Police name suspect in Moab lesbian couple's murder

The Grand County Sheriff’s Office named a suspect in the August, 2021 murders of a lesbian newlywed couple found dead near a campsite in Moab, Utah. “Grand County Sheriff’s Office has identified Adam Pinkusiewicz as a suspect in the double homicide of Kylen Schulte and Crystal Beck Turner,” the department stated in a release.

“Adam Pinkusiewicz was a former employee at the McDonald’s that Crystal worked at located in Moab, Utah,” the news release continued, noting that Pinkusiewicz was “identified at that time as one of many persons of interest being investigated by the GCSO, and the GCSO made numerous attempts to locate and interview” him.

“Through continued analysis and collection of evidence, the GSCO had learned that the suspect was in the La Sals and Moab at the time of the murders, had left the State of Utah shortly after the homicides, then later committed suicide,” the release stated. “GSCO conducted numerous interviews and recently received information that prior to committing suicide, Adam Pinkusiewicz told another party that he had killed two women in Utah and provided specific details that were known only to investigators,” police wrote, adding that the investigation is still ongoing and the case is not yet closed.

The bodies of Turner, 38, and Schulte, 24, were found Aug. 18 at a campsite near the La Sal Mountains near Moab.