Stolen Guns Found With Dead Teens

"SOUTH JORDAN, UT — Two young boys found dead in the basement of a home in the Daybreak neighborhood a week ago died in a murder/suicide, police said Friday.

"An autopsy determined that Taylor Wheeler, 12, died of a single gunshot wound and Dayton Gessell, 15, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"But what South Jordan police still could not answer Friday, was whether the shooting of Taylor was an intentional act.

"`At this point we don't know if it was intentional or accidental, that's part of the investigative process,` said South Jordan Police Sgt. Sam Winkler.

"Taylor and Dayton were found dead inside a home at 4781 W. Pine Canyon Way on the evening of Nov. 15. Neither boy lived in the house. Three teens, including two brothers who live at the home, were also in the basement at the time — a 16-year-old and two 14-year-olds.

"Three guns were recovered from the house. Winkler said the guns had been reported as stolen that day. One of the weapons was used in both shootings. Winkler declined to say where the guns were stolen from.

"`That's part of the investigative process,` he said.

"Questions about why the boys had the guns or what they planned to do with them were also still being investigated Friday."

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