Man charged with stabbing taco vendor

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man accused of stabbing a Salt Lake taco vendor last Sunday told police he believed the vendor was in a rival gang.

Police say when one of the men said they were from Guatemala, Baker stabbed him in the chest with a long knife.And each of those items, Helen Stiefmiller said, is gathered, preserved and cataloged by the staff of the memorial. Stiefmiller, the museum's collection manager, said her job is to preserve a record of the event and its aftermath.At another chair, a visitor left a small, collapsible baby stroller.A picture painted by thousands of trinkets and notes and photographs and flowers left along a fence or placed lovingly in a chair.And still, the items come. Each year, Stiefmiller and her staff collect thousands of items along the fence, then catalog and then store them. Some things, such as the metal rings of key chains, are discarded. Other items end up in traveling exhibits sponsored by the museum.

-- Lana Groves

Author: Lana Groves Deseret News