Body Found Hidden In Motel Bed In Salt Lake City

[Whisper]

Not alot out yet

SALT LAKE CITY—
Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found inside a mattress at a motel in downtown Salt Lake City.

Police found the body of what is believed to be a woman at the Capitol Motel at 1749 South State Street around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. They say the body was found under the bed, tucked inside the box spring.
The suspicious nature of it is where the body was located," said Salt Lake City Police Detective Mike Hamideh. "The body was located inside of a wooden bed frame with the matress that was on top."

Officers say they were called to the scene by the motel managers, who said a guest, Sophia Salas, found the body at room number 12 just before midnight. Salas says she noticed an awful smell when she entered the room. She also says the body inside was that of a woman, about five feet, five inches tall and she may have had orange hair.

Police suspect the body was there for a couple of days or longer.
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[Valasca]

OK, this has always been an urban legend in the past. Now... It's getting to be VERY commonplace.
What. The. Hell.

[AngelFire]

Police are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found inside a mattress at a motel in downtown Salt Lake City.

What is so suspicious that it was found in a fucking mattress?? What a dumb ass statement.

[Whisper]

Man charged with murder in body-under-bed case

A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman found under a bed at a Salt Lake City motel.
Thomas Joseph Kumalac is charged with one count of murder, a first-degree felony, and one count of obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony.
On June 2, Salt Lake police were called to the Capitol Motel, 1749 South State St., on a report of a deceased woman, charging documents say. A guest at the motel reported to management that there was a foul odor when she went into Room 12.

The body of Jessica Jensen, 26, was found beneath a mattress and box spring in the room.
Motel records showed Kumalac checked into the room on May 27 and checked out May 31, court documents say. A surveillance video shows Kumalac and Jensen checking into the motel together. Video also showed Kumalac leaving the room on May 30 with a bag that he threw in a dumpster. In the bag, police found a bloody pillow case, a bloody shirt and small backpack that had papers with Jensen’s name on them, charging documents say.
Kumalac told detectives that on May 28, while in the room, he approached Jensen from behind and strangled her, documents say. Police said he told investigators he used a knife to stab Jensen then hid her body under the bed because it was the only place in the room to hide her. The documents don’t state Kumalac’s motive.
An autopsy on June 2 indicated Jensen died from strangulation and multiple stab wounds to her torso. Jensen is believed to have died four to five days prior to the examination, charging documents say.
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She was the mother of a 5-year-old daughter.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51...motel.html.csp

[BlueAngel]

The whole idea of a body being hidden in or under the bed is horrifying! Imagine if you stayed in that room and it hadn't started to get smelly yet, so you unknowingly stay a night in the same room with a corpse. Gives me the creeps. I feel sorry for the poor murdered woman, who was disposed in such a heartless manner and who will now be remembered for being found in this way.

[62julietandvoid]

Whenever I hear about a body in a hotel bed I think about a move my sister had me watch a long time ago, called 4 rooms. Funny shit in the move, but real life not so much. That was a mad, crazy ass movie. Iiiiice!

[BlueAngel]

Whenever I hear about a body in a hotel bed I think about a move my sister had me watch a long time ago, called 4 rooms. Funny shit in the move, but real life not so much. That was a mad, crazy ass movie. Iiiiice!

LOVE this!! LOL!

[Hellsbells]

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Home : News : Top Stories Police use social networking to nab murder suspect
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – According to a police search warrant, it was a bold, suspected killer messaging details on Facebook that led cops to their man.

Police are now following social networking sites very closely to catch illegal activity or even tips.

“The digitization of technology and information has really arrived to what I call a conversational footprint,” said Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.

It’s the latest way to fight crime and likely why 28-year-old Thomas Kumalac is behind bars, accused of murdering 25-year-old Jessica Jenson and stuffing her body under a Salt Lake motel bed.

Police say Kumalac later confessed to the killing.

According to a police report, Facebook messages sent between Kumalac and his girlfriend discussed their involvement in the murder and were turned over to police by her estranged husband. This is just one example of how authorities are using modern day social networking sites to catch their criminals.

“It's a space where transactions are occurring. That's where conversations are occurring. As we become an information society that's where we interact with other people and it becomes our social domain,” said Gill.

The affidavit explained that Facebook messages detailed the couples’ involvement in the murder.
[...]“It's a new era, it's the 21st century. We're an information society and that is where we live. And often that is where we boast and often where we commit crimes,” said Gill.

Kumalac is charged with murder and obstruction of Justice.

http://www.abc4.com/content/news/top...spx?hpt=ju_bn6