The three alleged co-defendants indicted in a 2022 double homicide all appeared in district court on Thursday.

Toni Gurule, 45, and Anthony Fogle, 48, appeared for individual arraignments.

Gurule entered a not-guilty plea and a trial was set for March 9-20 with a pre-trial readiness hearing Jan. 15.

Fogle’s defense attorney, Carlos Garcia-Aguilar, shared that, because of a conflict of interest with an already-existing client, he would not be able to represent Fogle. In response, Judge Lauren Swan reset the arraignment for Oct. 16, at which time a new public defender will be assigned to his case.

Suzette Salyer, 44, appeared for both a motions hearing and pre-trial conference.

She was originally scheduled for a trial from Oct. 27 through Nov. 7, but, citing that several key witnesses will be unavailable at that time, Deputy District Attorney Wendy Owens requested the trial be shifted to a different period.

Judge Swan did agree to change the trial date to begin Oct. 20.

The three were indicted April 30, 2024, by a Grand Jury on two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of first-degree kidnapping, each a Class 1 felony. The indictment listed a $50,000 cash-only bond for each of the suspects.

The charges stem from the Feb. 8, 2022, discovery of the bodies of 25-year-old Ryan Roth and 36-year-old Rodolfo Santillan-Reyes, both of Fremont County, in the area of mile marker 10.5 of Phantom Canyon Road (County Road 67).

Personal animosity because of slanderous songs/statements sent over social media to Gurule may have led to the shooting deaths, according to the indictment.

The indictment states that Gurule and Salyer knowingly gathered firearms and zip ties to tie up the victims. They then went to the aid of Fogle, who agreed to help them.

The trio reportedly went to the home of one of the victims, took them by gunpoint, tied them up and placed them in a car belonging to one of the victims. The defendants drove the victims to a secluded location, where they either personally brought weapons or were aware that weapons were present.

“Defendants Gurule, Salyer, and Fogle all either personally used those weapons to shoot the victims or were aware of the circumstances and substantially aided in the actions,” the indictment states. “The shooting caused both victims’ deaths.”

After the shootings, Gurule and Salyer allegedly took the victim’s vehicle and cleaned it out, trying to remove any identifying evidence. They “had items clearly addressed to each victim in their trash,” the indictment states.

DNA and phone pinging helped to positively identify the suspects and place them close to the victims’ residences and also the crime scene Feb. 8, 2022.

Carie Canterbury contributed to this report.

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