In the early morning hours of August 28, 2016, a sequence of events that began with a seemingly innocent request for help quickly spiraled into a fatal encounter for 30-year-old White male Jesse Ray Rakes in Salt Lake City, Utah. The incident, initially reported as a drug deal gone awry, was later detailed by investigators as a botched robbery attempt.
Rakes, along with his associates Michael Sean Polk, 34, and Matthew Gordon Eyre, 35, were near 550 W. 300 South when they encountered Dani
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