COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A man arrested in connection to the deaths of two men in El Paso and Park Counties late last year killed both men with brutal head trauma, according to arrest papers obtained by 11 News.

The arrest papers for Johnny Rankin Morris were originally sealed when he was taken into custody related to the December 2024 deaths of Stephen Walker and Timmy Huston. 11 News received documents on Wednesday related to the charges he faces in El Paso County related to Walker’s death, which detail the events surrounding the deaths of both men.

Morris and Hailey Cole were the subjects of a nationwide search that began as a missing persons search out of El Paso County for Morris, Walker and a vehicle connected to the case just before Christmas. It quickly became a death

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