The Mineshaft Murders // 272
The Mineshaft Murders // 272  
Podcast: Going West: True Crime
Published On: Fri Jan 20 2023
Description: On December 30th, 2017, 17-year-old Breezy Otteson and 18-year-old Riley Powell went missing in Utah after meeting up with a friend. When their bodies were found brutally murdered and tossed down an abandoned Utah mine shaft, police uncovered details so shocking that the state sought the death penalty. This is the story of the Mineshaft Murders.BONUS EPISODESpatreon.com/goingwestpodcastCASE SOURCES1. Brelynne's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523501/brelynne-marie-otteson2. Riley's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523575/riley-lee-powell3. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/07/31/death-penalty-sought-utah/4. True Crime Daily: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qeZMJqljZQ5. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/415003758/?terms=breezy%20otteson&match=16. The Daily Spectrum: https://www.newspapers.com/image/500625138/?terms=riley%20powell&match=17. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/21253403/2-killed-in-head-on-collision-identified8. Nannette's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188523711/nannette-jena-hamby9. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/4629300410. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/46295730/teens-remembered-for-their-carefree-spirit-helpful-nature11. East Idaho News: https://www.eastidahonews.com/2018/03/man-murdered-couple-dumped-their-bodies-in-a-mine-police-say/12. UEN.org: https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/e/EUREKA.shtml13. Breezy's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Breezyotteson200014. Riley's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/powell.riley15. Memorial Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/SearchingForBreezyandRiley16. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/612861988/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=117. The Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.newspapers.com/image/613775374/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=118. Lakeside Review: https://www.newspapers.com/image/602777584/?terms=jerrod%20baum&match=119. Fox 13: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/jerrod-baum-sentenced-to-four-life-sentences-for-murder-of-two-utah-teens20. KSL: https://ksltv.com/472282/utah-county-attorney-announces-he-will-no-longer-seek-the-death-penalty/21. Salt Lake Tribune: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/10/jerrod-baum-says-im-not/22. KSL: https://www.ksl.com/article/50420393/narcissistic-brutal-act-of-cowardice-judge-throws-book-at-convicted-killer-jerrod-baum