Utah's Department of Corrections failed to provide details about an assault case to the parole board, which could have kept a rapist accused of reoffending behind bars.
DRAPER — Court documents describe a violent scene captured by prison surveillance cameras: Christopher Browning, now 44, is reportedly seen charging, stomping, and punching other inmates, less than seven months before his release on parole.
detectives learned Browning was also convicted of raping a 40-year-old woman in Guam when he was 14. Browning also disclosed additional sexual assaults to the parole board in 2018 that were never charged.During his last parole hearing in 2022, the hearing officer noted that Browning had assaulted a guard in 2021 and had been involved in another assault in May 2022. The hearing officer indicated he didn't know much about what happened during the May incident, and asked Browning to elaborate.
Less than 45 days after his parole, Susan, who asked that KSL not use her last name, reported to police that Browning attacked and raped her in her home.Susan told Taylorsville police that she'd befriended Browning through her volunteer work as a prisoner advocate. "The first thing he said is, 'Well, since I'm going back to prison, I'm going to make it worth my while,'" Susan told the KSL Investigators.reveal Susan told police Browning strangled her to the point that she believes she passed out, strangled one of her cats and threw another against the wall, raped her, forced her to shower, and then held her at knifepoint and threatened her life and her son's life. Eventually, she said he took her phone and left.
"I think we have to remember that this, these aren't the only cases the DA's Office is prosecuting. It's not the only cases investigators are investigating," said Tyler Johnson, Utah Department of Corrections Law Enforcement bureau chief.
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