(Rick Bowmer | The Associated Press) Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake City, looks on during a hearing at the Utah State Capitol Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Utah officials say 23 children died over the last year after state child-welfare authorities became involved in their cases, marking a slight increase over the year before. A report released Wednesday, June 13, 2018, shows four of the deaths between July 2017 and June 2018 were homicides. The others were suicides, accidents or from natural causes.