Emeterio Melgar-Hernandez

2 cousins are found shot to death\n
In the late summer of 1982, a tragic story unfolded in Salt Lake City involving a 33-year-old Hispanic male from El Salvador, Emeterio Melgar-Hernandez. A husband and father to eight children, he worked as a dishwasher at the Salt Lake Hilton. The last time his coworkers saw him was on August 14, 1982. Five days later, on August 19, 1982, his body was discovered approximately five miles above the junction of I-80 and U-65. An autopsy revealed that he had died from gunshot wounds and his body had ...

Emetrio Melgar-Hernandez - Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification

Ogden, UT Area Cold Cases - SpotCrime