SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The case of a teenage couple killed and tossed down an abandoned mine shaft culminated in murder convictions Friday for a Utah man who prosecutors said killed the pair because he found them hanging out with his girlfriend. Jarrod Baum faces up to life in […]
(Provo, UT) — A jury is deliberating its verdict following closing arguments in the Jarrod Baum murder trial. Utah County Attorney Christine Scott reminded the jury yesterday of witness testimony that Baum brutally stabbed 18-year-old Riley Powell in 2017. Baum is also charged with the murder of 17-year-old Breezy Otteson. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man charged in the deaths of two Utah teenagers found down an abandoned mine shaft has discussed the slayings during hundreds of jailhouse phone calls. The Deseret News reported Tuesday a newly unsealed search warrant says 41-year-old Jerrod Baum has made more than 1,000 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Family members of two Utah teenagers whose bound bodies were found down an abandoned mine shaft say they’re preparing for long criminal case for the man accused in their deaths. Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked for more time Thursday to prepare in the case of 41-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah man accused in the death of a teenage couple forced the girl to kneel and watch her boyfriend being beaten and stabbed before she was killed and thrown down an abandoned mine shaft in Utah. Charging documents filed Tuesday say 41-year-old […]
