A Provo man is accused of strangling a neighbor and dousing her body in drain cleaner and antifreeze just one day before he stabbed another neighbor — and both crimes occurred only weeks after he was released from prison, prosecutors say.
Jerad Dale Gourdin, 34, on Monday was charged with aggravated murder in the death of 60-year-old Belen Perez, who was found by her adult son in their Provo home more than four years ago.
Perez was found strangled with a stereo power cord around her neck on May 21, 2014, prosecutors wrote. An iPod and $350 had been taken from her purse, and various household chemicals had been poured on her body, most of it on her chest, neck and head, according to charging documents.