Dog Valley, is retelling the story to honor his memory.In November 1998, 28-year-old Gordon Church had stopped at a 7-11 for cigarettes before meeting friends for an early Thanksgiving dinner.
It was there he met Michael Archuleta and Lance Wood, who convinced Church to travel with them to nearby Cedar Canyon where they tortured, raped, and murdered him by beating him to death before burying him underneath a nearby tree.The Millard and Iron County sheriff’s department discovered that Archuleta and Wood had pulled Church out of his car and put a knife to his neck.When he broke free, they tackled him to the ground and broke his arm.