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Utah man charged with murder after 2 more bodies identified

By REBECCA BOONE conference Tuesday after- home in May, and the cou-
Associated Press noon. ple was in the process of
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Pros- His car was found July 12 moving to Idaho from Utah
ecutors have charged in a remote campground when one of Bullinger’s rel-
a missing Utah man with near the Grand Teton Na- atives called police to ask
three counts of first-degree tional Park in Wyoming. Do- for a welfare check, say-
murder after two addition- nahue said Tuesday that ing the family hadn’t been
al bodies found in a shed the department has been heard from for a few days.
near a rural Idaho farm- receiving tips nearly every The sheriff’s deputy re-
house were identified as day. sponding to the home no-
14-year-old Payton Med- Still, he said, to his knowl- ticed signs that something
ley and her mother, Nadja edge no one has actu- was amiss and so began
Medley, 48. ally seen Bullinger in recent looking around the tiny
A third victim, Cheryl Bak- weeks. Bullinger is a trained farmhouse and wooded
er, 57, was identified on pilot but so far, investiga- lot. That’s when the deputy
June 30. All three women tors have received no indi- discovered a gruesome
were from Ogden, Utah. cation that he flew some- scene: A shed on the prop-
Each had been shot once, This undated file photo provided by the Canyon County Sher- place or left the country, erty held three badly de-
and their bodies were hid- iff’s office shows Gerald Bullinger. Prosecutors have charged the the sheriff said. composed bodies, each
den in the shed outside a missing Utah man with three counts of first-degree murder after “Three weeks in a case laying side-by-side and
Caldwell, Idaho home that two additional bodies found near a rural Idaho farmhouse were like this, that’s a big jump hidden under some sort
identified.
had been recently pur- (Canyon County Sheriff via AP) on law enforcement,” Do- of covering. Several dead
chased by Baker and her nahue said during a press birds and dogs — likely
husband, Gerald Michael conference in Caldwell family pets — were also
Bullinger. Tuesday afternoon. “We found on the property, and
Bullinger, a 60-year-old pi- thorities have released few “In our opinion, he has look at this case as any- other living animals includ-
lot and outfitter, has been details about the crime, shown a propensity to thing is possible, and our ing a snake, rat and some
the subject of a nation- but said Bullinger should commit violence,” Canyon net is very broad.” rabbits were removed
wide manhunt since the be considered armed and County Sheriff Kiernan Do- Bullinger and Baker had during the subsequent
bodies were found. Au- dangerous. nahue said during a press just purchased the Idaho investigation.q

Officer-killing suspect eludes dozens of police in manhunt

By MARGARET STAFFORD his car, apparently for officers are safe, while also we’ve searched buses, that McCarthy has fled
Associated Press a registration violation. making sure no one else is we’ve searched wooded Henry County but are
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Investigators believe hurt.” areas, we’ve searched “fairly certain” he’s still in
— Police scoured fields, McCarthy, 39, jumped Authorities converged another home in Clinton,” the area. The search all
forests, abandoned from his vehicle and shot Tuesday afternoon on Lowe said. “This is no the more difficult because
buildings, homes and the 37-year-old Michael, a home in Chilhowee, different. We’re doing few people in the Clinton
even empty school buses before driving a short Missouri, about 25 miles (40 everything we can to find area know McCarthy
Tuesday, hunting for a man distance, crashing his kilometers) northwest of him.” and he has no immediate
accused of gunning down vehicle and fleeing on foot. Clinton after fielding a tip About 30 law enforcement family there, Lowe said. The
a western Missouri police The different types of that McCarthy might be agencies in counties Clinton police department
officer who has eluded terrain require a variety of hiding there. But Lowe said surrounding Clinton are also had little involvement
authorities for two days. search methods and put that search also proved augmenting officers from with McCarthy and there is
About 100 local, county extra pressure on officers, fruitless. Clinton, Henry County no evidence that he knew
and state law enforcement said Missouri State Highway Lowe told reporters there and the patrol. Federal Michael.
officers have been looking Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe. that search was no different agencies have made “That compounds the
for Ian McCarthy since “And when you are dealing than other searches informal offers to help but problem, when someone is
late Sunday, when he is with someone who is armed conducted during the have not officially joined able to not have any ties to
believed to have shot and dangerous, it makes it day, The Kansas City Star the search, Lowe said. a certain area, that makes
Clinton police officer Gary more complex,” Lowe said. reported. Lowe said investigators the investigation more
Michael who had stopped “We have to make sure our “We’ve searched a school, are hunting for evidence difficult,” Lowe said.q