A man has been charged with fatally shooting a 25-year-old woman in a Salt Lake City motel, a crime for which police still haven’t released a motive.
Joshua Valasi Saunders, 37, admitted to killing Mechelle Lindberg after police arrested him the morning of the shooting, according to arrest documents.
On Monday, he was charged in 3rd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony; obstructing justice, a second-degree felony; and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.
Lindberg, of Pleasant Grove, died in the Gateway Inn, a motel at 819 West North Temple, the morning of Nov.