Found Deceased UT - Merrilee Cox-Lafferty, 37, Cache County, 18 Aug 2018 *Arrest*

[cybervampira]

Cache County Sheriff's Office

Merrilee Cox-Lafferty, 37, was last seen Saturday, August 18 in Cache County.

According to her family, Merrilee has severe epilepsy accompanied by memory loss and mobility issues.



Woman reported missing out Cache County

 

[doodles1211]

If you have severe epilepsy I don't think you can have a driver's license unless you go so long without a seizure. So, if she has a dl, I am assuming her epilepsy has been under control. I hope this is the case and she is just off grid enjoying life.

 

[perfectingpink]

Merrilee Cox-Lafferty

 

[perfectingpink]

Merrilee's dog was found in Logan City, Utah.

Logan City Police Department

 

[cybervampira]

Merrilee's dog was found in Logan City, Utah.

Logan City Police Department

Uh oh. Glad they found the dog but where‘s Merrilee?

 

[swanniee11]

her FB Merrilee Cox-Lafferty

looks like she took a trip to me. IMO

it also looks like to had a recent loss.

 

[whatsnext]

Bump. I couldn't find an update on Merrilee

 

[SuziQ]

The link would not copy. It is Fox13utah. Presser today.

CACHE COUNTY, Utah – Police have made an arrest in the disappearance of a Cache County woman.


The Logan City Police Department stated in a press release that they have discovered Merrilee Cox-Lafferty deceased in Cache County.

 

[whatsnext]

I was hoping so much that she was only taking some time off...

Here is a link I found

Missing woman's body found, man arrested in Cache County

 

[SuziQ]

On KUTV newscast it was reported by LE that her dog solved the case by being found in Logan. Otherwise they may not have ever found her.

 

[brookryn]

I was so sad to see that she wasn’t found alive . But I’m thankful for her family that they can now lay her to rest, so sad!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Hyrum man accused of murdering woman missing nearly a month

Stacy Robert Willis, 41, of Hyrum was booked into the Cache County Jail Friday night for investigation of aggravated murder and other charges in connection with her death. Logan Police Chief Gary Jensen described Willis as a dangerous man with a violent history.

 

[whatsnext]

Service dog helps police solve owner's murder

 

[mistivon]

According to a newly unsealed search warrant, Cox-Lafferty traveled to Utah from California with her daughter to deliver drugs to Willis.

"Merrilee was bringing two large bags of marijuana from California to give to Rob to sell, so her mom could get money," the daughter told police in a Sept. 3 interview, according to the warrant.

Warrant reveals new details of northern Utah killing

 

[CaliRoses]

'Not even man enough to own up': Utah judge orders 'pathetic' murderer to prison

"You have lied to investigators, blamed non-existent disorders and now you are not even man enough to own up to what you really did," 1st District Judge Kevin Allen wrote in a scathing statement directed at the 42-year old Stacy Robert Willis.

Allen ordered Willis to at least 15 years in prison but recommended a life sentence in the death of Merrilee Cox-Lafferty, 37, whose body was found in September in a shallow grave in Left Hand Fork Canyon.

In a conversation with investigators ahead of his sentencing, Willis claimed to have "outburst disorder" and said the death was a mistake, according to the judge. Investigators said he told a friend he beat Cox-Lafferty to death after she backed his SUV into a tree.