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Salt Lake City officers scour Uintah County landfill for clues in the death of 15-year-old girl

Salt Lake Tribune | May 17, 2018

Related Topics: Salt Lake City, Uintah County, Utah, Girl, Evidence

Twenty Salt Lake City police officers spent hundreds of hours searching a Uintah County landfill for evidence in the brutal slaying of a 15-year-old girl, the department said Wednesday.

Officers worked more than 250 hours and came away from the landfill near Evanston, Wyo., with more evidence in their investigation into Baleigh Bagshaw’s death, according to a news release.

(Courtesy of the Salt Lake City Police Department) 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw, was a victim of homicide in her Rose Park area home on Monday May 7, 2018.
(Courtesy of the Salt Lake City Police Department) 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw, was a victim of homicide in her Rose Park area home on Monday May 7, 2018.

Bagshaw was “brutally attacked” on May 7 while on the phone with her mom after the teenager got home from school.

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