Ex-convict pleads guilty in Chinese student's shooting death
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An ex-convict pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a University of Utah student from China using a gun stolen after another slaying.
Austin Boutain, 24, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the plea agreement that allowed him to avoid the death penalty. He pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges.
He and his wife were charged with hatching a carjacking plot that led to the October 2017 death of Chenwei Guo, whose parents living in Beijing remain devastated over the death of their only son at age 23.
He "was a perfect son to them," said prosecutor Chou Chou Collins.
Boutain stood in the courtroom shackled, surrounded by guards.