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Akosita Kaufusi

Case from Magna, UT dated Aug 29, 2020

Victim Details

Akosita Kaufusi

Female

Native American

Magna

UT

2020-08-29

42

Akosita

Kaufusi

07/11/2026

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In the late summer of 2020, the quiet landscape near the Great Saltair in Magna, Utah, became the scene of a somber discovery. On the morning of August 29, joggers traveling along a frontage road happened upon the remains of 42-year-old Akosita Kaufusi, a female of Indigenous heritage. The condition of her body suggested she had been there for some time, a silent testament to a violent end. The initial suspicious death investigation quickly turned into a homicide case when the coroner determined ...
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  • KSTU: Woman found dead near Great Saltair was shot, police say; Homicide investigation underway
  • Akosita Kaufusi Obituary 2020 - Hullinger Mortuary
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