TOOELE COUNTY, Utah — The ex-wife of a trucker found dead inside a semi at an I-80 rest stop in Tooele County last year has been arrested in connection with his death.
Jatinder Kaur Purewal, 47, faces charges of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and obstructing justice in the death of Jaswinder Singh. She is the second suspect to have been arrested, with Jaspinder Singh Dhillon having been arrested in October 2024.
On September 26, 2024, police found Singh dead inside the cab of his truck that was parked on the side of the I-80 ramp in Delle after a coworker alerted authorities to the area after checking Singh's GPS.
Singh was found with lacerations on his neck and legs, and his hands were bound with a black cable tie.
Surveillance footage from the Sinclair gas station in Delle and dashcam footage from Singh's truck reportedly showed the semi pulling into the gas station at around 3:30 a.m., followed shortly after by a white Mercedes.
Shortly after Singh parked his truck, a hooded figure was seen on camera walking from the Mercedes to Singh's truck.
Investigators obtained "Life 360" GPS data from Singh that showed him traveling down a nearby frontage road, then back to the gas station, then getting on I-80 and taking the next exit east of Delle. The truck appeared to turn back around, head west on the highway, past Delle, and then returned to the area where it was left on the on-ramp.
About an hour before the vehicles arrived at the gas station, both Singh's truck and the Mercedes — believed to belong to his ex-wife — were seen on Port of Entry cameras near the Utah-Nevada state line in Wendover. Hours before that, security camera footage showed the two vehicles pulling into gas stations in Wells and Winnemucca. All three times, the Mercedes appeared to be within a minute behind Singh's truck.
Photos of the person driving the Mercedes matched the hooded figure seen inside the Winnemucca gas station, as well as identification photos of Dhillon.
In the 12 days following Dhillon's arrest in October 2024, officials say he made 34 phone calls to Purewal. Investigators say once they translated the conversations, the pair could be heard expressing their love for each other.
When detectives spoke with Singh's family, they learned that Purewal had allegedly made threats against her ex-husband, and their daughter had obtained a restraining order against her mother.
During a search of Dhillon's home, officials found an iPhone with images dated from 4 days before the murder. The photos showed Dhillon and Purewal together in what appeared to be a romantic relationship.
Several calls were made, both voice and video, between the pair during the time when the Mercedes was parked at the gas station near the crime scene on the 26th of September.
On October 15, 2025, investigators interviewed an individual who provided information about conversations she had had with Purewal before and after the murder. According to the informant, in August 2024, Purewal spoke with them about getting help for her cousin to obtain a CDL for her cousin who lived in Washington state. Purewal sent the informant a photo of her supposed cousin's license, which belonged to Dhillon.
At one point, Purewal also offered $100,000 to the informant if she would marry Dhillon so he could stay in the country. The informant declined the offer.
In the days following the murder, the informant reportedly saw a social media video about Singh's death and that Dhillon was arrested. When the informant contacted Purewal about the video, she says Purewal told her that Dhillon had made threats, but she didn't think that he would actually do it.
The informant added that Purewal and Dhillon were on the phone when Dhillon was following the victim. Purewal, at one point, asked the informant to buy her a SIM card so she could hide her calls with Dhillon.
