Utah inmate accused of sending threatening letters with references to serial killer

  • Fredrick Eugene Greghun, 46, is charged with making multiple threats while in a Utah prison.
  • He allegedly referenced the “BTK” serial killer in letters to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.
  • Greghun’s release was set for September 2026 before new charges were filed.

SALT LAKE CITY — A man previously convicted of threatening a judge was charged Tuesday with threatening others while in prison, and doing so by referencing a notorious serial killer.

Fredrick Eugene Greghun, 46, of West Jordan, is charged in 3rd District Court with four counts of making a threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony; four counts of threatening a judge or board member, a third-degree felony; plus two counts of interfering with a public servant and four counts of making a threat of violence, class B misdemeanors.

Greghun was originally sentenced to a term of zero to five years in the Utah State Prison in 2020 for violating a protective order, according to court records. Then in 2021, while incarcerated, he was charged with “threatening to kill a judge, his defense attorney, and other members of court personnel” and convicted again, court documents state…

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