Utah man pleads guilty to aggravated murder in 2024 death of ex-girlfriend
Jacob Holt Johnson will serve life without parole under a plea deal in the killing of Summer Roney, whose body was found in a box in his car's trunk.
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Jacob Holt Johnson has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder in the 2024 death of Summer Roney and will spend the rest of his life in prison, FOX 13 News reported. The plea deal calls for a sentence without the possibility of parole. [1]
On New Year's Eve 2024, a Bluffdale police officer found Johnson unconscious in his Jeep parked at a gas station. Another officer then noticed a cardboard box in the trunk that held the body of a woman later identified as Roney, according to the report. [1]
Roney had an extension cord around her neck and bruises and lacerations on her head, arms and legs, FOX 13 reported. A bloody hammer, a hatchet, a knife, a gas can and a bottle of bleach were also found in the Jeep. [1]
Investigators determined Johnson killed Roney in Herriman. After obtaining a search warrant, detectives found blood throughout his home and apparent signs that someone had tried to clean up a crime scene, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office said. Roney's family said she and Johnson had an on-again, off-again romantic relationship, and people who knew her said she had described verbal and physical abuse by him. [1]
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