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ST. GEORGE — Two of the four men charged in connection with the Jan. 17 shooting death of KayLee Dutton entered guilty pleas on Tuesday.
Michael Edward Hess-Witucki, 23, and Aldric S. Felipe, 21, appeared separately in Cedar City's 5th District Court before Judge Meb Anderson.
As previously reported, the men, along with two other codefendants, were arrested in Cedar City on Jan. 18 following an extensive manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
The investigation had started late the previous evening, when two suspects in a dark-colored pickup truck reportedly followed a red pickup truck driven by the 17-year-old Dutton for several miles along Lund Highway and Midvalley Road. Eventually, multiple gunshots were fired at the red truck, killing Dutton and injuring another teenage girl riding in the passenger seat.
