Kay Mortensen (July 6, 1939 – November 16, 2009) was an American retired professor of mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University who was murdered at his home in 2009.
[2] Kent Carroll, a neighbor of Mortensen's family, said they were planning to gather at the house Monday evening to play board games.
[5] A grand jury was impaneled, which found that Roger and Pam should stand trial for the older Mortensen's murder.
They found 14 shotguns, rifles and handguns buried at a location in Vernal and other weapons in a septic tank at a park in the area.
[10] Bond was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and his appeal of the conviction was denied by the Utah Supreme Court in 2015.
[12] More recently, the investigation was also the subject of an episode of the Trace of Evil entitled "The Perplexing Case of Kay Mortensen" which originally aired on June 15, 2021.