Boyfriend and girlfriend team up to murder her husband, then immediately point the finger at each other when caught: Police

A Utah antheral and his woman were arrested aft her husband's assemblage was recovered connected the broadside of a agrarian roadworthy past month.

Francisco Santos-Morales, 31, and Reina Chavez Sandobal, 41, were some charged with desecration of a dead body and obstruction of justness aft Sandobal's hubby was recovered dormant connected March 26. According to a property merchandise from the Summit County Sheriff's Office, the dormant antheral was discovered adjacent Brown's Canyon Road successful Utah's Summit County and "quickly identified." His individuality led constabulary to Sandobal, who was arrested connected April 1.

Santos-Morales was taken into custody 2 days later, and constabulary said the 2 soon started pointing the digit astatine each other.

According to an apprehension study obtained by section NPR outlet KPCW, Sandobal and Santos-Morales were successful a romanticist narration erstwhile she told him connected March 25 that her husband, who was not named, was abusing her. Police said Sandobal told them that Santos-Morales killed her husband the adjacent day.

However, erstwhile constabulary spoke to Santos-Morales, helium told them that it was Sandobal who allegedly "fatally struck" her husband.

Sandobal allegedly told constabulary that she and Santos-Morales some loaded her husband's assemblage into a Honda Civic and dumped him connected the broadside of the road. Police said she told them that they could find the hammer that was utilized to termination her hubby arsenic good arsenic a blood-soaked broad successful her apartment.

Police said an autopsy determined the man's origin of decease arsenic blunt unit trauma to the head. The mode of decease was listed arsenic homicide.

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Both Sandobal and Santos-Morales were charged with desecration of a dormant assemblage and obstruction of justice. Neither of them was charged successful transportation with the man's death. Their adjacent tribunal dates were not publically available.