A Saratoga Springs woman missing since last week has been found dead, while the man she was allegedly with remains missing and is now considered to be a person of interest.
Police had asked the public to keep an eye out for Jeusselem Elieth Genes and her husband, 57-year-old Alvaro Jose Urbina Rojas, after they were last seen by family members on Thursday morning. Rojas was supposed to take Genes to work, but then they did not return home that night. Family members later learned that Genes did not arrive at work.
Investigators pinged the couple's cell phones; Genes' was turned off, and Rojas' showed that it was in the Draper area. Officers searched the area but did not find either him or his vehicle.
Police later learned that Rojas had a camping trailer at a storage facility in Draper. They went to investigate the trailer on Saturday but found it locked, and they could not see anything or anyone through the windows.
They obtained a search warrant for the trailer on Monday and found Genes inside, deceased.
Genes' death is being investigated as a homicide, and Rojas has been listed as a "person of interest" by police.
A further investigation found that Rojas had fled the state and was in southern California. Police say his vehicle was seen on cameras there, along with credit card transactions traced to the area as recently as Monday. Investigators later learned that his SUV was seen on cameras in Cedar City, St. George and Las Vegas on Thursday, and they found he was making purchases in California later that night.
Police said Rojas is likely in a gray 2005 Toyota Sequoia, with Utah license plate number T40 9YB. A family member told FOX 13 News that the license plate number could also be G05 7JM.
Rojas is described as 5’09”, 193 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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