UDNR seals mine, bringing closure to a 'heinous' crime
Murder and mines: DNR seals mine, bringing closure to 'heinous' crime committed there in 2017
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Murder and mines: DNR seals mine, bringing closure to 'heinous' crime committed there in 2017
A Utah man has been found guilty of brutally murdering a teenage couple and dumping their bodies in a mine shaft.
Read about the conviction of Jerrod Baum in the murders of teenagers Brelynne Otteson and Riley Powell. Their bodies were found in a Utah mine shaft in 2018.
Utah County prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in the double murder trial for Jerrod Baum, who is accused of killing Riley Powell and Brelynne Otteson in 2017.
PROVO — Defense attorneys seeking to take the death penalty off the table for their client accused of killing a young couple in 2018 are alleging misconduct on the part of Utah County prosecutors, who deny any wrongdoing. The lawyers for Jerrod William Baum, 44, say a prior plea deal for a star witness has created an incentive for the state to rely on an "agreed-upon" story, rather than the truth. Baum's defense team also alleges prosecutors know about evidence that could be favorable to their client but haven't collected it, among other examples they say amount to misconduct. "The incentiv...