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The Utah attorney general has charged Alexander Wardell with murder in Morgan Harris' 2023 death.

Wardell allegedly locked Harris in a shed where she died in a fire from smoke inhalation.

Salt Lake County district attorney declined to file charges, calling it a "tragic accident."

MURRAY — A fire that killed a woman who was locked in a Murray storage shed was ruled to be a "tragic accident" last year after a yearlong investigation by the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office.

But now, the Utah Attorney General's Office says the death of 27-year-old Morgan Kay Harris was no accident.

On Thursday, the office filed a charge of murder, a first-degree felony, or in the alternative manslaughter, a second-degree felony, in 3rd District Court against Alexander Paul Wardell

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