Utah Woman Admits to Murdering Her Parents, Trying to Kill Brother: ‘I Hate Them’

Intro a woman who allegedly told police she had no remorse for gunning down her own parents in cold blood is in custody in Utah facing 11 felony counts we're taking a deep dive into what the Affidavit of probable cause reveals about Mia Bailey all with kv2 news reporter Brian schne welcome to sidebar presented by law and crime I'm Jesse [Music] Weber we have another tragic story for Murdered Parents you of a child allegedly turning a gun towards their own mother and father this time it happened in Washington Utah in the southernmost part of the state so a young man called 911 on Tuesday around 700 p.m. to report that he heard gunshots upstairs inside his home and had to run to a neighbors for help and when responding officers got there they found the Man's parents Joseph and Gail Bailey dead inside so the hunt for the shooter it actually ended up lasting all night law enforcement encouraged people who live nearby to shelter in place authorities they were able to identify the suspect as 28-year-old Colin biley now Colin bile is actually in the process of transitioning to a female and now goes by Mia she had legally changed her assigned gender to female and her legal name to Mia Bailey so we're going to be referring to her as Mia Bailey moving forward so Bailey was also known to wear wigs that gave her long hair and police wanted people to know that the suspect could look very different from one moment to the next now Bailey's bright yellow Kia Soul was spotted on a neighbor's camera leaving the scene and as police searched for Bailey in the area of nearby St George people in several neighborhoods were told to stay inside and be on alert and then just before 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday police got a report that Bailey was seen in St George so law enforcement yelled at her they found her they yelled at her to stop but instead she reportedly pulled a gun out of her waistband pointed it at her own head and walked away so by the time the sun rose police had gotten a new report that baay may have been in some bushes in an open field so police they ended up surrounding her and she finally surrendered she was taken into custody her handgun was retrieved she now faces 11 felony charges including aggravated murder and felony discharge of a firearm she's being held without bail now as I talk about this and I talk about Utah and this area might seem very familiar to you and that is why I'm going to bring in a very familiar face somebody from that area Brian Schnee Interview Brian schne reporter for kv2 news out in Utah who's been covering the shooting and the search for the suspect Brian and I covered the Ruby Frankie jod hilderbrand story extensively here on sidebar always love talking to Brian so happy to see you again wish it was under better circumstances uh but my gosh Brian this is uh this is quite the development well it is Jesse great to talk to you too I know we spent a lot of time talking about Ruby Frankie and Jody hilderbrand and where all of this went down was maybe 25 30 minutes from jod hilderbrand's property back in Ivan Utah so unique things happened in southern Utah and this was just a heinous crime and I know there's a lot of focus on the Colin Mia aspect on social media that's what a lot of folks are talking about but the crime itself is just tragic it is beyond words when you read a six-page probable cause affidavit from officers rarely do we get that much detail from an initial preliminary report from officers it sounds like by looking at this documentation that Mia was very forthcoming with a lot of information early on after you mentioned evading law enforcement for more than 12 hours and outlined in this probable cause affidavit apparently bragged about it after the fact that's we're going to get into that affidavit uh before we even get into what has been the community's reaction have you ever covered uh a case like this let alone a Manhunt like this before well unfortunately this is a family matter right this is a domestic of some sort related situation because there was really no true even though there's somebody running around with a gun right and and the intentions are unknown this was all family based right this was a the motive was directly towards Mia's parents and also Mia's brother who by the way filed back last year after Mia known as Colin at that time filed for the name and gender change back in July the brother of Mia or Colin at that time five days after they actually applied for that name gender change the brother in court filed a protective order against Colin now known as Mia interesting when you look back at that because that got thrown out that was dismissed the protective order wasn't um anything that came to fruition however the name and gender change did that came to fruition with a signed application about a month later interestingly enough the brother was in the home Tuesday night when Mia came to the home with the gun and shot both of her parents and then also tried to shoot through a door towards that brother so we don't know a lot of things about the exact reason why this took place but it's obviously that there's family tension there given the fact that she had the moment uh after shooting her parents and the wherewithal to go after her brother who was in that room behind a locked door with his wife trying to escape and again is the community shocked by this were they familiar with the family what's the feeling like there right now yes to get back to your initial question we've had a reporter there for the last couple of days uh by the name of christen mCP and she has talked to a number of Neighbors in the area I remember airing some part of that conversation last night on one of our shows that would be Thursday night and the neighbor said I was outside throwing the softball with my daughter and had I known at that time when this was going on I we probably would have made made better decisions and gone inside knowing that a killer was right across the street I mean how could you not be shocked it's the typical situation of this is a nice quaint quiet neighborhood where people are just doing their own thing you know the all walks of life live in that area and then something like this happens because you know Jesse crime needs no boundary it has no boundary it can happen anywhere and this is one of those situations it happened anywhere in Washington City Utah which is just a fringe suburb city of St George in southern Utah so let's get into this probable cause uh statement that was submitted in court because it is very shocking so according to the statement from the Washington City police officer the front of the house was part of the way open when First Responders got there and because there had been reports that people could be hurt inside the officers went ahead and they made entry now Brian talk to us about what officers found inside the home U because it was a very very startling sight well it was I listen listen back to the initial conversations that happened about 7:00 Tuesday night and at 7:03 the dispatcher calls out hey we got a call about gunshots uh the caller the reporting party saying hey that the parents upstairs you have to imagine the reporting party was likely the brother saying the parents are are likely shot and then within six minutes officers work their way through getting into the home from a time stamp of 7:03 p.m. to about 7:08 8 709 the officers quickly locate two people down and shot what's interesting about the probable cause affidavit and what we learn about what officers at least learned from Mia and how they gathered this situation Mia went into the home shot her mother first uh a number of gunshots towards her mother she was down apparently making noises so then Mia went back over according to officers in the written report and then shot one more bullet into her mother's head and then at that point point also her father comes over who she shoots at Point Blank Range and then shoots again to ensure that person is also deceased I'm paraphrasing the probable cause affidavit there's a reason why I didn't put a lot of it out on social media it's graphic like I I mean we talk about crime a lot Jesse I know you do it as well some things just sit a little differently and this one definitely does because of the caliber of the family Dynamic somebody enters the home guns down their parents tries to gun down the other family member there was clear motive to do something like this trying to just figure out what that true intent was maybe it was from an argument maybe it was part of that you know you'd have to imagine maybe it was a transgender transition conversation something like that because that is a big piece to this at least in the public eye when they look at this case from the outside LS we'll get into that a little bit you know they find these 9mm shell casing so clearly it's quite the crime scene I I was startled by the fact you you have one of the victims you have the the mother in the front room of the home where the TV was on um and then you know there there was blood that could be seen in and around there and then the father was in the master bedroom um lying in the hallway that hallway leads to the laundry room um and in these different locations when I hear that when I hear these kinds of cases Brian it always feels so systematic it always feels like um you know an assassination in a way when you have people in different parts of the house that are ultimately gun down that that really left a chill for me um and we know the police they cleared the rest of the home no other people were inside they didn't see any weapons uh during their search um and then the affidavit it lays out the specific charges that uh Bailey now faces but before we even get into that that aspect of it where you have people in different parts of the house is what made it I think even more chilling you're right and you called it an assassination that's basically what I mean I guess you would look at it as because clear intent to enter the home which is why there's a burglary charge I know we'll talk more about that too right yeah unlawful entry to that home immediately go to mom as you mentioned sitting in front of the TV right there in just your casual sitting area but then to make that commitment to leave that area to look for other people so it is chilling I mean it's a good way to put it and like we mentioned this is very detailed about the specifics of where people are laid out almost gives you a footprint idea of the home as we've seen imagery of what the outside of the property looks like it's just in a beautiful neighborhood with you know houses side by side a little yard in each it really paints a picture of unfortunately how this all went down in a matter of I would imagine just in a matter of maybe a minute or two right just so quick this is a horrible TruthFinder horrible story and whenever I hear allegations like this I'm always 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she shot her father in the head that he immediately dropped to the ground and then after going downstairs for a Time Mia came back upstairs described that she returned to her father who was lying on the ground and shot him one more time in the head to make sure that he was dead and while doing that Mia heard her mother making noises walked back over to her shot her in the head to make sure she was dead Mia further stated that she didn't have any remorse for her actions that she would not change what she had done Mia stated I would do it again I hate them so Brian that is really really cold very sadistic um and you walked us through what we don't know for sure what the motive could be but why do people online suspect it might have something and you talked about a little bit before with the protective order why do we think it could potentially be about this gender change it could be and it it's really purely just speculation I think at this point but it's one of those things that Mia seems to be someone who is very forthcoming with her information so I'm sure that we will learn maybe that motive maybe quicker than we do when somebody is not talking right maybe there's a reason where we we do get that understanding oh I had an argument with I'm just throwing out an idea I had an argument with so and so or long-standing beef with so and so it's clear there's family Dynamics here that were at Play a protective order of you know a sibling against another there's an I don't and we don't know the specifics of the reasoning behind it all of those documents were private and protected as you'd expect them to be by the court but it's kind of unique when you look at it that was a year ago uh Mia has been in this transition from Colin Troy Bailey to Mia Troy Bailey from name and gender change um what's interesting about Mia's situation I did hear in the initial police dialogue via radio traffic that Mia had recently on June 5th called 911 to report that somebody had pulled a gun on her at work um it's not something where there's a court record of it was merely just a 8C clip of something that happened within weeks ago I don't know if that leads to the family in any way but I did pull that out when coming through you know a couple hours of scanner chatter of of actual conversation of officers working this case and we don't put those out at kuv until we are able to match those up per this prob cause affidavit or per some fact but I would imagine when you look at the family Dynamic here um and perhaps the transition perhaps the you know the conversation of my son 27 years old wants to transition at the age of 28 to a female you can make a number of suggestions about how that may have played into the family Dynamic and of course Jesse there's the chance that it did um it's just hard to tell at this point I think we'll learn rather quickly though because like I said I mean this is a this is a detailed probable cause affidavit because Mia had to tell officers these things too officers can't just put all of this together like that in a matter of 12 hours this had to have come from an interview cooperation because there's also direct quotes in there and there's only so much the forensics can tell you about the order of the shots and what happened there the reason I asked about what the speculation could be is because I know that neighbors have spoken out to local media about what they observe to the family and tensions with the family um have you heard anything about that from Neighbors yeah and that's the same thing some of the neighbors have described to um you know our reporter that was there for the last couple of days after this really unfolded and you know at the same time it it is just an observation from somebody that lived maybe across the street to be honest with you as you know that can happen in any neighborhood in any home uh behind any closed door so I hate to infer too much but it sounds like that could have that could have definitely played into this especially with such a um I think a lot of things online are overshadowed by the conversation of the Colin Mia gender conversation and transgender situation here the crime itself is disgusting and heinous and it's about as bad as it gets and the charges as you know uh with your expertise 10 first-degree felonies that were laid out right away and then a third degree tacked on in there for other things that is a significant charge in any daily life of preliminary charges thrown at some that is the book being thrown at before they even get to court right those are the early suggestions of this could be life this could be more right this is a a major crime and it's a shame that so many people are looking into this one Avenue about the individual rather than the true way that this will impact the community and family and friends because this is a really really disgusting act that we know way too much about rather quickly be hon I'm glad I'm glad you mentioned that because yeah you know focusing on the motive it's it's important from a legal point of view you don't even have to prove motive to prove any of these charges at trial it definitely helps tell the story but at More Charges the same time it's so vital to understand what happened but at the end of the day it doesn't matter what matters is to two lives were lost and there could have been a further loss of life which gets me into more of the charges because we have another count count three attempted aggravated murder again in connection with domestic violence for as you said allegedly trying to uh kill her adult brother the affidavit reads after shooting both G GB and JB on the main floor of the residence Mia went downstairs to the basement of the home while downstairs Mia sought out her brother CB who had locked himself in his bedroom after hearing an argument in gunshots upstairs upon discovering the locked door Mia fired one round through the door in the direction of her brother the brother's door was observed to have a hole consistent with a small caliber round further a susp a suspected Bullet Hole was observed in the wall inside of the brother's room now Mia stated that her brother was not her main target but she would not have been sad had the gunshot killed him Mia indicated that she knew her brother and his wife were in that bedroom but they were not the main target CB and his wife AB both described hearing banging on the bedroom door and then a gunshot as they were trying to flee the residents from a downstairs window which is just absolutely terrifying to think about count four aggravated burglary which we were talking about before because she's accused of entering the home without permission Mia entered a residence that was not her own through the front door Mia admits that she had falling out with both of her parents and her brother who resided in that home Mia did not have permission to enter the residence she admitted to entering through an unlocked front door Mia's brother CB and his wife AB told off officers that they heard the deceased victims yell at Mia to get out of their home and this part's chilling too um Mia told officers that she went to the residence with the intent to kill her parents which is a very specific legal term so Brian the idea that she wasn't even supposed to be there is extra uh you know it's an extra piece of information that's important here supports the burglary charge but it's also incredibly chilling it is and the admission from Mia with you mentioned the word intent right um I think that doesn't help Mia Bailey in a court of law by any means I would imagine there's probably the situation here where you can quickly gather an understanding that Mia had the full intention of carrying out this crime likely had planned it likely had said hey you know this date and time I'm going to go do this because it was obviously knowing when everyone was going to be home so certain time you know 7:00 at night perhaps after work right a certain you know situation has to play out where you know that everybody that you want to be there has to be there at that time Y and you're right though when you talk about the brother and the Third charge there was some early questioning about that before this probable cause affidavit comes out because the charges came down earlier when the booking came down and then about 8 to nine hours later that's when we get the documentation it was just by the natural way of of how the process worked we didn't really understand why that third aggravated murder charge was there but now it's clearly uh part of the intent to shoot directly into that room where uh the brother and and the brother's wife were and then of course all of that you know dialogue as it's written plays into you know what Mia's intent really was in all of this when you hear the brother there's the yelling there's the get out of the house clearly wasn't supposed to be there as you mentioned so so when you put it all together rather quickly in six pages um this really paints a a a surprisingly good picture of what took place at least from the officer's account here and from a legal point of view the brother and his wife might not have been the targets but if she fired into that room knowing they were there you can get a murder charge or attempted murder charge now and also I should tell you all the comments that she allegedly made to law enforcement sure defense Council will try to say they were coerced um you know this maybe her Miranda rights weren't properly read there are different legal arguments you could to make to try to get those statements out if they we do not have a situation like this and this comes into a trial you can imagine how devastating that testimony will be for her um and just to finish it up with the counts counts 567 and eight they a felony discharge of a firearm these are the counts that relate to Ba's mother who the medical examiner says was struck by four bullets total counts nine and 10 are felony discharge of a firearm um these are related to Bailey's father who again was allegedly shot twice and and then count 11 is another firearm charge for allegedly shooting at a brother through a locked door at the end of the affidavit the officer request that Bailey be denied bail uh Brian what is the status on that well it makes sense when I checked in with the Washington County Sheriff's Office yesterday who um oversees the jail operations at the Purgatory correctional facility which may sound familiar they're in Hurricane Utah where Ruby Frankie and jod hilderbrandt were held from a lot of our conversations um as as last update as I knew it Mia was still in observation um a lot of the conversation is where is Mia going to be booked with a male population or female population and and I specifically asked about that yesterday because of the ongoing questions from people um has to do with the point of of Mia's transition so that'll be determined likely in the next couple weeks but so they don't have an answer on that they don't they don't have an answer about where they did not have an answer at least publicly on the record to me in the moment of where will likely put Mia after observation which of course a crucial time being booked in 24 48 Hours potential suicide you know you name it and the reason why I bring that up is because I listen to the nearly 4550 minutes of conversation between officers trying to get Mia to surrender um she was in tears she had a gun to her head she had a gun in her mouth and that is a very real possibility so that observation period I think is crucial um in ter terms of Mia Bailey being held at this point I did want to bring it back to some of the other things with the request for no Bale that Mia did brag apparently according to the officers about being able to evade law enforcement by hiding in bushes and and you know running from them and maneuver jumping over fences jumping over fences and walls hiding in the bushes covering honestly covering a lot of ground too I mean they had a Department of Public Safety helicopter in the sky that night looking for her uh when they found Mia the next day they did not have a helicopter they were using drones they got a tip that somebody had gone off into the field nearby this housing complex and we've had some great videos shared with us by uh some of our kuv viewers that live there because there's homes all over the place and there's one giant field that presumably at some point will be another development but it was just this brush covered field and yeah hearing that play out actually for me was kind of sad right because it was this moment of this person I think after after evading law enforcement for 12 hours finally started to get the wheels turning about what they had done the shock had worn off Mia apparently asking an officer about how do I Surrender what are the penalties there was genuine concern from Mia about what am I facing now before Mia was even in custody and then as I mentioned the tears uh the potential thought of of taking Mia's life in that moment right so that was hard to listen to it really was because it was a crisis moment um obviously after the crime was done which is probably however you want to look at this awful so to listen to that kind of come full circle after it's been 12 to 14 hours it was quite remarkable too because it was in great detail how officers were describing Every Which movement she puts the gun down she shows the officer it's empty I mean the whole deal and then taken into custody um as a surrender peacefully the video shows no actual force from police which sometimes you have to take someone in with Force so looking at all of that I'm just glad they were able to come up with a good safe resolution given that area was just surrounded by people in their homes and someone walking around with a gun who just gunned down two people their parents and also tried to shoot another one it's a horrific situation that could have been even worse whether you could have you could have had more victims but when you talk about baale I mean they're putting evidence of her being a Flight Risk danger to the community so those are serious factors that would work against her um Brian schne love talking to you love having you on as this case progresses would love to have you come back and and uh we can try to make sense of what happened here um I know it's going to be a very uh big story in your community that you're going to continue to cover we'd like to do the same here on sidebar and um you know always a pleasure talking to you my friend always love having you on as always thanks for having me all right everybody that's all we have for you right now here on sidebar thank you thank you so much for joining us as always please subscribe on Apple podcast Spotify YouTube wherever you get your podcasts I'm Jesse Weber speak to you next time [Music]