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Man arrested on 2 counts of murder after deputies find his parents dead at Delta home on Halloween

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A 26-year-old Millard County man was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder after sheriff’s deputies reportedly found the man’s parents dead at their residence in Delta on Halloween night. According to a news release issued Sunday by Millard County Sheriff’s Office, dispatchers received a 911 call from the residence shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday.

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