SPANISH FORK, Utah, March 14, 2023 (Gephardt Daily) — A 26-year-old man was arrested Tuesday following a police pursuit in Colorado after his parents were found dead inside their Spanish Fork home.
Tryston Robert Erickson, identified as the son of the 58-year-old man and 50-year-old woman found dead inside their home near 2250 East and 1400 South, was arrested following a police pursuit near Kremmling, Colorado, Spanish Fork police stated in a news release.
The investigation began at 12:17 p.m. when officers conducted a welfare check at the home. One of the victim’s co-workers reported they hadn’t show up for work for the past two days, police said.
Officers worked with family members to reach the residents at the home and via cellphone but were unsuccessful, according to the news release.
About 1:45 p.m., officers found an unlocked window and entered the home. Inside, officers located the deceased man and woman, the release states. Police are investigating the deaths as a double homicide.
Police say Erickson had the deceased woman’s cellphone with him, and it pinged about 5 p.m. near Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Spanish Fork police contacted local law enforcement in the area and provided a description of the vehicle, according to a news release.
“Shortly after speaking with local Colorado authorities, the Grand County (Colorado) Sheriff’s Office located the vehicle near Kremmling, Colorado, and initiated a traffic stop where a pursuit ensued,” the release states.
Erickson was arrested following the pursuit and booked into jail in Grand County, Colorado.
The names of the deceased couple were not released Tuesday pending positive identification from the medical examiner, Spanish Fork police said.
Erickson was named as a person of interest in the deaths in a 5:30 p.m. news release from Spanish Fork police. Twenty minutes later, police announced he had been taken into custody.
Gephardt Daily will update this story as more information becomes available.
