UTAH STATE PRISON — Convicted double murderer Edgar Tiedemann will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole said Wednesday that Tiedemann, 61, will serve his natural life in prison. The decision was made just two days after his parole hearing on Oct. 2.

A rationale for the decision had a long list of checks for aggravating factors to keep him behind bars including the extent of community fear, his lengthy drug history and the depravity of the crime.

Tiedemann was convicted earlier this year of the 1991 slayings of Susan Sessions, 31, and Charles Timberman, 44. He was also convicted of shooting Sessions' 14-year-old son, Scott Bunnell, who was paralyzed and died nine years later from his injuries.

— Ben Winslow