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Razor blade mailed to judge; prison inmate under investigation
By ksl.com- Sam Penrod
Published: 05/12/2015

AMERICAN FORK — A prison inmate serving time for murder is under investigation after he sent a letter to a judge asking for a new trial. Problem is, that's not all he sent.

Along with the handwritten letter, the Utah County Attorney's Office said Ramon Somoza included a razor blade. The convicted murderer is now under investigation for attempting to influence or retaliate against a judge.

The letter was sent to 4th District Court Judge Lynn Davis, who presided over Somoza's 2011 murder trial.

“It wasn’t actually received by the judge; it was a clerk that received it. She immediately turned it over to deputies, and there has been an investigation ongoing since that,” said Deputy Utah County Attorney Chad Grunander.

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