* Omar's wife, Sandra - a native of South Dakota - gave birth to two daughters while in Salt Lake City.
* Officials at Utah State University say Omar applied to transfer to the Logan school in summer 1986. Although a petition filed by his family indicates he attended there, the college's public relations director said the registrar's office had found no other record of Omar's attendance.
* Omar became a U.S. citizen on Nov. 17, 1986, identifying on his certificate of naturalization that he was living in an apartment in Salt Lake City. He left the state in 1989.
* While in Utah, Omar was active in the Muslim community and, friends and family members say, was a member of a group of citizens dedicated to raising money and awareness of Palestinian causes.


