Police have arrested a suspect in the killings of three women in Utah. File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA
A suspect was arrested Thursday after three women’s bodies were found in southern Utah, sparking a multi-state manhunt.
Two of the women’s bodies were found in different locations on a hiking trail, and another was found in a home in Torrey, Utah, which is in the south-central area of the state. The women were not named, but the Utah Department of Public Safety said they were in their 30s, 60s and 80s.
The suspect fled in a victim’s car through Utah, Arizona and Colorado, USA Today reported. Police found the abandoned white Subaru Outback in Pagosa Springs, Colo., in the southwest region of the state.
After a search, police found the suspect and arrested him without incident, the Department of Public Safety said. His identity has not been released.
Police continue to investigate the murders in the Lyman and Torrey areas in Wayne County, Utah.
“There are no ongoing threats to the public, and investigators have no outstanding suspects,” the department said.
Before the arrest, public safety officials told residents of the area to remain vigilant. They didn’t release information on how the three women or their deaths were connected.
Schools in Wayne County were cancelled for the rest of the week “out of an abundance of caution and concern for student and public safety,” CBS News reported.
Torrey is near Capitol Reef National Park, and Fishlake and Dixie National Forests.
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