"Lee Benson" is a columnist for the Deseret News. He has covered at least nine Olympic Games for the paper and has written columns on Mormon issues. He has also co-authored a book with James W. Parkinson about American prisoners of war of the Japanese during World War II and their attempts to obtain reparations.

Benson also wrote a book about Brigham Young University's string of successful quarterbacks entitled And They Came to Pass. He also co-authored In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart investigation with Tom Smart.

Benson is a 1976 graduate of Brigham Young University. He has been sports editor of the Deseret News and as of the beginning of 2012 was a columnist for the news who wrote on metro-Salt Lake City issues.

Benson is a twin. His brother, Dee Benson is a former chief judge for the United States District Court for the State of Utah.

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He'd dress up like Moses or like Jesus, and he felt it was his calling in life to collect money from people and give them a chance to serve.

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And third, after the family's press conference resulted in a positive ID of Emmanuel as 49-year-old Utah native Brian David Mitchell, Sgt. Don Bell of SLPD downplayed Mitchell's potential as a suspect, and the department again left it to the Smart family to take the lead in publicizing Mitchell's identity and photographs.

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First, the department did not participate in the early February press conference when Ed Smart and his wife, Lois, revealed Emmanuel's description to the public. Second, the police had failed to find the homeless man, or identify his true identity, during October, November, December and January when they privately knew of his existence.

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