Identified! UT - Body in Storage Unit, Ogden, 5 Sept 2019 - Alice Ann Valdez

[human]

How long do they allow a storage unit to be unpaid?

 

[Gardener1850]

How long do they allow a storage unit to be unpaid?

I looked for that info on their website and couldn't find it. It probably says in the fine print of their written contracts. My guess would be 30 or 60 days of non-payment would lead to them selling the contents, but that's just a guess based on these units renting on month to month basis. IDK.

MOO.

 

[Suglo]

How long do they allow a storage unit to be unpaid?

Normally just a couple of months and then they open it up and empty it. At least that it what my unit contract says. I have to pay by the 10th of each month. They will repossess the unit if not paid by the 15th of the following month (so basically 45 days and I would owe two months).

 

[margarita25]

First thought goes to AA, Mackenzie Lueck’s killer. Wasn’t Grant St, etc a component there? And Logan Canyon? Catching up and reading, not sure how long the body has been there, etc. Please excuse if this has no relevancy. Just wanted to share my first thought.

 

[human]

It would seem then that the body was not there longer than three months?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

It would seem then that the body was not there longer than three months?

I don't follow. Or maybe I missed something. The timing of the cleaning out of the unit/discovery of the body is related to how long it's been unpaid, but prior to that anything could have been in that unit unnoticed for years as long as the bill was being paid.

 

[wary]

First thought goes to AA, Mackenzie Lueck’s killer. Wasn’t Grant St, etc a component there? And Logan Canyon? Catching up and reading, not sure how long the body has been there, etc. Please excuse if this has no relevancy. Just wanted to share my first thought.

My first thought is AA, too. Logan Canyon was where he dumped ML’s body. He’s been in jail about the right time to have stopped paying on a storage unit and run out of the grave period. He showed a tendency to want to keep the body of a murder victim under his control. (Backyard, etc.)

 

[margarita25]

Delete

 

[SandyQLS]

...RSBM...

Ogden police investigate body found inside storage unit

From the link:

"... Detectives said the body was discovered earlier Thursday when people hired by the storage facility to move belongings out of the unit noticed a bad smell. ..."

Is that smell a clue to how long the body has been there? Coupled with unable to tell if male or female (suggesting greater decomposition), and "position" is suspicious (like positioned in a container?)

For my money, I wouldn't bother to hide the body of a homeless person, or a druggie or street prostitute, because their lifestyle is risky. I would hide a person with deeper ties who is right now missing, a person who has been searched for and someone doesn't want them found. JMO

I-15 is such a major route, yikes it could be a lot of people. Isn't ID required at storage facilities?

 

[margarita25]

Deja vu, seeing what this says:

Found Deceased - UT - MacKenzie "Kenzie" Lueck, 23, Salt Lake City, 17 June 2019 #6

Post 547.

ETA:
Never mind—-after reading its irrelevant. Was worth a check. Moo. But seems my radar was on storage units, fwiw.

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Distance for approximate reference / 2868 Grant Ave, Ogden:

Hatch Park
30 min (30.0 mi)
via I-15 S

Logan Canyon:
53 min (50.1 mi)
via I-15 N/I-84 W and US-91 N

AA Home address:
Insert

AA Condo:

(We know the above two are proximate to Hatch Park, iirc.)
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Do you we have any other addresses tied to AA? Work? National Guard residence?

 

[Lillymac]

From the link:

"... Detectives said the body was discovered earlier Thursday when people hired by the storage facility to move belongings out of the unit noticed a bad smell. ..."

Is that smell a clue to how long the body has been there? Coupled with unable to tell if male or female (suggesting greater decomposition), and "position" is suspicious (like positioned in a container?)

For my money, I wouldn't bother to hide the body of a homeless person, or a druggie or street prostitute, because their lifestyle is risky. I would hide a person with deeper ties who is right now missing, a person who has been searched for and someone doesn't want them found. JMO

I-15 is such a major route, yikes it could be a lot of people. Isn't ID required at storage facilities?

Yes! Someone had to have rented it and be liable for paying for it. That would be on file.

 

[Dave F.]

How long do they allow a storage unit to be unpaid?

The Utah statute requires only 30 days after e-mail billing to foreclose the unit and seize the property stored inside.
The company website encourages rental contract via the internet, and bills every 30 days from the date of the contract, and acccepts internet money transfers as well as cards.
Upon rental, they merely direct via email to the rented unit, and the customer has to provide the padlock. The gates are open during published times only. Customers do not appear to have after hours access.
So, it would seem the latest the unit could have been rented was July 5, 2019.
https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title38/Chapter8/C38-8_1800010118000101.pdf
STOCK-N-LOCK SELF STORAGE: Self Storage Facilities in Utah

 

[Dave F.]

The Ogden police announced they have identified the body as Alice Ann Valdez, age 41.
Ogden Police identify woman whose body was found in a storage unit

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Police have identified the body that was found in a northern Utah storage unit last week.

Ogden police said the human remains have been identified as 41-year-old Alice Ann Valdez.

Court records show Valdez had previously pleaded guilty to several drug and trespassing crimes in Utah.

Police are still investigating the circumstances of Valdez's death.

Her body was found inside a storage unit Thursday by someone hired to clean the shed at Stock-N-Lock Self Storage in Ogden, north of Salt Lake City.

Lt. Tyler Ziegler has called the case "very suspicious."
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-st...identify-dead-body-found-in-utah-storage-unit

 

[dotr]

Police identify woman found dead in Ogden storage shed, ask for help solving case

Fox 13
Police identify body discovered in Ogden storage shed
"The investigation is in the preliminary stages and there are very few leads, according to the news release.

Anyone who recognizes Valdez or has any information regarding her death is asked to contact Ogden police at 801-629-8029."

 

[Gardener1850]

Rest in peace Alice Ann.

I hope the renter's info will help solve this case.

 

[janewall]

RIP Alice Valdez.

It would be good to have information about the leasing history of the unit she was found in.

ETA: @Gardener1850 beat me to it!

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I wish they had given at least a rough idea of how long she had been missing.

 

[Gardener1850]

Public records show her living in Coeur D Alene, ID and previously in Clearfield, UT Alice Valdez (Ann), 41 - Coeur D Alene, ID Has Court or Arrest Records at MyLife.com™

One of her arrests in Weber County, UT: Alice Ann Valdez Mugshot 5898876 - Alice Ann Valdez Arrest - Weber County, UT

ETA: More arrests: Alice Ann Valdez Mugshot 3728248 - Alice Ann Valdez Arrest - Weber County, UT
Alice Ann Valdez Mugshot 4358735 - Alice Ann Valdez Arrest - Weber County, UT
Alice Ann Valdez Mugshot 1113253 - Alice Ann Valdez Arrest - Weber County, UT

 

[Gardener1850]

I wish they had given at least a rough idea of how long she had been missing.

This says she was identified by her fingerprints: Ogden Police identify woman whose body was found in a storage unit

She must not have been in there very long, unless she was mummified and they got lucky re-hydrating the skin for fingerprinting. MOO.