Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Sheriff’s Office seeks help in death investigation

The Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help from the public in its investigation into the death of a West Valley City, Utah, police officer. Detective Dick Blust, Jr. says that Michael Valdes left his West Jordan, Utah home for work between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM on Tuesday, March 19th, but never arrived and was reported missing to the West Jordan Police Department.






His body was examined at the hospital by Sweetwater County Coroner Dale Majhanovich, who determined the cause of death to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.






Valdes was a black male, 37 years of age, 6'2" in height, weight about 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. His vehicle, a black 2006 Infiniti SUV, had Utah license plate number B975SJ. Those with information are asked to call (307) 922-5296.

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