SALT LAKE CITY — A man is in custody after Salt Lake City police say they found a man's body wrapped in plastic and garbage bags on a sidewalk on Monday. The identity of the victim is still not being released as officials work to notify next-of-kin.
According to the Salt Lake City Police Department, they arrested 47-year-old Bently Scow.
The investigation started early Monday when, at 6:41 a.m., they were called to a home in the area of 1700 South 300 East. Police say they found the victim wrapped in garbage bags, a shower curtain, and plastic near a utility cart.
Detectives interviewed witnesses, who stated they had seen a man pushing the body on the cart, but when the cart tipped over, the man ran away.
The Utah State Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be homicide due to blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
Police would go to the victim's apartment and say that inside, they found signs of a struggle, including tipped-over furniture, a missing shower curtain, and possible blood stains.
Investigators also identified the victim's roommate as Bently Scow.
Scow was arrested on Tuesday for unrelated charges of retail theft. He was being held at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail, where detectives interviewed him.
During that interview, police say Scow told them he and the victim had been in a sexual relationship. According to Scow, he and the victim got into an argument, and Scow ultimately killed the victim before attempting to dispose of the body.
Scow is being held on charges of aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, and desecration of a human body.
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