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ST. GEORGE — More than four years after a man was fatally shot in Apple Valley, the shooter was sentenced at a hearing in St. George, where the victim's family members and supporters described a loss that many said will last forever.
Jason Howard Clinger, 56, of Apple Valley, appeared for a sentencing hearing at the 5th District Court on June 13. He faced a first-degree murder charge he entered a plea of "no contest" to in April.
Clinger was charged following the death of 50-year-old Todd Stratton of Rockville in 2019. Stratton was fatally shot outside of a remote residence in Apple Valley that he owned. He was in the process of selling it to the defendant, his longtime friend.
The shooting was reported on the afternoon of Oct. 8, 2019, when Washington County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the Plataclay Mine in Apple Valley, where they found the victim dead from what appeared to be at least one gunshot wound.
