Found Deceased UT - Miriam Judith Salgado, 44, Nephi, car found in desert area near Virgin, 19 Aug 2021

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Police searching for woman missing out of Nephi | ABC4 Utah

Miriam Judith Salgado, 44, was reported missing by family members in the Nephi area after a few weeks of no contact in August.

She is described as Hispanic, 5-feet-2 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes, weighing 101 pounds.

Salgado last had contact with Police on Aug. 19. Washington County Deputies located her vehicle abandoned in a desert area near Virgin, Utah on September 20.

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UPDATE: Police release more information for woman missing out of Nephi
By Kiah Armstrong
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ABC4
2 days ago
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) – Police say the woman missing out of Nephi is homeless and possibly living out of her vehicle.

Family members of Miriam Judith Salgado had reached out to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office to assist with finding Salgado since her last suspected location is Washington County.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says they do not believe Salgado is in any danger right now, but her family is concerned because this is outside her normal pattern.

Salgado has had contact with law enforcement from February to August, and her last known contact with Washington County Sheriff’s Office was on Aug. 19.
 
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Since I’m new to WebSleuths I hope I don’t post information incorrectly. I read the rules a few times and was a little confused when it said you can only add 10% of an article. Also, that it’s against rules to copy/paste or quote directly from an article. I want to learn the ropes and become a valuable member of the team, not a problem. I just want to say in advance, thanks for your patience while I learn. Please let me know if I make a posting mistake and I’ll fix it immediately.

I’ve been looking into the Miriam Judith Salgado disappearance and have found some interesting coincidences in this case and that of Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado. I’m sure most of you are familiar with Elizabeth’s case since there are several pages of posts on her. At any rate, I’m starting to wonder if it’s possible Miriam’s disappearance is tied to Elizabeth’s murder.

We know that Miriam had been doing something where she was in contact with the police from Feb. up to her last contact with them Aug. 19, 2021. After researching some on Miriam’s disappearance, I couldn’t help but wonder if she was helping police with Elizabeth’s murder case. Before I post anything more, can I post what I’ve found since it relates to another case?
 
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Thanks so much for the likes. It gives me confidence that so far my posts are OK.

Here’s the follow up on my previous post.

While researching Miriam Judith Salgado I found that she is the paternal aunt of Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado. I know I already mentioned this, but I’m worried that Miriam may have found out something about her nieces murder that put her in danger. What are chances that both an aunt and her niece go missing? Not to mention that the niece is found murdered. Maybe it’s just me, but that sure seems like more than a coincidence.

From my research I found the following information.


She Vanished Walking Back from Class — and Is Found Dead 3 Years Later: 'We Refused to Give Up'

By Cathy Free May 30, 2018 08:47 AM

She Vanished Walking Back from Class — and Is Found Dead 3 Years Later: 'We Refused to Give Up'

This is a quote from the article:

“Our hopes were high — we refused to give up,” says her aunt, Miriam Salgado. “Everywhere we went, we were always looking, hoping that one day she would suddenly appear.”

Here’s a quote by Rosemberg Salgado from the same article:

“Whoever did this, we’re going to find him,” Salgado says. “He might as well turn himself in, because we’re going to find him and he’s going to pay. Nobody else should have to experience this evil.”

Note: Rosemberg Salgado refers to the murderer as him, he, himself and he’s. How does Rosemberg know the murderer is male and that there’s only one person involved and not two? Is that odd, or is it just me reading way too much true crime stuff?



The following information and quotes are from another article.

Search For Elizabeth Salgado Hits Three Month Mark

by: Rick Aaron
Posted: Jul 16, 2015 / 10:24 PM MDT
Updated: Jul 16, 2015 / 10:33 PM MDT

Search For Elizabeth Salgado Hits Three Month Mark

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News)

Elizabeth’s family has weekly meetings with the Provo Police Department but Rosemberg and his brother Rudemberth are not welcome at those meetings.

Asked why, Rosemberg told ABC4 Utah News, “That’s something you need to ask the Provo Police Department.”

We asked Lieutenant Brandon Post of the Provo Police Department why.

“We’ve encountered some incongruences,” Lt. Post said. “Until we can reconcile those the uncles are not invited back into the meetings.”

Alex Villalobos organized the Find Elizabeth Salgado effort in the days after her disappearance but has since quit because of his suspicions of the Rosemberg and Rudemberth.

“My impression is that they know something,” Villalobos said on June 30th. “They know information that they are not sharing…like what really happened with Elizabeth. We found some inconsistencies with the stories.”



From another article on Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado.

Search continues for missing Provo woman

By Pat Reavy | Posted - April 21, 2015 at 6:25 p.m.

Search continues for missing Provo woman

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. Her roommates told police they did not notice any strange behavior from Salgado before she disappeared.

Rudemberth Salgado is another uncle who lives in Provo. He said his niece texted him about 1:30 p.m. Thursday asking for a ride to Wal-Mart. He agreed and asked her what time she needed a ride, but she never responded, he said.

Note: The uncle (mentioned above) that reported her missing was Rosemberg Salgado.
Note: Rudemberth Salgado was the last person to have contact with Elizabeth before she disappeared.


Some of the details in the above articles are concerning but not totally out of the ordinary. However, what really does seem suspicious is that Elizabeth was found in Hobble Creek Canyon.

I’d like to post about my Hobble Creek Canyon research, but it’s much more people specific. I re-read the rules and if I understand them right you can put names in posts if they’ve already been named in articles concerning the case. Is that correct?

~Maybe I should change my user name to Nervous Nellie~ :)
 
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Here’s what I found on Hobble Creek Canyon and its close connection to Rosemberg Salgado. And, very probably Rudemberth Salgado.

Miriam’s brother, Rosemberg Salgado, is an actor. He’s been in several movies over the years. What’s really interesting though is that he was an actor in a movie filmed mostly in Hobble Creek Canyon. This is where Elizabeth Elena Laguna Salgado was found. Rosemberg was cast as Mr. Holden a Baptist minister in the movie. In 2003 the movie was titled “Eat, Drink and Get Married”. Then in 2004 it was titled “Baptists at Our Barbeque” after the original book by Robert Farrell Smith.

Rosemberg would have been very familiar with the canyon. I’m just speculating, but it’s also very possible Rudemberth may have been familiar with Hobble Creek Canyon as well. Especially if he went there to watch some of the filming of the movie his brother was in, or just for rides with his Rosemberg.

What are the chances some unknown outsider would have randomly chosen to take Elizabeth to Hobble Creek Canyon and kill her there? And, all of this right after she called her uncle Rudemberth for a ride at 1:30 P.M. the day she went missing.

As mentioned in a previous post, about 3 months into the investigation both Rosenberg and Rudemberth were excluded from police family meetings because of inconsistencies in their stories.

Note: As for Rosemberg Salgado filming a movie in Hobble Creek Canyon, there are two newspaper articles on Newspapers.com about the filming which name Rosemberg as one of the actors.

Since Newspapers.com is a paid site I read in the rules that I can only add a link and not my clipping from the papers. Here’s the links for those who have a subscription to the site.


The Springville Herald (Springville, Utah) 24 Sep 2003, Wed Page 12

24 Sep 2003, 12 - The Springville Herald at Newspapers.com



Brief summary of the article.


Movie Crew in Canyon for “Eat, Drink and Get Married”


No author listed

There’s a picture with a long caption which included “Rosemberg Salgado who plays Mr. Holden a Baptist”

The article states that the movie was filmed in Springville up Hobble Creek Canyon at Kelly’s Grove.

NOTE: The movie is an LDS comedy. (I actually watched it)



The Springville Herald (Springville, Utah) 07 Oct 2004, Thu Page 1

7 Oct 2004, 1 - The Springville Herald at Newspapers.com

Brief summary of the article.

“Baptists at our Barbarcue” Opens this Fri.

By Christi C. Babbitt

The movie was shot between August and October 2003. The director, Christian Vissua, stated “We did quite a bit up Hobble Creek Canyon while we were there” “We liked the location a lot because it was just very idyllic.”

There’s a picture of Rosemberg Salgado. Caption says Rosemberg Salgado as Mr. Holden starting of the “All Faiths Barbacue” with prayer in “Baptists at our Barbecue”


Considering all the coincidences in both cases, I’m not so sure Rudemberth didn’t have something to do with Elizabeth’s disappearance. Since Rosemberg was in California at the time, and actually reported Elizabeth missing, he more than likely had nothing to do with the disappearance . Could he have found out, or figured it out later, who knows.

Currently both Rudemberth and Rosenberg are living at the same out of state address. Could one or the other come back to Utah and make Miriam disappear if they really are involved and she had found out something. That’s certainly not out of the question.

I’m trying to post only information that’s available on line. As far as my speculation about coincidences…. That’s just me thinking out loud.

I hope I’m wrong and Miriam is out there safe. I hope Elizabeth’s killer is caught in the near future. There’s been enough suffering in this family to last a life time and even longer.
 
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Posted by Yoli Laguna
November 8 7:06 PM



!!! URGENT!!! My aunt Miriam Judith Salgado has been missing since August 19th we haven't heard anything about her she hasn't been communicated with our family. His car was found abandoned in the desert area of Virgin, Utah.

Any training call 435-623-1626 or (435) 634 5730

We need your help to find my aunt we will thank you from the bottom of our hearts, we are very worried about her.


!!!URGENTE!!! Mi tía Miriam Judith Salgado está desaparecida desde el 19 de Agosto no hemos sabido nada de ella no se a comunicado con nuestra familia. Su auto fue encontrado abandonado en la zona desértica de Virgin, Utah.

Cualquier formación llamar a 435-623-1626 o al número (435) 634 5730

Necesitamos tu ayuda para encontrar a mi tía te lo agradeceremos de corazón, estamos muy preocupados por ella.

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Yoli Laguna
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She was last seen in this area with her car broken down

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In Yoli Laguna’s original post it says the car was found abandoned. Then he shows a map and says the car was found broken down. Yoli is Miriam’s nephew.

*** This info is helpful since it’s the first time I’ve noticed anything saying Miriam’s car was found broken down and gives a much better location of where it was found than the Virgin, Utah area.

I grabbed a couple maps that are a little larger than the one Yoli posted on the Utah Missing web page.



Map from Google Earth
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NOTE: There’s a tiny bit more detail on the map from Google Earth.




Map from Google Maps on the web
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If her car was broken down rather than abandoned to me that changes the whole dynamics. Was she picked up by a nice person who took her someplace and she’s still living? By far the best scenario. Was she picked up by a not so nice person? Did she walk and succomb to the heat when she crawled under a sagebrush to rest? If that sagebrush is far enough off the road and big enough it could conceal a small women easily.

Just for anyone interested here’s weather calenders for Virgin, UT in Aug. and Sept. 2021.
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Because my profession has always been research, I can’t help being detail oriented and analytical. That’s way I can’t help myself from adding misc. other bits of info like the maps and weather calendars. I hope you'll find the extra stuff interesting.
 

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Belongings found indicate body appears to be Miriam Salgado.

 
According to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, human remains found by a hiker this weekend near a hiking trail are those of Miriam Salgado, 44, who went missing in 2021. Her remains were in the area of Sheep Bridge Road near Virgin, police said.


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So very sad for the family and my heart breaks for them. At least they now know what happened to her, but the thoughts of her suffering is hard to imagine. Rest in peace sweet Miriam.
 

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