Tooele man charged with murder in 50-year-old cold case

VERNAL, Utah ( ABC4 ) — A man from Tooele, Utah, has been charged with the 1974 murder of 21-year-old army veteran Gregory Dahl Nickell, according to new court documents filed on Friday, Nov. 1.

Fifty-two years after Nickell’s violent murder, investigators and detectives have identified Darrel Eugene Choate, 74, as the second suspect involved in his death. Choate was charged with first-degree felony murder.

In 2022, the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office announced the first break in the case , identifying Daniel Arthur Bell as one of the suspects involved. However, investigators confirmed Bell had died in Yakima, Wash., and his body was cremated in 2019…

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