Utah

3,023 murders reported in Utah from 1976 to 2025; police reports named an offender in about 87%. Explore the statistics →

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Cases

Lafferty murders
1984 · American Fork, Utah
SingleConvicted2 victims
On July 24, 1984, brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty killed their sister-in-law Brenda Wright Lafferty, 24, and her 15-month-old daughter, Erica, at her home in American Fork, Utah.
Ted Kaczynski
1978–1995 · Lincoln, Montana
SerialPleaded guilty14 victims
Between 1978 and 1995 Ted Kaczynski, a former mathematics professor living in a remote cabin near Lincoln, Montana, mailed or planted 16 bombs that killed three people and injured more than 20 at universities, an…
Mark Hofmann
1985 · Salt Lake City, Utah
SpreePleaded guilty2 victims
Mark Hofmann, a Salt Lake City dealer in rare documents, forged and sold historical papers on early Mormon history, including the "Salamander letter," to the LDS Church and collectors.
Ted Bundy
1974–1978 · Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida
SerialExecuted20 victims
Ted Bundy abducted and murdered young women and girls in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Florida between 1974 and 1978.