Utah man found guilty of murdering teen couple, dumping bodies in abandoned mine

A Utah jury has discovered a person responsible of killing two youngsters, placing an finish to a case that has been open for over 4 years. 

The jury on Friday discovered Jerrod Baum responsible on all eight costs associated to the murders of Breezy Otteson and Riley Powell, who have been a pair.

Otteson and Powell’s our bodies have been each present in a Utah mine that had been deserted. The 2 have been final seen collectively on Dec. 29, 2017 and have been reported lacking on Jan. 2, 2018, in line with KSLTV. 

The horrific discovery of the 2 youngsters was made on March 27, 2018, the place they have been each discovered with their palms tied behind their backs with stab wounds current, a police affidavit stated.

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Baum was arrested in the future after the invention was made, and was finally charged with first-degree homicide for each deaths, along with different felonies.

He was discovered responsible of two counts of aggravated homicide, two counts of aggravated kidnappings, two counts of desecration of a useless physique, one depend of obstruction of justice, and one depend of harmful weapon possession by a restricted individual, in line with Fox 13. 

Baum’s sentencing is scheduled for June 1. Prosecutors didn’t search the dying penalty because the state was contemplating a repeal of capital punishment.

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The trial started on March 7, after a decide decided on Could 1, 2019 that there was sufficient proof to take the case to a trial.

Jurors spent almost two days in deliberations, in line with Fox 13.

Baum’s ex-girlfriend Morgan Lewis Henderson advised detectives that he used a knife to kill the 2 youngsters earlier than dumping their our bodies in a mine that was deserted.

Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson, 17 and her boyfriend, Riley Powell, 18

Henderson later advised detectives that she noticed Otteson and Powell tied up at the back of Powell’s jeep, and Baum advised her “to get within the jeep and that they’d go for a experience to have a chat.”