SPANISH FORK, Utah (KSL.com) — Attorneys for the man accused of killing a Santaquin police officer say they are “gravely concerned” that if their client isn’t moved out of the Utah County Jail, he may not live to see a trial.

“Unless somebody does something, Mr. Jayne is going to die before making it to trial in either of the cases now before this court, because recent events suggest that if the current trajectory continues unaltered then the distinct possibility exists that employees of the Utah County Jail will successfully engineer Mr. Jayne’s premature demise,” Michael Jayne’s co-counsel, J.G. Askar, wrote in a motion filed last week in 4th District Court.

Michael Aaron Jayne, 43, of Garrett, Indiana, is charged with nine felonies, including aggravated murder, and faces a possible de

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