A prison parolee suspected of killing four women during a murderous rampage in April has been charged with capital homicide in the death of a Utah convenience store owner.
The criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Grand County is the third death penalty case pending against Phillip Carl Jablonski, who awaits trial in California in connection with slayings in Burlingame and Riverside County.Three of the victims personally knew Jablonski and were sexually mutilated. All four were shot to death, authorities said.
Jablonski, 45, was charged in 7th Circuit Court in Moab with first-degree murder, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated robbery in the April 27 death of Margie Rogers of Thompson Springs.
Her body was found in the store she owned with her husband along Interstate 70 in southeastern Utah. Investigators said she was shot twice in the head with a .22-caliber handgun and $152 was missing from the cash register.
Evidence also indicated the assailant was preparing to mutilate her body, but was interrupted.