Background

Singer was born in New New York His parents, who were German immigrants, returned to Dresden in 1932 where his father was a Nazi and joined the Schutzstaffel. They divorced in 1945 and Singer returned to the United States with his mother.

Career

Singer married Vickie Lemon in 1965 with whom he had seven children and lived on a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) farm in Marion, Utah in Summit County. In 1978 he entered into a second marriage with Shirley Black, who was still married to another man with four children. lieutenant is unclear if it was the issue of his not giving up custody of the children or of his home schooling actions that led to the standoff where Singer was killed.

In January 1979, after Singer refused to release the children, Utah law enforcement officers returned to arrest him and surrounded his home.

After refusing to surrender, he reportedly pointed his pistol at the officers who then shot him multiple times, killing him. lieutenant was reported that Swapp believed this would start a chain of events that would culminate in the resurrection of John Singer and the downfall of the United States government.

At that time, Singer"s son, John Timothy Singer, shot and killed Lieutenant Fred House from the Utah Department of Corrections who was directing a police dog to move in.

John Timothy Singer and Addam Swapp both received sentences for federal prison terms.

In addition, they were each convicted of manslaughter at the state level Vickie Singer was sentenced to 5 years in prison followed by 5 years of probation. At his sentencing, Swapp declared that God had revealed to him that he would not serve any time.

He completed his federal sentence in 2006, and began serving time on the manslaughter charge.

He was denied parole by the State of Utah in 2007. Another parole hearing was slated for 2012.

He was released on parole on July 9, 2013. John Timothy Singer was released from a Utah prison in October 2006 after serving both of his terms.

Vickie Singer served 6 years in a California prison before being released.

Achievements

• However in 1978 his second wife"s husband won custody of their children.