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Utah families react to arrest in double-murder investigation

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An unidentified man crouches down in front of a police vehicle talking on a cellphone as Saratoga Springs Police investigate deaths of two people in a home on March 28, 2025. We have many questions that we hope will soon be answered, a statement from the Orton family says.

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