Teens arrested in Taylorsville kidnapping-killing investigation to face charges as adults
Mar 27, 2024, 6:32 AM | Updated: 11:28 am
Police say Alex Franco, 21, was kidnapped from his Kearns neighborhood on March 17 and later found dead. Family and friends mourned their loss at a vigil in his honor, where they brought photos of Franco, including this one. Two teens arrested for Franco's murder were charged as adults on Tuesday. (Ray Boone, KSL-TV)
(Ray Boone, KSL-TV)
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Three teenage boys are now facing multiple felony charges accusing them of shooting and killing a man who was trying to buy a gun from them and then disposing of his body in a remote area of Utah County.
Two of the teens were charged Tuesday in 3rd District Court as adults.
Rohan Sharoon, of Salt Lake City, and Pedro Alexis Romero-Bustos, of West Valley City, both 17, were charged in 3rd District Court with murder and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; obstruction of justice, a second-degree felony; and abuse or desecration of a dead body, a third-degree felony.
Sharoon was also charged with being in possession of a firearm by a restricted person, a second-degree felony.
The third boy, who turned 16 on Tuesday, was charged in 3rd District Juvenile Court with murder and aggravated robbery, first-degree felonies; obstruction of justice and possession of a gun by a restricted person, second-degree felonies; and abuse or desecration of a dead body, a third-degree felony.
