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Daily Herald
PROVO — Prosecutors have dismissed a sex abuse case against an elderly man because the man died.
Prosecutors charged Larry Harmon, 79, with first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child in March. However, on June 4 prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the case. Prosecutor Julia Thomas said last week that the motion was filed after Harmon died of natural causes.
According to court documents, the abuse occurred on Dec. 10 at an LDS Church building in Orem. Harmon was helping set up for a Christmas party, the documents state, when he found an adolescent girl alone in the kitchen. Harmon reportedly approached the girl from behind, then embraced and groped her.
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