Todd Stratton, 50, was shot and killed during a dispute over property maintenance on October 8, 2019, in the Apple Valley area of Washington County, Utah. Stratton, who lived in nearby Rockville and owned property on North Coyote Road, went to the residence where longtime friend Jason Howard Clinger was living. An argument about upkeep escalated; Clinger reportedly went inside, returned with a shotgun, and fired at Stratton. Clinger’s wife said Stratton reached for the shotgun and Clinger fired again. Responding officers found Stratton near the Plataclay Mine with at least one gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jason Howard Clinger, then 51, was taken into custody by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and booked into the Purgatory Correctional Facility. Clinger told deputies he could not justify his actions as self-defense and was charged with first-degree murder.

Did anyone in the Apple Valley or Rockville area know Todd Stratton or have information about the dispute on North Coyote Road?