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John Hollenhorst reportingIt's been more than two months since investigators dug up the bodies of two missing men in a shed in Iron County. The prime suspect has been jailed ever since, but murder charges have never been filed.
A rumor is making the rounds in the Cedar City area that investigators haven't come up with enough evidence to charge the prime suspect, but the sheriff says that's simply not true.
Martin Chris Nelson has been in jail for more than two months. Authorities are holding him on some minor charges while they investigate the double homicide.
The rural property where he was living was cluttered with junk. In November, investigators probing the disappearance of two southern Utah men found their vehicle amidst Nelson's junk. With the help of cadaver dogs, they unearthed two bodies buried in the dirt floor of a shed.
We've learned that Derek Davis and Chad Grijalva were shot a total of 13 times, and that a weapon found in Nelson's home holds 15 rounds at a time.
