Suspect in Ogden ‘purge' murder now charged in Spanish Fork killing

Photo: Spanish Fork Public Safety/Facebook PROVO, Utah, July 27, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — A suspect charged earlier this month with the murder of a ...

July 28, 2022
11:20 AM

Photo: Spanish Fork Public Safety/Facebook PROVO, Utah, July 27, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — A suspect charged earlier this month with the murder of a Weber County man now faces a second murder charge in the death a day earlier of a Utah County man. Christian Francis Taele, 28, is charged with the first-degree felony murder of Spanish Fork resident Ryan Hooley on or about July 8. On July 9, Taele was arrested in Ogden and charged with the attempted aggravated murder of a 23-year-old man who was beaten and hung from gym equipment in an apartment building at 2433 Adams Ave.

Nancy Van Valkenburg