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Iowa Man Charged in Utah Killings of Three Women Is Held in Colorado

Investigators say vehicle-tracking technology led officers to the suspect in Colorado.

Overview

  • Police tracked a stolen Subaru via a key fob and automated license-plate readers from southern Utah into Pagosa Springs, Colorado, where Ivan W. Miller, 22, was arrested on March 5.
  • Victims were identified as 86-year-old Margaret Oldroyd in Lyman and hikers Linda Dewey, 65, and her niece Natalie Graves, 34, found near the Cockscomb Trailhead by Capitol Reef National Park.
  • Charging documents describe a sequence that began after Miller hit an elk, stayed in hotels, then allegedly killed Oldroyd and later the hikers before driving off in their vehicle.
  • Miller faces three counts of first-degree or aggravated murder and related offenses in Utah, with a Colorado court date set for May 14 as prosecutors prepare extradition.
  • Family statements mourned Dewey and Graves and said the hiking area felt like a safe sanctuary cherished by the community.