Unremorseful woman brutally killed Utah parents, tried to kill brother, police say

Pat Peavy, KSL.com

WASHINGTON, Utah (KSL.com) — A female who allegedly told constabulary she hated her parents and had nary remorse was arrested Wednesday and accused of brutally shooting her parents aggregate times, sidesplitting them wrong their Washington home, prompting an all-night manhunt earlier she was yet recovered and booked into jail.

Collin Troy Bailey, 28, who constabulary opportunity is presently transitioning to a female and goes by Mia Bailey, was arrested for investigation of 2 counts of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, 7 counts of shooting a weapon and aggravated burglary.

The victims were identified arsenic Joseph and Gail Bailey.

Mia Bailey told constabulary “that she did not person remorse for her actions and that she would not alteration what she had done. Mia stated, ‘I would do it again. I dislike them,'” according to a constabulary booking affidavit. “Mia told officers that she went to nan residence pinch nan intent to termination her parents.”

Richard Zyszkiewicz lives successful nan area wherever nan shooting occurred and said location has been “volatility and bad vibes” going connected wrong nan family. Bailey besides told constabulary astir “strained relationships pinch aggregate different family members. Multiple family members told rule enforcement that they were acrophobic of Mia. These family members each sought replacement lodging for nan nighttime to guarantee their safety.”

According to police, emergency dispatchers received a telephone conscionable aft 7 p.m. Tuesday from Bailey’s relative of shots fired astatine 1039 E. Chinook Drive successful nan metropolis of Washington.

“It was advised that nan reporting statement believed that his parents had been changeable upstairs successful his home. The reporting statement was presently astatine a neighbor’s location aft fleeing from nan location erstwhile he heard nan gunshots,” nan affidavit states.

Responding officers recovered nan beforehand doorway partially unfastened and instantly entered.

Multiple ammunition casing were recovered connected nan first level adjacent nan stairs and nan beforehand room area, constabulary said. The assemblage of Gail Bailey was recovered connected nan first floor, and her husband’s assemblage was located successful nan hallway starring to nan maestro bedroom, nan affidavit says.

Police opportunity a neighbor’s information camera recorded Bailey arriving astatine her parent’s location successful her Kia Soul. After her arrest, she gave detectives gruesome specifications of nan killings, stating “that she entered nan location and almost instantly began shooting astatine her mother,” nan affidavit alleges. “Mia stated that her begetter … heard nan shots and began stepping toward her. Mia stated that she changeable her begetter successful nan caput and that he instantly dropped to nan ground.”

Police opportunity Bailey told them she went downstairs for a while, past returned upstairs and fired much shots. “Mia described that she returned to her begetter who was lying connected nan crushed and changeable him 1 much clip successful nan caput to make judge that he was dead. While doing that, Mia … walked backmost complete to her mother and changeable her successful nan caput to make judge that she was dead,” constabulary wrote successful nan affidavit.

Police opportunity Bailey’s begetter was changeable doubly and her mother 4 times.

After sidesplitting nan parents, Bailey fired a changeable into nan chamber doorway wherever her relative had locked himself inside, according to nan affidavit. “Mia stated that her relative was not her main target, but she would not person been sad had nan gunshot killed him.”

Officers from nan Washington Police Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Office and nan Utah Department of Public Safety launched an all-night hunt for Bailey. The hunt prompted a shelter-in-place alert for an area of St. George. Residents successful nan Bloomington Hills and Fort Pierce neighborhoods were asked to shelter successful spot for astir of early Wednesday. Residents opportunity a chopper circled nan area astir Bloomington Hills toward nan stream astir nan Fort Pearce wash, apparently searching nan section for Bailey, for astir of nan nighttime done Wednesday morning.

Just earlier 1 a.m. Wednesday, constabulary received a study that Bailey was seen successful nan area of Horseman Park and River Road successful St. George.

“Officers were connected segment and observed Mia to beryllium stepping northbound toward nan Painted Desert subdivision done nan wash. Mia was fixed commands to stop, and she retrieved a handgun from her waistband and placed it to her head, continuing to locomotion distant from officers, ignoring their commands. Officers mislaid show of Mia arsenic she went into nan heavy brushwood successful nan wash/ravine,” nan apprehension study states.

The shelter-in-place bid was lifted astir 7 a.m. By 8 a.m., constabulary received a study that Bailey “was perchance located successful immoderate bushes successful an unfastened section adjacent nan area of nan caller St. George temple,” according to nan affidavit.

Some St. George residents successful nan area of 2800 East and 1000 South opportunity they watched arsenic Bailey was surrounded and yet surrendered without further incident astir 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“Mia describes jumping fences aliases walls, hiding successful bushes, sleeping successful a parkland bathroom, and different efforts to elude rule enforcement. Mia bragged astir her expertise to debar nan efforts of rule enforcement to find her, including evading officers, hiding from helicopters and hiding from drones,” constabulary wrote successful nan affidavit.