Conzuelo “Nicole” Solorio-Romero.Photo: Family Photo
On Feb. 6, at about 2:30 p.m., Conzuelo “Nicole” Solorio-Romero, 25, was forcibly taken from her home in Kearns, the Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake said in a media release.
Family Photo
Julianna Bersamin talked to her sister just before she was taken from her home.
She was then allegedly taken to a location in West Valley City, “where evidence indicates that she was shot” and killed, say police in the release.
Her body has not yet been found.
On Feb. 16, Sheriff Rosie Rivera announced in a press conference that Orlando Esiesa Tobar, 29, and Jorge Rafael Medina Reyes, 21, were arrested in connection with the case.
They are charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated murder and obstruction of justice.
More arrests may follow, Rivera said.
Charging documents filed Tuesday – which include what witnesses told police they saw that day — shed more light on Solario-Romero’s terrifying ordeal.
On the afternoon that Solario-Romero was abducted,she sent a video messageto a friend saying that two armed men were forcing her to leave her house, the charging documents show,The Salt Lake Tribunereports.
Solorio-Romero said she hadn’t talked to authorities, witnesses told police.
Despite that, Tobar allegedly said she “knew too much, and she was not going to leave that apartment,” witnesses said, the charging documents show.
Reyes then allegedly shot the woman in the back of her head, the documents state.
The witnesses left and said they heard another gunshot.
Wrapped in plastic, her body was put into a landscaping truck.
A third suspect allegedly helped get rid of her remains, the documents show.
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Conzuelo “Nicole” Solorio-Romero.Family Photo
“We are forever grateful that they haven’t given up on my sister, and that means a lot to us as a family,” said Romero.
The suspects are being held without bond in the Salt Lake County Adult Detention Center.
The suspects haven’t entered pleas. It is unclear whether they have retained attorneys who can speak on their behalf.
source: people.com
