After a 16-hour manhunt for the suspect who killed a University of Utah student in Red Butte Canyon late Monday, a 24-year-old man was booked into the Salt Lake County jail.
Police documents for Austin Jeffrey Boutain, of Mississippi, say he was booked Tuesday night suspicion of aggravated murder, along with several of other potential charges.
Once captured by police at the Salt Lake City public library Tuesday afternoon, Boutain admitted to shooting and killing student ChenWei Guo, 23, in his vehicle with the intention of taking possession of the vehicle, documents say.
He also allegedly told police that he shot at a female witness as she ran away from the scene “with the intent to kill her so there were no witnesses.