PINEDALE, Wyo. — A day after declining to waive extradition back to Utah, two men accused of kidnapping and assaulting a Clinton mother and her four daughters have apparently changed their minds.

Flint Wayne Harrison, 51, of Pinedale, notified authorities Tuesday that after speaking with his attorney, he will now waive extradition, clearing the way for him to be returned to Utah to face charges of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault.

His son, Dereck James "DJ" Harrison, 22, of Centerville, also told a judge he would not fight extradition back to Utah.

The Harrisons are accused of luring a woman to a house in Centerville on May 10 along with her four teenage daughters. Once there, the men allegedly led the women into the basement where police say they had a shotgun, a baseball bat, zip ties and duct tape already ripped into strips in preparation for their arrival. The women were tied up and beaten before breaking free and escaping.

After the Harrisons fled the home, they got a ride from an acquaintance to Salt Lake City, according to police. Somehow, they made their way from there to the Half Moon Lake area near Pinedale. How the father and son got there was still unknown as of Tuesday.

Each was arrested separately Saturday following an intense manhunt by several agencies around the popular camping area. A campsite believed to be used by the Harrisons while they were hiding was found in the Half Moon Lake area.

Authorities had received information that DJ Harrison was able to obtain two rifles, high-capacity magazines and two knives while on the run. He was unarmed, however, when he was arrested. The Sublette County Sheriff's Office in Wyoming organized a search for the missing weapons on Monday.

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In addition, investigators are looking at a possible tie between a missing Utah Transit Authority employee and the Harrisons' flight to Wyoming. While neither UTA officials, Centerville police nor the Sublette County Sheriff's Office say there is any evidence linking the two events other than they both happened about the same time in roughly the same area, Wyoming officials say they want to be thorough in their investigation.

"We just want to eliminate any areas where this vehicle might be. But again, there's really no hard evidence to connect the two," said Sublette County Sheriff's Sgt. Katherine Peterson. "We need to rule out as many areas as we can."

Peterson said organized searches for both the UTA vehicle and Harrisons' weapons came up empty Monday. She said most of the Half Moon Lake area that was still accessible to vehicles was searched. Smaller searches were expected to be conducted Tuesday, Peterson said.

On Wednesday, weather permitting, she said the sheriff's office plans to take a boat with sonar onto Half Moon Lake to search for the missing UTA vehicle just to make sure all areas are cleared.

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