Randy Lansing, 41, of Aneth, Utah, has been sentenced to a term of life in prison for murdering a woman he was dating in front of her two young daughters.
The sentence, imposed by Senior U.S. District Court Judge David Nuffer, comes after Lansing was found guilty by a federal jury for murder in the second degree while within Indian Country.
According to court documents, evidence presented at trial, and statements made at Lansing’s sentencing hearing, Lansing murdered Tammy Clark, on April 23, 2022.
Clark was a 30-year-old mother of three, who Lansing severely beat and drowned in front of her two young daughters. During trial, the evidence established that on the day of the murder, Lansing drove Clark, her two young daughters and a second woman to McElmo Creek.
At the creek, Lansing violently beat and forcibly drowned Clark, causing her grievous injuries that included a broken nose, extensive facial swelling, many brain hemorrhages, lacerations to her right cheek, left ear, and inside her mouth, a fractured hyoid (neck) bone, four broken ribs, and extensive blunt force trauma to her torso and extremities.
According to statements and evidence presented at trial, Lansing also threatened Clark’s young daughter. He later drove Clark’s beaten body to Aneth in the back of his SUV, where he left the vehicle as his mother contacted neighbours for help.
Several neighbors, including an EMT, called San Juan County Dispatch for an ambulance and attempted life-saving measures until the ambulance arrived and transported Clark to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
