(Rick Bowmer | AP Photo) Austin Boutain, center, looks on during a court hearing Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Boutain, an ex-convict charged with gunning down a University of Utah student from China, using a stolen gun from a previous killing, pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. Boutain entered the pleas in an agreement with prosecutors that allows him to avoid a possible death penalty. He was sentenced to life without parole.