PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a Utah man accused of killing two teenagers and dumping their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft. Utah County Attorney David Leavitt said Wednesday at a news conference in Provo that he will keep the option available […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Relatives of two Utah teenagers who were killed and dumped in an abandoned mine shaft are calling for prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against the man charged in their deaths. Jerrod Baum pleaded not guilty Monday to aggravated murder and other charges in the deaths […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of killing two teenagers and dumping their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft has pleaded not guilty. Jerrod Baum entered the not guilty plea Monday to charges of aggravated murder and other counts in the deaths of 17-year-old Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is ordering a Utah man to stand trial on aggravated murder and other charges in the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found tossed down a mine shaft. Judge Derek Pullan handed down the decision Monday in the case of Jerrod Baum, […]
A new judge has been assigned to the case of a man accused of killing a young couple last year and dumping their bodies down an abandoned mine shaft outside of Eureka. Attorneys for Jerrod Baum showed that the prior judge had bias and a conflict of interest in the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The girlfriend of a man accused of killing a teenage couple cried Friday while listening to relatives of the victims in a Provo courtroom where she pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to jail and probation. The Daily Herald reported that Morgan Henderson will serve […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New obstruction of justice charges are being filed against a Utah woman whose boyfriend is accused of killing two teenagers and abandoning their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft. Prosecutors filed 28 new charges against 34-year-old Morgan Henderson on Monday, one for each time she […]
(Juab County, UT) — Investigators say they have made several arrests in connection with two bodies found in an abandoned mine near Eureka yesterday. Authorities believe the bodies are 18-year-old Riley Powell and 17-year-old Brelynne Otteson, who went missing three months ago. One of those arrests includes 41-year-old Jerrod Baum. […]
