South Dakota woman fatally shot inside vehicle after insulting suspect who then hid body in trunk

4years ago

Mona news, Utah news.

The body of a South Dakota woman has been found in the trunk of a car carrying two men and a relative Sunday afternoon.

David Manuel Mestas and Richard Anthony Sanchez, both 26, drew police attention when they started fighting at a Mona, Utah gas station at around 1 p.m.

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    Mestas admitted that he had used meth and riding with Sanchez and the two women when he heard the victim calling him “a snitch”.

    He said that he then blasted her in the head killing her before removing the body to the trunk with the help of Sanchez.