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Man sentenced for killing University of Utah student pleads guilty in second death

(Rick Bowmer | AP File Photo) Austin Boutain is lead in to the courtroom during a hearing Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Boutain, who was convicted of the murder of University of Utah student ChenWei Guo, also plead guilty to the murder of 67-year-old Mitchell Ingle In October 2017 in Colorado. He will be sentenced for the second murder in Oct. 2019, having already received a life sentence in Utah in 2018.

Denver • A man who was previously convicted of fatally shooting a University of Utah student has pleaded guilty to killing a Colorado man.

Austin Jeffrey Boutain pleaded guilty Friday to murder and aggravated robbery in the death of 67-year-old Mitchell Ingle of Golden In October 2017.

Authorities say the 25-year-old Boutain and his wife, Kathleen, were drinking and smoking marijuana with Ingle in an RV park, when Boutain became angry at Ingle's suggestion the three have sex.

Police say Austin Boutain slit Ingle’s throat, robbed his trailer and the Boutains then drove Ingle’s vehicle to Salt Lake City, where student ChenWei Guo was shot to death.

Austin Boutain was sentenced to life in prison, and his wife to one year, for Guo's death.

Austin Boutain will be sentenced on Oct. 3 for the Colorado killing.