Suspect in deaths of 3 Utah women said he did it for money, stole cars
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Prosecutors said in a criminal complaint that Ivan Miller admitted to shooting a woman while she watched TV, and killing two others at a hiking trail.
The man accused of killing three women in Utah before leading authorities on a multistate search was on pretrial release for separate charges in his home state of Iowa, and told police he killed the women for money, according to court records.
Ivan Miller, 22, of Iowa, admitted to shooting the three women and stabbing one of them in interviews with investigators, according to a criminal complaint. He is charged with three counts of aggravated murder.
The three women, identified as Margaret Oldroyd, 86; Linda Dewey, 65; and Natalie Graves, 34, were found at two separate locations in Wayne County in the southern part of the state on March 4, the Utah Department of Public Safety said. Investigators soon realized the suspect had taken one of their vehicles and traced its movements to Colorado, where Miller was arrested early the morning of March 5, officials have said.
The killings struck fear in the small community. Schools and a local health clinic closed while the manhunt continued and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office asked residents to stay inside with their doors locked.
Dewey was Graves' aunt, the Department of Public Safety said (authorities earlier said they were believed to be friends going on a hike together). Neither woman is believed to have a connection to Oldroyd, and none of the three had any known prior connection to Miller, officials said.
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