A Utah man is in jail after he told police he tried to kill two men over the weekend in separate counties along the Wasatch Front after a “higher power” told him to “purge” the cities.
The Ogden man was found beaten and hanging by a piece of exercise equipment, police said. He remains in critical condition.
The 28-year-old suspect was arrested Saturday in Ogden after someone called police just after 7 p.m. to report that the suspect had beaten and apparently hanged the 23-year-old victim at an apartment complex, according to a probable cause statement. The suspect admitted to trying to kill the man, whom he did not know, and said that nothing provoked the attack, police wrote.
Spanish Fork police had previously described Hooley’s death as “suspicious.” Officers found his body next to a dumpster near 1200 N. 400 East on Friday, according to a news release. Investigators believed he was experiencing homelessness.
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