Jerrod Baum found guilty in murder of Breezy Otteson and Riley Powell

Sentencing of Jerrod Baum following guilty verdict scheduled for June 1

PROVO, Utah — After a month-long trial and two days of deliberations, a jury found Jerrod Baum guilty Friday of murdering two teenagers in 2017 and disposing of their bodies in a Eureka mine.

During a later interview, Henderson told detectives Baum"came into the house and got her" after Otteson and Powell had left their home in the early morning hours of December 30. She said she saw the teens tied up in the back of Powell's Jeep and that Baum"told her to get in the jeep and that they would go for a ride to have a talk."

Prosecutors countered the defense's claim, saying Lewis and Baum burnt and bleached all the important evidence and DNA, and that Baum also soaked key pieces of evidence in murky water to rid of any scenes from the crime. Skordas also addressed the defense's strategy of trying to discredit Baum's girlfriend's account of what happened.

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