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Judge Orders Detention as DNA and Video Tie Utah Man to Failed Arson Under FOX 13 News Truck

Newly unsealed filings describe DNA matches, surveillance footage, purchase records and seized items that prosecutors say link him to the failed device.

Overview

  • Christopher Solomon Proctor, 45, has pleaded not guilty to attempted arson and possession of an unregistered destructive device.
  • Prosecutors say a lit fuse on a 2.5-gallon gas can placed under the truck on Sept. 12 burned out before the gasoline ignited.
  • Investigators cite a DNA match from the gas can, surveillance video, a license-plate reader hit and an acquaintance’s account of an admission.
  • A Sept. 20 search recovered boots, tactical gloves, an empty gas can with a carved hole and a multicolored fuse, and records show he bought more fuse and drove past the station days later.
  • Authorities say separate state hoax-device charges against two Magna men are unrelated, and they report no evidence tying the incident to Charlie Kirk’s killing.