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¶Off U.S. Highway 160, near Moab, Utah, an oil rigger returning to camp drove up moments too late to prevent a vicious murder. Off to the side of the road, clutching his bloody head, stood Charles Boothroyd, 55, a Hartford, Conn., machinist. Near by, fatally wounded, lay Mrs. Jeanette Sullivan, 40. In a ditch was a crumpled tan Volkswagen with sleeping bags and a tent lashed to its top, its interior littered with toilet paper, pillows and sun caps. Missing was Mrs. Sullivan's 14-year-old daughter Denise. Boothroyd and the Sullivans had been sightseeing at Dead Horse Point, a towering promontory that commands a magnificent view of the Colorado River canyon and the surrounding Utah badlands. They had stopped on the highway to aid a fellow motorist. "Generator trouble." explained the swarthy stranger as he asked to borrow Boothroyd's flashlight. Then he produced a rifle and demanded money. Boothroyd threw his wallet—containing $250—to the ground, but Mrs. Sullivan angrily snatched up the wallet and turned to walk away. The bandit fired, and Mrs. Sullivan fell with a bullet in her brain. Then the murderer shot Boothroyd twice in the face. In the Volkswagen, Denise Sullivan tried to drive off. But the bandit jumped into his dusty sedan, ran Denise off the road, and pulled her into his car. At week's end, FBI agents cornered a suspect who killed himself before he could be questioned. Said Moab Sheriff John Stocks: "It's one chance in 1,000 that we'll find the girl alive."