Olympus Academy

Deaths on record

• Taylor Goodridge age 17 | December 20, 2022 | Peritonitis leading to sepsis; the program did not seek medical care despite weeks of symptoms NBC News
• Matthew Loebach age 16 | September 8, 2013 | Died by suicide Federal Lawsuit
• James Richard Shirey age 14 | January 10, 2009 | Complications of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (as reported) Obituary

The memorial

Lawsuits

• Dean Jeffries L. Goodridge, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Taylor Goodridge v. Diamond Ranch Academy, Inc. 2022 | In progress | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah | 4:22-cv-00102-DN-PK Names this facility

  Outcome: Some claims dismissed May 2024; Big Springs dismissed Jan 2025; discovery into defendants' finances reopened Aug 27, 2026.

  Dean Goodridge, the father of Taylor Goodridge, sued Diamond Ranch Academy in federal court in Utah on December 30, 2022, ten days after his daughter died at the program. The complaint alleges that from November 2022 Taylor had extreme abdominal pain, collapsed in her own vomit and begged staff for help, and that staff told her she was faking and gave her only water and aspirin. It alleges she collapsed and died on December 20, 2022, likely of sepsis, and that the program told her father she had had a heart attack and died at the hospital when she had died before leaving the campus. It brings negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and premises liability claims and says a Utah Health Care Malpractice Act claim would be added later. The document on file is the complaint and does not show how the case ended.

• Shayrena Penn v. Diamond Ranch Academy, Inc. Filed | Fifth Judicial District Court, Washington County, Utah Names this facility

  Former student Shayrena Penn sued Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah's Fifth Judicial District Court in Washington County; the complaint is dated April 29, 2021. She alleges that during a four- to five-month stay that began when she was 15, staff restrained her as punishment using pressure points, held her down while she said she could not breathe, and pressed her face into the ground so hard that she suffered lasting paralysis on the left side of her face. It also alleges sleep deprivation, strip searches, forced exercise with water withheld, inadequate clothing in winter, and weeks of isolation. It names five staff members and brings negligent hiring and supervision, assault, battery and emotional distress claims. The document on file is the complaint and does not show how the case ended.

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Staff

Notable staff

• Adam Ahquin

  Employee

  Elsewhere in the industry

  • Second Chances in Southern Utah employee
  • Horizon Academy
  • Maximum Life Skills Academy founder, director

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Names

• Diamond Ranch Academy Earlier name
• Three Points Center Later known as

Research notes

• Licensed as Olympus Academy LLC at 2994 S Gould Wash, Hurricane (Utah license #6600); placed on conditional status April 21, 2015.
• Start year: 2013 (r/troubledteens wiki, page "Olympus Academy" (as of 2025-12-18), source)

Wiki entries

• Olympus Academy Hurricane, UT | 2013-2017