UT - Conzuelo "Nicole" Solorio-Romero, 25, abducted/shot, on video, Kearns, 6 Feb 2021 *Arrests*

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MAY 28, 2024

Killer Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge to Avoid Death Penalty, Implicates Co-Defendants

One of six people charged with kidnapping and killing a Utah woman in 2021 has pleaded guilty and implicated his co-defendants. Charging documents say Conzuelo “Nicole” Solorio-Romero, 25, was taken forcibly from her home in Kearns on February 6, 2021, by Orlando Esiesa Tobar, 29, and Jorge...

www.crimeonline.com

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Medina-Reyes shot her in the head, and the witnesses left the apartment. But they reported hearing another gunshot, and Tobar came out with blood on his hands. ...

Tobar pleaded guilty to murder on Friday, a step down from his original aggravated murder charge, and will no longer face the death penalty, KSL said. Prosecutors also dropped an aggravated murder charge.

Medina-Reyes pleaded not guilty to murder and kidnapping charges, but he has a court date in June to discuss a possible plea change, KTVX reported.

The other four suspects — Fernando Marquez and Carolina Marquez, who have also been charged with murder and kidnapping, and Ivan Acosta and Cristian Morales, charged with obstruction of justice and abuse or desecration of a body — are awaiting trial.

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JUN 21, 2024

https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/man-pleads-guilty-murder-nicole-solorio-romero/

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Jorge Rafael Medina-Reyes, 25, pleaded guilty to murder and aggravated kidnapping, both first-degree felonies on June 20, 2024. He was also initially charged with obstructing justice, though that was dismissed with prejudice.

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A sentencing hearing for Medina-Reyes is scheduled for July 23, 2024. He faces five years to life in prison for each of the two charges he has been convicted for.

... Tobar’s sentencing is scheduled for July 22.

Cristian Morales... His one-year jail sentence was suspended and he was released on a two-year probation period.

Ivan Acosta, Fernando Marquez, and Carolina Marquez, all of whom were allegedly involved in the incident are still awaiting trial. ...

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JUL 25, 2024

Judge sends 2 killers to prison; 1 gets harsher sentence for laughing, mocking after murder

A judge sentenced two men to prison Tuesday for the 'monstrous' killing of a Kearns woman. One man who laughed and mocked after the killing was given a much harsher sentence.

www.ksl.com

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Third District Judge Patrick Corum sentenced Orlando Esiesa Tobar, 33, to at least 30 years in prison — two consecutive terms of 15 years to life, one for murder and the other for aggravated kidnapping, both first-degree felonies.

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Deputy Salt Lake County attorney Anna Rossi said photos from after Solorio-Romano was shot show Tobar laughing, showing pictures of her dead body, licking what a witness said was her blood from his hand and "dancing around reenacting the shooting." The judge added that Carolina Marquez, a woman also charged with the murder, was shown laughing as well.

Corum also noted before issuing his sentence that Tobar has been charged with a similar murder in Guatemala.

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Like Tobar, Jorge Rafael Medina-Reyes, 25, listened to a Spanish translator through headphones at his sentencing, which occurred about an hour and a half before Tobar's. Like Tobar, he was given two sentences of 15 years to life in the Utah State Prison for murder and aggravated kidnapping, first-degree felonies, but the judge ordered his sentences to run concurrently.

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Rossi explained that she had agreed to recommend concurrent sentences for both defendants after multiple discussions with the victim's family. However, she said Medina-Reyes' case was different because he accepts responsibility and recognizes his actions were inexcusable.

Medina-Reyes stood up and apologized to the victim's family and his own family in Spanish, with a translator interpreting his words.

"I know what I did is unforgivable, and I am saying sorry to all the family," he said, noting plans to study, work and become a better person while in prison.

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