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CEDAR CITY — The four suspects charged in connection with the killing of a 17-year-old girl near Cedar City on Jan. 17 made their first in-person court appearances on Tuesday morning.
The four men, Ethan Andrew Galloway, 23, Michael Edward Hess-Witucki, 23, Matthew D. Sorber-Petrie, 22, and Aldric S. Felipe, 21, briefly appeared for roll call hearings in Cedar City's 5th District Court before Judge Meb Anderson.
The courtroom was filled to capacity, as approximately three dozen family members and friends of Kaylee Dutton were there to observe the proceedings. Several wore black T-shirts reading "Fly High KayLee" in Dutton's honor.
As previously reported, police investigators believe that shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 17, two of the men, riding in a dark-colored pickup truck, aggressively followed a red pickup truck driven by Dutton for several miles along Lund Highway and Midvalley Road before one of the men allegedly opened fire on the teens' vehicle, killing Dutton and injuring another teenage girl who was riding in the passenger seat.
