Donald Grothe was found floating face down in the Provo River underneath the I-15 overpass, a fishing pole in his hand
Investigations in Ritual Abuse with another stack report…
Grothe spoke to Captain Tuescher on April 27 as well, and Tuescher stated that the case should not be reopened because it had just been investigated. Despite this, the court in the Hamblin divorce made no reference to the allegations from April 25, 2000, when Grothe met with Rosie Hamblin and one of her daughters.
Grothe’s report references the investigation of Detective Bud Walker in Case 990653, where Walker concluded the allegations were unfounded. The daughter told Grothe about allegations of abuse in New York, and claimed she rememberd being digitally sodomized by Hamblin at the Provo residence. She claimed to have difficulty remembering other instances of abuse, due to Hamblin’s use of hypnosis.
Grothe also recorded his interaction with Officer Turner, who told him about the 1999 peyote possession incident, where Hamblin admitted to using peyote in his religious rituals.
On August 25, 2005, Donald Grothe was found floating face down in the Provo River underneath the I-15 overpass, a fishing pole in his hand. He had retired in the summer of 2003, purportedly to pursue a career in music. He was 39 years old. He had no fishing gear with him other than his pole, and no waders.4
Two teenage girls had noticed his body in the river, and they had flagged down Hoc Vu, who was running on the riverside trail. Vu used the girls’ cell phone to call 911, and he was instructed to check the body. Grothe was dead. According to Vu, there were no visible signs of injury. His obituary was published August 27, and his funeral service was held August 30. The obituary listed his cause of death as an accident. Captain Rick Healey stated that Grothe had something on his forehead, but he did not specify any other details.
On June 2, 2000, Detective Reed Van Wagener received a child abuse/neglect report detailing sexual abuse allegations against David Hamblin by two of his daughters. Detective Van Wagener stated that he spoke to Rosie Hamblin about the allegations, and Rosie told him that the girls had revealed abuse from the time they were 3 or 4 years old. The girls stated that they had memories of the abuse that predated their therapy with Hugh Allred, which contradicted Rosie’s claim that Allred had helped the girls remember the abuse.5