Cause, location of death of missing San Juan Co. men revealed by investigators
BLANDING, Utah (ABC4) — Investigators with San Juan County shared more information Thursday into the disappearance and murder of two Utah men.
According to seventh district court documents, officers responded to the report of the two missing men, William “Drew” Bull and Christopher “Topher” Owens, on February 27.
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Cell phone data showed both men left Moab on February 25, go to the Maverick in Blanding, and then go to the house of Charles Yoo.
Cell phone data reportedly showed both Bull and Owens phones staying in the immediate area of the house until February 27. After that point, the cell phones had been turned off and there was no more data, documents state.
On March 8, officers conducted a search warrant on Yoo’s house, along with a forensic team with the State Bureau of Investigations, and found “red/brown spots, presumed to be blood” on the wall and ceiling in the entry way.
Additionally, the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services said they found human blood on a pair of shoes and on swabs taken from several areas in the house.
With the assist of cadaver dogs, officers also found burnt remnants of possible clothing and carpet buried behind Yoo’s house, documents state.
Bodies found
The bodies of Bull and Owens were found in Arizona around March 22, documents state.
Cell phone data reportedly showed Yoo’s phone in the approximate area of the location site on March 1.
After additional investigation, the cause of death for both of the men were determined to be gunshot wounds, documents state, and the bullets and fragments taken from the bodies matched one of Yoo’s guns.
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