KEMMERER, Wyo. (AP) — A 23-year-old man accused of killing a Utah train worker in western Wyoming has waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Dereck James “DJ” Harrison made his initial court appearance Thursday in Kemmerer on Wyoming charges that could carry the death penalty.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the charges against Harrison include first-degree murder with premeditation and malice and first-degree murder while perpetrating a kidnapping.
No new court dates were scheduled.
Harrison was sentenced to at least 30 years in a Utah prison last year after pleading guilty to tying up a woman and her four daughters in a basement.
Prosecutors say after that, he and his father snatched and killed a train worker while on the run from police.
His father, Flint Harrison, killed himself in jail.