SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah man facing charges in the case of a missing South Jordan teenager made his first court appearance Wednesday.

Samuel Mitchell of Herriman appeared before a commissioner over sexual messages he allegedly sent to her before she disappeared.

The public got a first look at Mitchell in a video call Wednesday with Utah’s 3rd District Court. Mitchell was in jail at the time of publication, and by the sound of the hearing Wednesday, he won’t find out if he can get out for another week.

41-year-old Mitchell was seen in the video in a yellow inmate jumpsuit. His attorney, Ed Stone, told presiding Criminal Commissioner Todd Olsen that he had just been assigned to the case which was being prosecuted by the Utah Attorney General’s Office.

Mitchell is facing six felony charg

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