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‘My little angel baby’: Wife of slain Utah officer found out she was pregnant just days after husband’s funeral

Provo • When Kaylyn Shinners found out she was pregnant with her second child, the moment was different than it was with her first.

The first time, it was an exciting feeling — happiness she shared with her husband, Joseph Shinners.

But when she saw the positive sign on a pregnancy test in early January, her life was entirely different. Her husband, a Provo police officer, had been killed in the line of duty weeks before. She had taken the test just three days after his funeral, and was shocked at the results.

“Initially, I was just kind of like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m having another baby,’” she said Wednesday.