Suspect Named in Double Homicide

washington utah homicide

WASHINGTON CITY – Richard Jones was officially named a suspect in the murder of his wife Michelle and his step son, Owen “Christopher” Ellis, the Washington City Department of Public Safety announced today in a press conference.

An arrest warrant was issued for Jones who is recovering at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Jones remains in critical condition from a self inflicted gun shot wound, police said.

Jones is being charged with two counts of aggravated murder, both first-degree felonies, for allegedly shooting his step son before turning the gun on his wife at their home on Wagon Wheel and Frontier the evening of Feb. 18.

For more visit the previous story by St. George News: http://stgeorgeutah.com/archives/2011/02/18/wife-step-son-of-purgatory-worker-found-murdered.

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