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Twenty eight year old Gordon Church was a kind and gentle young man. He was born in the small town of Fillmore, Utah with a population of 2,592 as of the 2020 census. He was a college student at Southern Utah State College, or SUSC for short, in Cedar City, Utah, the site of The Utah Shakespeare Festival and is now Southern Utah State University. A chance meeting at a convenience store in 1988 turned into a terrifying and deadly night for Gordon and a case full of twists and turns that is ongoing to this day.
The details of this crime are graphic; discretion is advised.
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[00:00:31] Begin.
[00:00:32] 28-year-old Gordon Church was a kind and gentle young man.
[00:00:37] He was born in the small town of Fillmore, Utah with a population of 2,592 as of the
[00:00:45] 2020 census.
[00:00:47] He was a college student at Southern Utah State College, or SUSC for short, in Cedar
[00:00:53] City, Utah, the site of the Utah Shakespeare Festival and is now Southern Utah State University.
[00:01:01] A chance meeting at a convenience store in 1988 turned into a terrifying and deadly night
[00:01:07] for Gordon and a case full of twists and turns that is ongoing to this day.
[00:01:15] The details of this crime are graphic.
[00:01:18] Discretion is advised.
[00:01:23] Thank you for listening to Crimatorium, the place where crime resides.
[00:01:38] Crimatorium can also be found on YouTube.
[00:02:09] We often hear the stories of parents warning their children about the dangers of strangers.
[00:02:16] But the reality is, children are more likely to come to harm by people they know and trust
[00:02:22] than people they don't.
[00:02:24] Here at Stolen Lives we believe cases involving crimes against children do not get the attention
[00:02:30] they deserve.
[00:02:32] Listen to Stolen Lives on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to great podcasts
[00:02:37] like the one you are listening to today.
[00:02:45] Today we will return to my home state of Utah.
[00:02:49] I remember hearing about this case years ago but I had no idea just how twisted and
[00:02:54] brutal it was until I read about it again recently.
[00:02:59] In 1988, Gordon Church was attending Southern Utah State College in Cedar City, Utah,
[00:03:06] reading theater tech.
[00:03:09] He was living with his grandma in Cedar City to save money on rent and in return he would
[00:03:15] help her around the house.
[00:03:18] He was 28 years old and had the quintessential 80's hair.
[00:03:22] He was a kind and gentle man that loved his family very much.
[00:03:27] His friends and even those who have been involved in this case in any way often get
[00:03:31] emotional just talking about him almost 35 years later.
[00:03:37] Gordon came from a family that was very active in the Mormon Church.
[00:03:43] On November 23, 1988, Gordon needed to make a stop at the 7-Eleven in Cedar City to buy
[00:03:50] cigarettes before meeting some friends for dinner.
[00:03:54] On his way into the store a conversation started between Gordon and Michael Anthony
[00:03:59] Archuleta and Lance Conway Wood who had gone to the store to buy soft drinks for their whiskey.
[00:04:08] Wood and Archuleta asked Gordon to take them cruising in his 1978 T-bird.
[00:04:14] Gordon drove them up and down Main Street and stopped at one time to speak to some
[00:04:18] women before driving to a secluded area at Cedar Canyon.
[00:04:24] What exactly happened next?
[00:04:26] Gordon and Archuleta and Wood know.
[00:04:29] They each told varying versions about the events of that night and continued to do so.
[00:04:36] The following is the version that has been pieced together for research and the evidence
[00:04:41] gathered that night.
[00:04:44] Sometime during the car ride, Gordon let it be known to the two that he was gay.
[00:04:49] It was at this time that Archuleta and Wood decided to rob him.
[00:04:54] The three men got out of the car and Archuleta leaned Gordon over the hood of his car and
[00:04:59] began to engage in sex with him but stopped.
[00:05:03] Wood would later say that Archuleta sexually assaulted Gordon by knife point.
[00:05:08] Another version is that Archuleta proceeded with the sex act with the use of a condom.
[00:05:14] When he was done, Archuleta asked Wood who was standing by the trunk of the car
[00:05:19] if he wanted any.
[00:05:21] Wood declined.
[00:05:23] Gordon was beaten and thrown to the ground and put in the trunk of the car where he was
[00:05:28] bound with tire chains and a bungee cord.
[00:05:32] The man then drove to Millard County to a place called Dog Valley, approximately 80 miles
[00:05:38] away.
[00:05:40] One of Gordon's friends told the media that he hated tight spaces and rooms with no
[00:05:44] windows so this must have been absolute torture for him.
[00:05:50] During the drive Archuleta yelled at Gordon not to mess with the lights although he would
[00:05:55] later claim that he actually hollered to him to ask if he was alright.
[00:06:01] Once they arrived Gordon was removed from the trunk.
[00:06:05] Not knowing what to do next it was decided that they would attach cables to his testicles,
[00:06:11] the other end being attached to the battery in an attempt to electrocute him.
[00:06:17] At some point Archuleta cut Gordon's throat again, the two cuts now forming an axe.
[00:06:26] He was then beaten and sexually assaulted with a tire iron and a tire jack.
[00:06:32] Archuleta and Wood then dragged his body under a tree and covered it with branches sweeping
[00:06:37] the path back to the car of any footprints.
[00:06:42] The two men fled the area in Gordon's car and drove north to Salt Lake City, about 167
[00:06:48] mile drive.
[00:06:51] The car was left abandoned in the lot of an apartment complex where Archuleta's brother
[00:06:55] lived.
[00:06:58] They went to a friend's apartment and she noticed that their clothes were caked
[00:07:01] in blood.
[00:07:03] They told her that they had just been rabbit hunting.
[00:07:07] The two headed to a thrift store, bought new clothes, dumped their bloody clothes in a drainage
[00:07:12] ditch, discarded the contents of Gordon's wallet and hitchhiked back to Cedar City,
[00:07:18] stopping along the way to eat breakfast.
[00:07:22] 26 year old Archuleta and 19 year old Wood were recent parolees who knew each other
[00:07:29] from prison.
[00:07:31] They lived together in an apartment in Cedar City along with their girlfriends which
[00:07:35] was a parole violation.
[00:07:39] Both men were adopted and each had been in trouble with the law.
[00:07:45] Archuleta was five when he was adopted.
[00:07:47] His biological mother was 16 years old when she had him.
[00:07:52] His adoptive parents and family members have described to the media the deplorable
[00:07:56] conditions he came from and the various behavioral issues he had growing up.
[00:08:03] The Archuleta family was loving and has always been supportive of Archuleta.
[00:08:09] Wood was adopted at six months, he had learning and speech difficulties growing
[00:08:14] up and has a stable loving and supportive family as well.
[00:08:21] Early the following morning after Wood had spoken to a friend about the
[00:08:24] murder he made a call to his parole officer letting him know what he had
[00:08:29] witnessed.
[00:08:31] Myron County Sheriff's officers met Wood at the station where he would proceed to
[00:08:36] tell a horrific tale.
[00:08:40] His version of the events are as follows.
[00:08:44] While Gordon was driving the car Archuleta cut his throat and all Gordon
[00:08:48] said was, ow why did you do that?
[00:08:52] He pulled over into a secluded area and only Archuleta and Gordon got out.
[00:08:57] Wood stayed in the car and witnessed Archuleta have sex with Gordon.
[00:09:03] When the officers asked why this was done to Gordon,
[00:09:06] Wood's answer was because he's a faggot.
[00:09:12] Wood spoke in a casual way throughout the interview and even laughed at times.
[00:09:17] Sometime during the meeting an officer looked down and saw a speck of blood
[00:09:22] on Wood's shoe.
[00:09:24] The officer knew that Wood's involvement in the torture and murder of Gordon
[00:09:27] Church was greater than he was telling them.
[00:09:34] Wood along with some officers drove to Cedar Canyon and before long Wood pointed
[00:09:39] to the spot and a blood trail led straight to Gordon's body.
[00:09:44] Officers began processing the area where hair, blood and skin was found.
[00:09:51] They were able to identify Gordon right away as one of the officers knew him
[00:09:56] and his driver's license was lying nearby.
[00:10:00] With video cameras running Wood agreed to do a crime scene reenactment.
[00:10:06] When the two men took Gordon out of the trunk he said,
[00:10:10] you're going to kill me aren't ya?
[00:10:12] Archuleta answered no I'm not going to kill ya.
[00:10:16] He then went on to describe how Archuleta removed the chains
[00:10:20] and attached the jumper cables to Gordon's body.
[00:10:24] Only he used a more crude term.
[00:10:27] He extricated himself from the crime as if he was just a helpless bystander
[00:10:32] blaming all of the acts on Archuleta.
[00:10:36] The officers didn't buy it.
[00:10:38] Again Wood was laughing and smiling at times
[00:10:42] and casual in his description and seemed excited about telling everybody
[00:10:46] what happened to Gordon Church that night.
[00:10:49] He was asked again why Gordon was killed.
[00:10:52] Wood's answer was because he was queer.
[00:10:57] This was a brutal murder and the officers went to Archuleta's apartment
[00:11:02] where he was sleeping with his girlfriend and arrested him.
[00:11:06] Without any prompts from anyone Archuleta immediately started blaming Lance Wood.
[00:11:16] On Thanksgiving night officers interviewed Michael Archuleta.
[00:11:21] He made Wood out to be the main perpetrator
[00:11:24] stating that Wood tried to break Gordon's neck.
[00:11:27] He blamed the killing on Wood.
[00:11:30] Just like in most cases the entire truth of who did what
[00:11:34] will never fully be known by anyone except Wood and Archuleta
[00:11:39] and they both changed their stories numerous times back then
[00:11:42] and they still do to this day.
[00:11:46] Neither of these men showed any remorse
[00:11:49] or cared about justice for Gordon or his family.
[00:11:52] They only cared about what would happen to them.
[00:11:55] The important fact that remained however was that Wood and Archuleta
[00:12:00] were both involved in this brutal torture and murder of Gordon Church.
[00:12:07] The trial for Michael Anthony Archuleta began in December of 1989.
[00:12:13] He was charged with murder in the first degree, aggravated sexual assault,
[00:12:18] object rape, forcible sexual abuse, aggravated kidnapping,
[00:12:24] aggravated assault and possession of a stolen vehicle.
[00:12:30] Opening statements described investigators finding Gordon's partially nude
[00:12:34] and mutilated body in a shallow grave covered in branches and dirt in Dog Valley.
[00:12:41] He had been gagged and the tire chains were still wrapped around his body.
[00:12:48] His blood was found splattered all over his car
[00:12:51] and his head was misshapen from his injuries.
[00:12:56] The medical examiner testified that Gordon was killed by injuries to the head
[00:13:01] and skull due to blunt force and internal injuries caused by the tire iron inserted into his rectum.
[00:13:11] The tire iron was kicked so far that it pierced his liver.
[00:13:17] After six days of testimony, Archuleta took the stand.
[00:13:22] He recounted the events of that night breaking into sobs at one point.
[00:13:27] He described how he and Wood wrapped Gordon tightly in chains and locked him in the trunk of his own car.
[00:13:36] Archuleta even admitted torturing Gordon by attaching jumper cables to him
[00:13:41] and carrying his body to an area of trees once he was deceased.
[00:13:48] He told the court that he was not responsible for hitting Gordon with a tire jack, that was Wood, he said.
[00:13:55] Archuleta said that during the torture of Gordon, he was concerned about him.
[00:14:01] He also told the court that he had no intention to hurt Gordon that night.
[00:14:05] He just got caught up in the momentum after Wood cut Gordon's throat
[00:14:09] stating that he wanted to get away from the situation, but he was up to his neck in it already.
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[00:14:20] We're going to take a quick break.
[00:14:23] And now back to this episode of Crimatorium.
[00:14:27] Archuleta said that Wood was acting radical.
[00:14:30] He was drunk and crazed, how Wood had his foot on Gordon's throat
[00:14:35] while swinging the tire jack like a golf club.
[00:14:38] He said he could feel the blood hit his face as Wood was hitting Gordon.
[00:14:45] Archuleta admitting to sodomizing Gordon in the police interrogation,
[00:14:49] but he said he only did that because he thought that's what the officers wanted to hear.
[00:14:55] He blamed anything that had to do with the actual killing of Gordon on Wood.
[00:15:01] Archuleta was found guilty on December 15, 1989
[00:15:06] and on December 20th, he was sentenced to death.
[00:15:12] Lance Wood faced the same charges and on March 10th, 1990
[00:15:17] he was found guilty of all those charges.
[00:15:22] Lance gave no reaction to the verdict.
[00:15:26] He only whispered, I love you to his fiance.
[00:15:30] Both of his parents testified in the sentencing phase of the trial.
[00:15:35] His mother cried as she held up the blue jumper Wood wore
[00:15:39] when the family went to Sacramento to adopt him.
[00:15:43] She also read from a journal that recalled the words a nurse spoke to her
[00:15:47] when she put Wood in her arms.
[00:15:50] Mrs. Wood, this is your own little boy.
[00:15:55] She continued reading,
[00:15:58] I have never known such joy and happiness.
[00:16:01] He is so precious to all of us and truly one of our family.
[00:16:07] Wood wept during the testimony as did a few of the jurors.
[00:16:14] Wood's father testified that his son could be rehabilitated,
[00:16:18] that he came very close to receiving his Eagle Scout.
[00:16:21] He described Wood making quilts for children in need
[00:16:25] for one of his merit badges.
[00:16:28] The prosecuting attorney tried to hold back his emotions
[00:16:31] when he stated that this trial was about Gordon Church, not Lance Wood.
[00:16:37] That he too came into a family that loved him.
[00:16:40] He added, we don't have the clothes that Gordon wore as an infant.
[00:16:44] We only have bloody clothes he wore when he was killed.
[00:16:48] The defendant forfeited his right to live.
[00:16:51] He abandoned the love of his mother,
[00:16:54] the love of his father and sisters,
[00:16:56] as well as his ecclesiastical leaders and friends.
[00:17:01] The jury deliberated for three hours
[00:17:04] and spared him of the death penalty and gave him life instead.
[00:17:12] Wood and his attorney hugged each other
[00:17:14] when the verdict was read.
[00:17:17] Millard County Attorney Warren Peterson said,
[00:17:20] the system protected Lance Wood's rights
[00:17:22] a lot better than he protected Gordon Church's rights.
[00:17:26] Wood's crimes deserve the death penalty.
[00:17:30] Both the defense and the prosecuting attorney agreed
[00:17:34] that the reason for the different sentences
[00:17:36] was Wood's age at the time of the crime, 19.
[00:17:41] Another reason given for the difference in the sentences
[00:17:44] was that Archuleta was seen as the dominant perpetrator.
[00:17:49] Archuleta's family however, believes it is due to his race
[00:17:53] and the fact that during trial
[00:17:55] Wood's religious upbringing and accomplishments were brought up.
[00:18:00] Many people involved in the case
[00:18:02] believed that Wood should have received the death penalty as well.
[00:18:08] Gordon's mom testified of both riles
[00:18:11] staring down both defendants as she spoke.
[00:18:15] Through tears she was asked to identify
[00:18:17] Gordon's bloody clothing to the court.
[00:18:21] Gordon's father also testified
[00:18:23] as to what a good student Gordon was
[00:18:25] and that while living with his grandmother
[00:18:27] he was also taking care of her.
[00:18:31] Archuleta showed some remorse in response.
[00:18:34] Wood however, showed none.
[00:18:37] Gordon's family attended each and every court proceeding.
[00:18:43] Both men were sent to prison in Draper, Utah.
[00:18:47] Wood became known as a snitch while there
[00:18:49] and he was transferred to the prison in Orofino, Idaho.
[00:18:54] While there he became sexually involved
[00:18:56] with several female staff at the prison.
[00:18:59] He was then transferred to Nampa, Idaho.
[00:19:03] An Idaho senator's wife named Renee McKenzie
[00:19:06] was tasked with working on prison reform
[00:19:09] and came to interview Wood on the subject.
[00:19:15] They were immediately attracted to one another
[00:19:17] and soon began a romantic relationship.
[00:19:22] This resulted in divorce for Renee and her husband
[00:19:25] Senator Kurt McKenzie whom she had been married to
[00:19:28] for 20 years.
[00:19:30] Wood and McKenzie got married in 2015.
[00:19:34] That same year the two filed a $50 million lawsuit
[00:19:38] against the Idaho Department of Corrections
[00:19:41] claiming correction staffers retaliated against them.
[00:19:48] That lawsuit is ongoing.
[00:19:52] Renee never faced any charges
[00:19:54] for an inappropriate relationship with Wood
[00:19:56] or practicing law without a license.
[00:20:00] Wood also had a romantic relationship
[00:20:02] with the female prison guard that ended
[00:20:05] when he heard rumors that she was married.
[00:20:08] Wood got angry at this claiming it was against his religion
[00:20:12] to commit adultery.
[00:20:15] This relationship caused Wood to be transferred
[00:20:17] to another prison facility.
[00:20:20] He filed a federal lawsuit against prison officials
[00:20:23] claiming that this prison guard perpetrated
[00:20:26] sexual acts on him without his consent.
[00:20:31] He's had at least two other romantic relationships
[00:20:34] with other prison guards and it has been reported
[00:20:37] that he continues to wreak havoc in prison.
[00:20:41] Archuleta has exhausted all of his state appeals
[00:20:44] and is now pursuing federal appeals.
[00:20:48] The latest is claiming intellectual disability
[00:20:51] as a reason to remove his death sentence.
[00:20:55] While in prison Archuleta lost an eye
[00:20:58] when a weight made from a water filled jug fell on his face.
[00:21:04] He told his mother that Gordon visits him in prison.
[00:21:07] He feels his presence and he can even smell him.
[00:21:14] In the 1980s the AIDS epidemic hit.
[00:21:17] Gay men and those afflicted with AIDS
[00:21:20] were being ostracized and in conservative places
[00:21:23] like Cedar City, Utah it was even worse.
[00:21:27] Nobody knew exactly how this disease was spread
[00:21:30] and the gay community was blamed for the epidemic.
[00:21:34] Thirteen year old Ryan White was a hemophiliac
[00:21:37] who was afflicted with AIDS in 1984
[00:21:40] after a blood transfusion.
[00:21:43] He faced ostracism in his community
[00:21:45] after he was diagnosed
[00:21:47] and had to fight to be able to go back to school.
[00:21:51] He became the face of public education about the disease.
[00:21:56] When he was diagnosed with AIDS
[00:21:58] he was given only six months to live.
[00:22:01] He lived five years and died in 1990.
[00:22:06] Gordon had a small tight-knit group of friends
[00:22:09] and he was even dating someone
[00:22:11] but he kept the fact that he was gay
[00:22:14] hidden from everyone outside that circle.
[00:22:20] Gordon's murder happened ten years before
[00:22:22] the brutal killing of Matthew Shepard
[00:22:24] but it received little media attention.
[00:22:28] Gordon's case happened too early to be labeled as a hate crime
[00:22:31] as Utah didn't have any hate crime legislation in 1988.
[00:22:38] As a result of Gordon's murder
[00:22:40] the changes to the hate crime laws in Utah
[00:22:42] began to change in 1992
[00:22:45] and with various revisions over the years
[00:22:48] the final one passed in 2019.
[00:22:53] Just this year Archuleta and three other
[00:22:55] death row inmates from Utah
[00:22:57] filed a lawsuit asking to strike down
[00:23:00] the death penalty in the state of Utah.
[00:23:04] The other inmates involved are Ralph Menzies
[00:23:06] who was convicted and sentenced to death
[00:23:09] in 1986 for the kidnapping and murder
[00:23:12] of 26-year-old Maureen Hunsaker.
[00:23:16] Douglas Stuart Carter was on death row
[00:23:19] for 33 years for murdering a Provo
[00:23:22] Utah police chief's aunt named Eva Olisson.
[00:23:26] His death sentence was overturned in 2019
[00:23:30] citing misconduct by witnesses and the police.
[00:23:35] Troy Cal was already serving a life sentence
[00:23:38] at Utah State Prison when in 1994
[00:23:42] he stabbed another inmate Larry Blackman
[00:23:45] 67 times while another inmate held him down.
[00:23:49] He was tried and sentenced to death for that crime.
[00:23:53] The death row inmates attorney, Cory Talbot
[00:23:56] set in a statement to Fox 13 News
[00:23:59] this lawsuit seeks to protect the rights of prisoners
[00:24:02] to be free from unnecessary pain
[00:24:05] at the hands of the government.
[00:24:08] Lethal injection is a primary method for execution in Utah
[00:24:12] however if the drugs aren't available
[00:24:14] the method then turns to the firing squad.
[00:24:18] Ronnie Lee Gardner was the last inmate
[00:24:20] to die by firing squad in Utah
[00:24:23] on June 18th 2010.
[00:24:26] Gardner spent 25 years on death row
[00:24:29] for killing 36-year-old attorney Michael Burdell
[00:24:32] during an attempted escape from a courthouse in 1985.
[00:24:37] The lawsuit cited his case saying that Gardner
[00:24:40] didn't die immediately stating
[00:24:43] Utah's execution protocol creates substantial risk
[00:24:47] of a botched firing squad execution
[00:24:49] because among other reasons
[00:24:51] it creates a realistic possibility
[00:24:54] that one or more projectiles will miss the heart.
[00:24:58] In 2020 a documentary called
[00:25:01] Dog Valley was released about Gordon Church's case
[00:25:04] and can be rented or purchased on Amazon.
[00:25:08] In June of 1989,
[00:25:10] SUSC posthumously awarded Gordon
[00:25:13] a bachelor's degree in theater arts
[00:25:16] which was accepted by his father David Church.
[00:25:20] Gordon was also awarded
[00:25:22] with the outstanding Mass Club member
[00:25:24] in 1989.
[00:25:27] The Mass Club is the club connected
[00:25:29] with the theater department.
[00:25:31] The award is given to students that show kindness
[00:25:34] and caring to others,
[00:25:36] cooperation and willingness to work
[00:25:38] and give of themselves.
[00:25:41] Gordon's parents were in attendance
[00:25:43] at the banquet
[00:25:44] and they were given a plaque that said
[00:25:46] the Gordon R. Church Memorial Award
[00:25:49] Outstanding Mass Club Member of the Year.
[00:25:53] Archuletta and Wood are leeches on society.
[00:25:56] They have done nothing to contribute
[00:25:58] to the good of others.
[00:26:00] Their lives have been filled with taking
[00:26:02] whatever they feel like,
[00:26:04] including an innocent life
[00:26:06] and they both continue with his self-centered
[00:26:08] leaching behavior behind bars.
[00:26:11] Gordon Church surely begged for his life
[00:26:13] but he didn't have anybody there
[00:26:15] advocating on his behalf.
[00:26:18] Gordon did nothing wrong.
[00:26:20] He was well on his way to a happy
[00:26:22] and productive life.
[00:26:25] Wood and Archuletta played judge and jury
[00:26:27] and Gordon's death sentence was swift.
[00:26:31] I am aware that we as civilized people
[00:26:33] cannot act in the same depraved way
[00:26:35] as these criminals,
[00:26:37] therefore we need to make death for them
[00:26:39] as civil as possible.
[00:26:42] Bottom line,
[00:26:43] I wish Archuletta would take the punishment
[00:26:45] that was lawfully handed to him
[00:26:47] and pay the price he should pay
[00:26:49] in the end,
[00:26:51] neither Wood or Archuletta will taste
[00:26:53] freedom again and for that I am grateful.
[00:26:58] I would have loved to have shared more
[00:27:00] about Gordon's life.
[00:27:02] Sadly there is more information out there
[00:27:04] about the perpetrator's lives
[00:27:06] than there is about Gordon's.
[00:27:08] In the documentary Dog Valley,
[00:27:10] several of Gordon's friends
[00:27:12] on those involved with the case
[00:27:14] talk about what Gordon was like
[00:27:16] and it is well worth watching.
[00:27:20] Gordon's parents died without truly getting closure
[00:27:23] due to the long string of appeals
[00:27:25] on Archuletta's behalf.
[00:27:28] Gordon's death destroyed his close-knit family
[00:27:30] for a while and certainly
[00:27:32] changed them forever.
[00:27:35] His family, friends and the world
[00:27:37] lost a kind and gentle soul
[00:27:39] that surely would have made
[00:27:41] a positive impact on society
[00:27:43] all for the fact of who
[00:27:45] and what he was.
[00:27:48] Gay.
[00:27:51] Gordon's headstone reads
[00:27:53] when someone you love becomes a memory,
[00:27:56] the memory becomes a treasure.
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