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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah Attorney General's Office filed charges against the man suspected of locking his girlfriend and her dog in a storage unit, making it impossible for her to escape from a fire in the unit.

On February 18, 2023, Morgan Kay Harris was killed alongside her dog Huck in a storage unit fire in Murray. Her boyfriend at the time, Alexander Wardell, was later arrested on suspicion of negligent homicide and kidnapping.

He admitted to police that he closed the storage unit door and put a lock on it before leaving the area. While he was gone, the unit caught fire, and Harris and her dog were killed.

However, in May of 2024, Salt Lake Coun

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