Three people from Colorado are behind bars after they allegedly beat a man to death with a flashlight and drove his body out to the desert where they dumped his remains.

Weston Owen and Sara Bess, both 18, along with Kellar Weisgerber, 21, face a slew of charges including first-degree murder , tampering with physical evidence, abuse of a corpse and conspiracy, the Fruita Police Department said . Cops in Fruita, which is in western Colorado, began investigating a suspicious incident on Saturday in the 21 Road desert area.

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Grand Junction CBS affiliate KREX , Bess, her fiance Owen and the victim, Bess' 62-year-old uncle John Krabbe, were at a local bar on the night of the alleged murder. Bess had been serving as the designated driver when Owen sa

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