Ex-wife arrested in connection to 2024 murder of semitruck driver in Delle
Dec 9, 2025, 9:46 AM | Updated: 5:18 pm
A second arrest was made in the case of a semitruck driver who was found dead in the cabin of his semitruck in September 2024 on I-80 in Delle. The second arrest was for the victim's ex-wife. (Chopper 5, KSL)
(Chopper 5, KSL)
SALT LAKE CITY — A second person was arrested in relation to the murder of a semitruck driver who was found dead inside his truck in September of last year in Delle.
Charging documents revealed the second person arrested was the victim’s ex-wife.
KSL initially reported the first person tied to the case, Jaswinder Dhillon, 46, was arrested in October 2024. At the time, little information was given as to how Dhillon might have known the victim.
Officials announced Tuesday a second arrest was made on Nov. 20 in California. According to police, Jatinder Purewal, 47, was arrested after police found evidence allegedly linking her to the death of her ex-husband, Jaspinder Singh, the truck driver found dead on Sept. 26, 2024.
After Dhillon was taken into custody, investigators said he and Purewal made frequent jailhouse phone and video calls to each other.
“Several of these communications were translated from Punjabi into English. Jaswinder and Jatinder frequently expressed their love for each other and talked about various other things,” a probable cause statement reads.
According to the statement, Purewal is currently married to a different man, and shares a child with the victim in the case, Singh.
Investigators wrote in charging documents that Singh’s family was interviewed after his death. They told officers that Purewal had made threats to kill her ex-husband in the past.
Further, Purewal and Singh’s daughter said she “believed (Purewal) was involved in Jaspinder Singh’s death. The daughter explained that she obtained a restraining order gainst her mother, the defendant, and she felt her mother was very capable of killing her dad.”
During the investigation, search warrants obtained call logs and devices from Purewal’s home in California. Meanwhile, calls between her and Dhillon made no mention of Singh.
“Jaswinder explained that he didn’t fully understand why police arrested him and Jatinder briefly mentioned a news article about the incident. Jaswinder explained that his car broke down somewhere at a gas station in Utah and then he drove back home,” court documents state. “However, the two of them never discussed the fact that Jatinder’s ex-husband was the victim who had been murdered.”
Contrarily, the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services provided investigators with a report on Oct. 22, 2025, that showed a match of Singh’s DNA on Dhillon’s cellphone.
Further, GPS location information recovered from Dhillon’s cellphone showed he was within four meters of Singh’s semitruck when it was parked on the Interstate 80 eastbound on-ramp in Delle.
“This is the same location where the victim’s body was found inside the semitruck,” the probable cause statement reads. “Jatinder Purewal admitted to being on voice and video calls with Jaswinder Dhillon during this time.”
Investigators concluded in the statement that Purewal was on a video call with Dhillon’s phone on Sept. 26, 2024, at approximately 5:44 a.m. — the date and time her ex-husband was killed.
“Based on the foregoing, it is believed that the Jaswinder Dhillon was encouraged by (Purewal) to commit crimes of Aggravated Murder and Aggravated Kidnapping,” the statement reads. “Further, the defendant lied to law enforcement regarding her knowledge of the events on the night the Aggravated Murder and Aggravated Kidnapping took place.”
DPS announced charges against Purewal Tuesday, noting she’d been arrested in California and already extricated to Tooele as of that time.
“Evidence obtained in the investigation indicates that Ms. Purewal and Mr. Dhillon were in communication before, during, and after the time the victim was killed,” DPS said. “In addition, agents were able to find evidence that Ms. Purewal was involved with the following crimes: Aggravated Murder (1st Degree Felony), Aggravated Kidnapping (1st Degree Felony), Obstruction of Justice (2nd Degree Felony), Obstruction of Justice (2nd Degree Felony).”
DPS asked anyone who has information regarding this case to call 801-965-4747.
Read more: Semitruck rolls on I-15 near downtown Salt Lake during Monday commute
