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ST. GEORGE — An Arizona man held in Washington County on federal parole violation was set to be released but will remain in custody awaiting extradition after local prosecutors received a first-degree murder warrant filed in connection with the grisly slaying of an Idaho man in January.
The suspect, Klee Lee Morrison, of Littlefield, Arizona, is in custody in Washington County on a first-degree murder warrant issued out of Minidoka County, Idaho, that was filed in connection with the murder of 41-year-old Julio Lopez, who was killed in Heyburn, Idaho, on Jan. 2.
According to Idaho authorities, Morrison traveled to Idaho to help his brother, 33-year-old Kalob Morrison, kill the man.
The federal hold was set to expire when the $1 million murder warrant was sent to the Washington County Attorney's Office last week, prompting local prosecutors to file a fugitive complaint to hold the suspect in Utah, Washington County Attorney Eric Gentry told St. George News.
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