The 19-year-old was already lifeless when police arrived, and the man found next to her body reportedly claimed it was all part of a suicide pact.
A 19-year-old student from China was killed in a Salt Lake City hotel room after a disturbing email was sent to a University of Utah staffer about her being injected with drugs.
Police officers pinged the victim’s cell phone location to track her down at the hotel, and upon entering the room, they found the man next to her body, theOfficers “immediately began rendering immediate first aid to the woman, but paramedics determined she was already deceased,” the Salt Lake City Police Department said in aThe man reportedly told police the two had agreed on a suicide pact with drugs purchased on the Dark Web meant to facilitate their plan.
The 26-year-old suspect “and the woman were in a romantic relationship and had been living together,” police said. A spokesperson for the university confirmed that the 26-year-old man in police custody was also an international student from China, according to the. He was charged in mid-January for allegedly assaulting someone not far from the motel where police took him into custody, but it was not immediately clear who the victim was. A hearing in that case was scheduled for Feb. 16.