Resident at Sandy homeless facility arrested for murder of roommate
May 27, 2024, 4:00 PM
(Spenser Heaps/Deseret News)
SANDY, Utah — Police arrested a resident of a homeless facility in Sandy on suspicion of murder on Sunday.
The Medically Vulnerable People program facility in Sandy provides “interim housing and medical services to seniors, veterans and the medically frail who are experiencing homelessness,” according to its website.
According to a probable cause affidavit, the body of 62-year-old Stephanie Lynne Hackett Carrasco was discovered late Sunday by a roommate.
Police said in the affidavit that officers found Carrasco with blunt force trauma to the back of her head.
Police believe Carrasco’s other roommate, 60-year-old Laura Northrup, killed her based on evidence including video surveillance and blood found on a red fanny pack-style bag that Northrup was holding when she returned to her room.
According to the affidavit, police also found blood between Northrup and Carrasco’s beds and on Northrup’s clothes.
Police said Northrup refused to make a statement and asked for a lawyer after her arrest.
Northrup is in custody at the Salt Lake County Jail, according to the affidavit. Northrup is in custody at the Salt Lake County Jail, according to the affidavit.