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Jury convicts final defendant in murder of Iron County teen KayLee Dutton

By ironcountytoday.com · August 23, 2026 · 1 min read
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County Today Matthew Sorber-Petrie was not in the truck when 12 shots were fired at 17-year-old KayLee Dutton. Still, an Iron County jury decided he was responsible for her murder. Following a four-day trial, jurors convicted Sorber-Petrie, 24, of murder, five counts of felony discharge of a firearm causing serious injury and obstruction of justice.

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