On October 29, 2016, 56-year-old James Main Sr. of Roosevelt, Utah, was found dead of two gunshot wounds after calling police to report that his son, James Hudson Main Jr., had taken his firearm and gone into nearby mountains. Investigators say attention quickly focused on the son, who was alleged to have abducted two men at gunpoint, forced them into a vehicle and taken them to a residence where an altercation and a gunshot occurred before he fled.

A multi-state manhunt ended with James Hudson Main Jr.’s arrest in Grand Junction, Colorado, after high-speed chases and a vehicle crash. He was prosecuted on murder, gun and kidnapping-related charges; the kidnapping counts were later dropped and the top charge was reduced to first-degree felony murder. At trial the family described a history of mental illness and efforts to get help for him in the days before the killing. A jury found him guilty and he received a prison term of 15 years to life; an additional consecutive sentence of five years to life was imposed for an assault committed while incarcerated.

Did anyone in Roosevelt know James Main Sr. or have information about what happened that night?