Summary
Tamara Funk was a Mormon church member in Eagle Mountain, Utah.
Funk allegedly created a relationship with a 15-year-old boy. Three months later and after 87,000 texts the two allegedly sent each other, Funk was charged with three counts of forcible sexual abuse and three counts of unlawful kissing of a minor.
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- Eagle Mountain woman charged with forcible sex abuse of teen boy,
- Eagle Mountain woman charged with forcible sexual abuse of daughter's ex-boyfriend,
- STATE OF UTAH vs. TAMARA KAY FUNK,
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1. Eagle Mountain woman charged with forcible sex abuse of teen boy
EAGLE MOUNTAIN — An Eagle Mountain woman is facing criminal charges accusing her of having an illegal relationship with a teenage boy.
Tamara Kay Funk, 41, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court with three counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony; and three counts of unlawful kissing of a minor, a class A misdemeanor.
A boy, who was 15 when he began dating Funk's daughter, later broke up with the girl. Funk then told the boy "that she could help him through it and could help him through a dark time. The two began to take walks together and began to be intimately involved," according to charging documents.
The teen's mother told police that Funk and her son "had a close relationship and that previously, she trusted (Funk) and hoped that she would have a positive impact on fostering personal growth over (him) through personal adult guidance," the charges say.
However, three months after spending time together, Funk began to inappropriately kiss and touch the teen, the charges allege. That began in 2024 and happened on multiple occasions for about nine months, police say. Funk later told the teen "to delete the messages between them. The two used a vanish platform in order to delete approximately 87,000 messages between the two of them," according to the charges.
When the boy later began dating a girl his age, he "disclosed to her the hardship that he has suffered from his past experiences with (Funk)," the charges state. The girl encouraged the boy, now 17, to go to police, which he did in January.
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2. Eagle Mountain woman charged with forcible sexual abuse of daughter's ex-boyfriend
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah — An Eagle Mountain woman was charged with forcible sexual abuse after allegedly having a sexual relationship with a teenage boy who had broken up with her daughter.
The 41-year-old woman was charged Tuesday on multiple counts after a 17-year-old boy told police that the two had been in a relationship for nine months beginning in April 2024, when the boy was 15.
According to the indictment, after the teen broke up with the woman's daughter, she told the boy that "she could help him through it and could help him through a dark time." The two went on walks together before becoming "intimately involved" in vehicles parked in mall and church parking lots.
The woman, who was married, later told the teen that "she lives in hell without him and that she would commit suicide if she were without him."
Sometime during the relationship, the woman told the teenager to delete the approximately 87,000 text messages the two had sent to each other.
After telling a teenage girl he had started dating about "the hardship he has suffered from his past experiences with [the woman]," the girl said the boy should report the relationship to the police.
Along with three counts of forcible sexual assault, a second degree felony, the woman was also charged with three counts of unlawful kissing of a minor, which is a Class A misdemeanor.
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3. STATE OF UTAH vs. TAMARA KAY FUNK
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FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - PROVO DISTRICT COURT
UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
STATE OF UTAH vs. TAMARA KAY FUNK
CASE NUMBER 251401167 State Felony
CHARGES
Charge 1 - 76-5-404(2)+(3A) - FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 2 - 76-5-416.4 - UNLAWFUL KISSING OF A MINOR - Class A Misdemeanor
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 3 - 76-5-404(2)+(3A) - FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 4 - 76-5-416.4 - UNLAWFUL KISSING OF A MINOR - Class A Misdemeanor
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 5 - 76-5-416.4 - UNLAWFUL KISSING OF A MINOR - Class A Misdemeanor
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
Charge 6 - 76-5-404(2)+(3A) - FORCIBLE SEXUAL ABUSE - 2nd Degree Felony
Offense Date: April 01, 2024
Location: Utah County
Mandatory Appearance
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