Emetrio Melgar-Hernandez
- Date of birth
- 3/20/1949
#CO1982-61551-emetrio-melgar-hernandezTier-1 extracted
Emetrio Melgar-Hernandez
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Aug 19, 1982
Recovery location
UT
Coordinates
40.6679, -111.9242
Days open
15,997
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlightedEmeterio, age 33, was from El Salvador and worked as a dishwasher at the Salt Lake Hilton at the time of his death. He is a husband and father to eight children. Emeterio was last seen on August 14, 1982 by co-workers. His body was discovered on August 19, 1982 about five miles above Junction I-80 and U-65. It appeared he had been there for quite some time. He had died as a result of gunshot wounds. Emeterio is the cousin to 18 year-old Miguel Antonio Hernandez whose body was located 2-days earlier off a road in nearby East Canyon. It’s possible the two homicides happened in the same time frame and the case is being investigated as a double homicide.
Modus operandi
Tier-1Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 40.6679
- Longitude
- -111.9242
- Precision
- County-centroid
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