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CBS’ ’48 Hours’ reports on Utah teen’s suicide — and 2nd teen sent to prison for helping her die

The death of one Utah teenager and the shocking involvement of another in her suicide is the focus of Saturday’s edition of the CBS newsmagazine “48 Hours.”

In the episode, titled “A Death in Payson Canyon,” correspondent David Begnaud recounts the events of May 5, 2017, when the body of Jchandra Brown, a Spanish Fork 16-year-old, was found hanging from a tree. But what was at first thought to be a suicide turned into a first-degree murder charge against 18-year-old Tyerell Przybycien, who admitted to police that he helped Brown kill herself.

“This was criminal behavior,” deputy Utah County attorney Chad Grunander says in the program, which airs Saturday at 9 p.