maybe has picked up other 14- and 15-year-old girls,” Pickett said.