A University of Utah medical resident killed in an apparent murder-suicide Sunday in Sugar House was “adventurous” and passionate about caring for women and children in underserved communities, according to colleagues who knew her.
Sarah Hawley, 27, and Travis Geddes, 30, were found shot to death in their home, near 1800 E. Ramona Ave., after a neighbor reported a disturbance about 8 p.m., Salt Lake City police said. Geddes apparently shot Hawley and then killed himself, said Sgt. Brandon Shearer of the SLCPD.
“It appears to be a domestic-related murder-suicide,” Shearer said.
Hawley was a doctor in the family medicine residency program at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine in her hometown.
Hawley came to Utah “to continue her passion of providing care to women and children in underserved communities,” Kolawole Okuyemi, Hawley’s department chairman, said in a news statement. “Her adventurous spirit and love of learning will be missed by all those who knew her.”
According to Hawley’s Facebook page, she and Geddes had been in a relationship since at least 2014.
According to her biography on the University of Utah’s School of Medicine website, Hawley “fell in love” with the U. “when she realized that the program combined excellent training opportunities in maternal and child healthcare with a set of faculty and residents who are as excited about learning and living in the beautiful mountains of Salt Lake City as she is.” As she entered the residency program, her interests included family practice, reproductive health, obstetrics, pediatrics and rural and wilderness medicine.
“Dr. Hawley always did a great job of connecting with her patients and understanding where they were coming from,” said Michael Good, Dean of the School of Medicine. “She treated the whole person, and patients were always appreciative of her approach.”
Hawley “was constantly talking about” her family in California “and always mentioning her love of family,” said Brian Vukelic. But she also immersed herself in Utah’s outdoor sports, Vukelic said. According to her bio, her hobbies included camping, backpacking, white-water rafting, and bird and tree identification, as well as cooking and swimming.
“She always gave everything her all,” Vukelic said.
from The Salt Lake Tribune http://bit.ly/2RnmVUO
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