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 Kelly Mae Myers, 18, was reported missing in the mountain town of
Grand Junction by relatives who said she might have been trying to
hitchhike to visit friends in the Salt Lake City area.
Authorities said on Tuesday that a study of Myers' social media
accounts as part of a missing persons search had shown she last
logged on from an IP address at a Country Inn and Suites in West
Valley City, Utah.
The West Valley City Police Department said detectives were told by
hotel employees who cleaned the room she used there that they had
found had a "foul odor" after the room was vacated.
 "A further, forensic examination of the room revealed evidence that
Myers likely died in that hotel room," the police department said in
a statement.
It identified two persons of interest in the case, both already in
custody on unrelated charges: Raymond Cordova, 47, and Eduardo
Nasario Delacruz, 30.
It said Myers is believed to have been picked up by Cordova and to
have traveled to Utah with him, and that the hotel room in West
Valley City was rented by Delacruz.
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"Information received by investigators indicated that Cordova
disposed of the suitcase containing Myers' body in the Cactus Creek
area," the police statement said.
"Using this information, WVCPD detectives were able to locate a
suitcase containing Myers' body."
An autopsy was conducted on the remains by the coroner's office in
Mesa County, Colorado. Police said on Tuesday results indicating the
manner and cause of her death, as well as the results of toxicology
tests, would likely take weeks.
(Editing by Paul Tait)
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