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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 1 november 2017
Police arrest man sought in deaths in Utah, Colorado

pre-computer science. they couldn’t return their
He was a member of the homes.
Mormon church, having University President David
served as a missionary in W. Pershing issued a state-
Provo. ment calling the killing a
Rachel Tam, a 24-year- “senseless, random act
old friend of Guo, said he of violence” and said the
would speak in a moving school would offer coun-
and powerful way about seling.
his faith. He also loved to An arrest record from the
dance and wowed his Salt Lake County Sheriff’s
friends on the dance floor Office showed Kathleen
with hip hop moves at a Boutain was being held on
Law enforcement search of the hills near the mouth of Red Butte
Canyon, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, in Salt Lake City. church event in August. suspicion of three counts,
(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) “He was really talented,” including theft by receiv-
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Boutain about the killing of she said. ing stolen property. She
Associated Press a 63-year-old man whose Lori McDonald, dean of acknowledged to police
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A truck had been driven by students, described him that she was traveling in a
man sought in a carjacking Boutain in Utah. The man’s as “extremely outgoing, stolen vehicle that had sto-
that took the life of a Uni- body was found Tuesday in charming, creative, smart.” len firearms, according to
versity of Utah student and his trailer in Colorado. A lockdown at the universi- arrest records.
the death of a Colorado Kathleen E. Boutain, the ty, which has about 32,800 Authorities said in the re-
man was arrested Tuesday suspect’s wife, is also a per- students, ended early Tues- cords that the woman had
after he turned himself in at son of interest in the Colo- day and university officials a prescription bottle with a
a Salt Lake City library, po- rado case. She was in cus- canceled classes for the torn-off label that had zol-
lice said.Austin Boutain, 24, tody in Utah on unrelated day. About 175 students pidem pills, a prescription
dodged a manhunt in the drug and theft charges. had to shelter in the library sedative used to treat in-
rugged foothills near cam- Salt Lake City Police De- Monday night because somnia. q
pus for nearly 15 hours be- tective Greg Wilking said
fore his arrest in the death Austin Boutain apparently
of ChenWei Guo.Guo, a slipped a police contain-
23-year-old student from ment line in a nearby can-
China, was shot to death yon after Guo was killed.
Monday evening during Guo, one of thousands
an attempted carjacking of international students
and found dead in his car at the University of Utah,
in Red Butte Canyon on the was a freshman from Bei-
edge of campus. jing who came to the U.S.
In addition, police in Gold- in 2012 and dreamed of
en, Colorado, have said owning his own consulting
they want to question company. He was studying
Woman’s ex-boyfriend charged
over arson that killed her 3 sons

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — who was arraigned on two
The ex-boyfriend of a wom- counts of criminal homicide
an whose three sons were and three counts of arson,
killed in a house fire has could face another count
been charged with homi- of criminal homicide after
cide and arson. an autopsy is completed
Preston Bonnett, of Wilkes- on the youngest boy.
Barre, is accused of set- Court records show Bon-
ting the fire at the home in nett is the ex-boyfriend of
Laflin last week that killed the children’s mother and
the three brothers. Bon- briefly lived at the home
nett, who was arraigned before they had a falling
on Monday, vehemently out and she kicked him out.
denied the charges and in- According to a police affi-
sisted he’s innocent. davit, the children’s moth-
“They need to do better er, Susan Major, had gone
police work and find out out on the night of the fire
who really did it,” Bonnett to attend a work-related
said. event, leaving the children
Erik Dupree, 16, Devon Ma- at home.Major told police
jor, 12, and Ezekiel Major, that a week before the fire
7, died in Wednesday’s she had security cameras,
fire. The older boys died of hidden inside Minions char-
smoke inhalation, while the acters from the “Despica-
youngest boy was resus- ble Me” movies, installed
citated and was flown to at her home because she
Children’s Hospital of Phila- was concerned for her
delphia but died Saturday. family’s safety, according
Investigators said Bonnett, the Citizen’s Voice .q