Found Deceased UT - Elizabeth Laguna Salgado, 26, Provo, 16 Apr 2015

[TravelingBug]

Also:

Heidi Hatch @tvheidihatch · 5h 5 hours ago https://twitter.com/tvheidihatch/status/593924681373061120

UDOT worker says the suitcase with body inside was faded from the sun- but felt like it hadn't been there for months/years. Likely weeks.

 

[TravelingBug]

The comment on that twitter is....
Yeah, I totally hope it's not this girl because she's quite pretty. WTF?
People are so strange.... :dunno:

Yeah I was wondering about that "unfinished" paragraph.
Unfortunately I am quite accustomed to the horrendous editing of our news articles. :sigh:

I thought he smelled it and called LE, I didn't realize he opened it?
Or maybe he was there when LE opened it to verify it was a crime scene?
I don't know. :dunno:

http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/st...dy-inside-invest/27148/aQPejg-fNUOsNrA-YpC2hQ

Investigators aren't saying what age, or race the dead person inside the suitcase is or if it's a male or female, but the state inspector allegedly told this UDOT worker.

I saw that comment! You're right, people are very strange! :scared:

It sounds like he called UHP and then opened it?

Heidi Hatch ‏@tvheidihatch 5h5 hours ago https://twitter.com/tvheidihatch/status/593920523530149888

The UDOT worker who found the body was upset & walked away after he realized what was inside.

Although there's another article saying he thought it was suspicious, went to lift it to move it, but it smelled, and so then he called, and then that he waited and UHP determined it was a body and thus a crime scene.

 

[TravelingBug]

Uh...they just updated that other article I went back for.

Sounds very likely to be her

When he got close, police said he had an uneasy feeling about the case and notified them. That’s when they discovered a body was inside.

“He said it was a woman, dark hair,” Hansen said. “He said it was probably couple weeks since she’d been dead.”

They go on more about the scene, that it looked like someone pulled over and just dumped it and then:

Joining investigators at the crime scene were detectives from the Provo Police Department, who have been looking into the disappearance of 26-year-old Elizabeth Salgado.

While it’s not uncommon to review missing person cases around the state when a body is discovered, authorities acknowledged that the Salgado family had been notified.

“Obviously, our hearts go out to that family. We hope that they find their loved one,” said Garcia. “We don’t want to speculate in this case. Again, we don’t know the gender, yet. So, right now, all we have is a death that’s very suspicious, and that is really the extent of it all.”

http://fox13now.com/2015/04/30/police-investigating-after-body-found-near-great-saltair/

 

[GigTu]

What a horrible thing to do to such a beautiful and sweet girl, if it's her.

I wonder if the perp intended to come back later and move the suitcase. It's just such an odd place to leave such an obvious crime. Maybe he dumped it quickly in the middle of the night, hoping no one would notice. Then back to clean up after things quieted down. I bet he's pissin' in his pants right now, whoever it is (my money is on the uncle). DNA is contained. That's good.

 

[TravelingBug]

This one even has her name mentioned in the title, though it goes on to quote someone saying they couldn't determine anything at the scene:

State Bureau of Investigations Lt. Jared Garcia told reporters Thursday night that the body was too badly decomposed to immediately confirm its age or sex. But police in Provo, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, told the Deseret News and NBC station KSL that they were working with state agents to determine whether it is that of Salgado, 26, who was last seen April 16 near a Provo language school.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...case-missing-utah-woman-elena-salgado-n351636

 

[TravelingBug]

Chris Jones @jonesnews · 2h 2 hours ago

.@ProvoPolice chief ushers family members of #ElizabethSalgado away from vigil with news of discovery of yet unidentified body.

https://t.co/1wdibghbsc

Video from that news reporter (outside Provo PD) saying as soon as Provo was told about the body discovered in the suitcase they reached out to Elizabeth's family.

https://instagram.com/p/2H_KUIOx8j/

I really think it's her...timing, dark hair (even if they won't confirm even male/female at this point)...and reaching out to her family about a body an hour away as soon as they found out. An hour away wouldn't necessarily be the first place to come to mind when a missing person vanished without a vehicle, etc.

 

[Inthedetails]

Pulling up info from early on in the case, BBM

"Salgado does not own a car, Post said. One of her uncles who lives in California was the person who called police reporting her missing Friday, he said"

It struck me strange then and it still does now that the uncle in CA reported her missing, not the local uncle.

JMO

ETA link: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...rovo-woman-missing-since-Thursday.html?pg=all

 

[TravelingBug]

What a horrible thing to do to such a beautiful and sweet girl, if it's her.

I wonder if the perp intended to come back later and move the suitcase. It's just such an odd place to leave such an obvious crime. Maybe he dumped it quickly in the middle of the night, hoping no one would notice. Then back to clean up after things quieted down. I bet he's pissin' in his pants right now, whoever it is (my money is on the uncle). DNA is contained. That's good.

I know, poor girl

Does seem like it was probably a quick choice out of either panic or feeling like they needed to get back before their absence was noted or to report her missing or something.

While there is a separate access road to Saltair, police believe whomever left the suitcase likely just pulled over on the busy roadside to either dump it, or drag it down into the weeds.

M
http://fox13now.com/2015/04/30/police-investigating-after-body-found-near-great-saltair/

 

[TravelingBug]

Video here (including more from that newscaster above and from the vigil and from the Provo PD Chief)

Chief John King of the Provo Police Department intercepted Salgado's parents, who flew in from Mexico and held a press conference today to plea for their daughter's safe return, before a 7 p.m. candle-light vigil was scheduled to start.

King says, although the investigation is still ongoing, and the identity of the body is yet unknown, he wanted the family to have some time to process the information away from the large, supportive crowd.

http://www.kutv.com/news/features/t...missing-woman-alive-125182.shtml#.VUMIVPDYXEY

Chief talking to people at the vigil after telling her family: "I want to emphasize that while we're here, let's continue the positive thoughts and the prayers." (1:00 in)

"Without family members, the vigil moves forward..." (1:20 ish)

People talking at the end talk about doing what the chief asked, keeping positive thoughts and hoping it's not her.

 

[Inthedetails]

Video here (including more from that newscaster above and from the vigil and from the Provo PD Chief)



http://www.kutv.com/news/features/t...missing-woman-alive-125182.shtml#.VUMIVPDYXEY

Chief talking to people at the vigil after telling her family: "I want to emphasize that while we're here, let's continue the positive thoughts and the prayers." (1:00 in)

"Without family members, the vigil moves forward..." (1:20 ish)

People talking at the end talk about doing what the chief asked, keeping positive thoughts and hoping it's not her.

I don't think they would do that if they weren't pretty sure it was her. I hope the wait for identification is short.

JMO

 

[TravelingBug]

More on her family:

Salgado's family was supposed to participate in a candlelight vigil for her safe return Thursday night at North Park but 10 minutes before it was scheduled to begin, Provo Police Chief John King had a very somber conversation with her relatives.

ABC4 Utah News saw Chief King speaking with two of Elena's uncles who were visibly shaken by what they heard. The Chief then led them and Elena's mother away to a private location where he told them the news that a body had been discovered along I-80 Thursday afternoon. While there's no confirmation of the identity, it was heart wrenching news to tell a family trying to hold out hope they will find their daughter alive.

Asked to describe the family's reaction, Chief King said, "Well, it's difficult...I put my Dad hat on as a father and it pained me to even have to speak to them about that today but I'd rather them hear it that from us and have some time as a family to maybe process it than to hear it driving down the street."

Her poor parents just getting here, literally, and 10 minutes before the vigil finding that out

The candlelight vigil went on withoutI the Salgado family. About 60 people sang hymns and prayed for Elena's safe return.

They talk about the press conference with her parents earlier today and said:

"The Police Department has been gathering a lot of information," Mrs. Figueroa said through an interpreter. "They do have a few suspects but can't do anything until they have more concrete evidence."

The latter bit is hopeful.

http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/st...YKQ?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

 

[TravelingBug]

I don't think they would do that if they weren't pretty sure it was her. I hope the wait for identification is short.

JMO

I agree.

I could see them being there, letting the vigil happen, and intercepting them right after before they could have anyone else finding out and telling them, because there have certainly been cases LE involved in a case have been at vigils.

But stopping them before - and really RIGHT before - and saying enough the family didn't then stay and participate at the vigil is very telling to me.

 

[TravelingBug]

Worth reading the article at this link - it was about the press conference with her parents.

Interesting the have some people particularly working with the immigrant community, including those undocumented who might not otherwise come forward with info, in order to try to get leads on what happened to her.

https://twitter.com/carlyfigueroa/status/593980976583319552

Carly Figueroa ‏@carlyfigueroa 2h2 hours ago

The family of Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado travels to Utah from Mexico to ask the public for help. http://fb.me/7txB3OfMQ

 

[MsFacetious]

Pulling up info from early on in the case, BBM

"Salgado does not own a car, Post said. One of her uncles who lives in California was the person who called police reporting her missing Friday, he said"

It struck me strange then and it still does now that the uncle in CA reported her missing, not the local uncle.

JMO

ETA link: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...rovo-woman-missing-since-Thursday.html?pg=all

I still wonder if maybe the Uncle in California speaks English and the one here does not?
I haven't kept track of which Uncle is which enough to know that.
If there isn't a language barrier then I do not understand either.

Sadly I think this will end up being Elena.
I was so hoping she had just decided Utah wasn't for her. :twocents:
Good to see she finally made national news. :sigh:

 

[TravelingBug]

I still wonder if maybe the Uncle in California speaks English and the one here does not?
I haven't kept track of which Uncle is which enough to know that.
If there isn't a language barrier then I do not understand either.

Sadly I think this will end up being Elena.
I was so hoping she had just decided Utah wasn't for her. :twocents:
Good to see she finally made national news. :sigh:

So funny!

I started to reply the same thing, then went back and started googling to find a bunch of other articles, and I'm almost more confused now. :scared:

Their names are quite similar (first names) and most articles referenced both and then just said "Salgado" after the initial mention, so I couldn't figure it out!

And one that made me convinced the local uncle must also speak easily conversant English then phrased something in such a way at the bottom that it sounded like maybe it had actually all been translated by the reporter.

So I gave up and went back to just hoping her mom's comments that made it sound like LE was probably just waiting for some evidence are actually correct and that didn't get lost (or changed or blown up) in translation. lease:

 

[steelman]

News of a body found in a suitcase and dumped off of Interstate 80 near the Great Saltair has made its way into Utah County, where the family of Elizabeth Salgado, a Mexican student has been missing since April 16.

Chief John King of the Provo Police Department intercepted Salgado's parents, who flew in from Mexico and held a press conference today to plea for their daughter's safe return, before a 7 p.m. candle-light vigil was scheduled to start.
King says, although the investigation is still ongoing and the identity of the body is yet unknown, he wanted the family to have some time to process the information away from the large, supportive crowd.

http://www.kutv.com/news/features/t...missing-woman-alive-125182.shtml#.VUNJho5Viko


http://www.kutv.com/news/features/t...y-found-in-suitcase-125025.shtml#.VUNSEY5Viko




Just reading between the lines, I think they must have a preliminary I.D. on the body in the suitcase. After only two weeks, I'm sure there were plenty of identifiers that could be used, such as clothing, jewelry, hair color, tattoos, moles, etc. (See below)

Salgado was last seen on April 16 leaving the Nomen Global Language Center at 384 W. Center Street in Provo. She was wearing a denim jacket and blue jeans and carrying a denim handbag with red straps. She was wearing knee-high boots that were either black or brown.

I find it hard to believe that the police chief would have intercepted the parents had he not had a pretty good idea of who had been found, and informed of such by the Highway patrol investigators.

Telling the family about this discovery without a high degree of certainty could be viewed as just downright cruel.

 

[steelman]

The work day was only just beginning for a Utah Department of Transportation employee when he stumbled upon a gruesome crime scene in Salt Lake County.

“I think he was pretty shaken up,” said Josh Hansen, who pulled up for work shortly after the discovery.

The employee, according to Utah Highway Patrol, noticed a suitcase tossed into a ravine off I-80, near The Great Saltair.

When he got close, police said he had an uneasy feeling about the case and notified them. That’s when they discovered a body was inside.


“He said it was a woman, dark hair,” Hansen said. “He said it was probably couple weeks since she’d been dead.”

Authorities, however, have not confirmed any details about the victim.

http://fox13now.com/2015/04/30/police-investigating-after-body-found-near-great-saltair/

 

[GigTu]

Why a suitcase? Most likely it was the only thing he had big enough to smuggle her out of his home.

If she died in a home, which seems most likely because of the suitcase, then cadaver dogs will be very useful. I hope it was part of a matching set, or that there's accidentally a note or some other indicator lost in one of the zipper pouches.

 

[steelman]

My hope is that they find a cell phone that pinged from Provo, Utah all the way to The Great Saltair and then back to Provo, sometime around April 17th. Hers or his, makes no difference.

That should pretty much wrap it up.

 

[wendybtn]

Praying for a good outcome, whatever that maybe.