JEFFREY R.

BUHMAN #7041
Utah County Attorney
RANDY KENNDARD #
ADAM POMEROY #14290
Deputy Utah County Attorneys
100 East Center, Suite 2100
Provo, Utah 84606
Email: dcourt@utahcounty.gov
Phone: (801) 851-8026
Fax: (801) 851-8051

IN THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
STATE OF UTAH,

INFORMATION

Plaintiff,
vs.
OMAR CARMONA
1942 W 450 N
Provo, UT 84601
DOB: 05/28/1989

Case No. _________________

Judge: ___________________
OTN: 44441483

Defendant.

The State of Utah, by and through Adam Pomeroy, Deputy Utah County
Attorney, charges the defendant with the commission of the following offenses:
COUNT 1: MURDER, a first degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann 76-5-203, in
that on or about June 8, 2016, in Utah County, the defendant, Omar Carmona did
(a) intentionally or knowingly cause the death of another;
(b) intending to cause serious bodily injury to another, commit an act clearly dangerous
to human life that caused the death of another;
(c) acting under circumstances evidencing a depraved indifference to human life,
knowingly engage in conduct which created a grave risk of death to another and thereby
caused the death of another.

COUNT 2: ABUSE OR DESECRATION OF A HUMAN BODY, a third degree felony,

in violation of Utah Code Ann 76-9-704, in that on or about June 8, 2016, in Utah
County, the defendant, Omar Carmona did intentionally and unlawfully
(a) disturb, move, remove, conceal, or destroy a dead human body or any part of it; or
(b) dismember a dead human body to any extent, or damage or detach any part or portion
of a dead human body.
PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT: Cameron Gene Nelson of the Provo Police
Department, having probable cause to believe that the defendant committed the abovelisted offenses, submitted the following evidence in support of the filing of this
Information:
On June 9, 2016, police received a report of a missing person; he was
subsequently found dead. The decedents wife reported that she had not seen her husband
since she left their residence in Provo the previous day. Defendant, the couples son, has
a history of mental illness and of making threats of violence against his father. When
asked by police about the possible whereabouts of his father, Defendant disclosed that the
day before he had choked out his father for approximately twenty minutes and then
placed his body inside a chest freezer. Defendant claimed he did this because his father
had pushed him and then thrown a glass of water in his face. The police were
contemporaneously searching the decedents residence and found his body inside the
chest freezer Defendant described. An autopsy revealed likely post-mortem injuries,
including a broken neck and back. These findings are consistent with statements made by
the Defendant that after choking his father, he had attempted to break his fathers neck to
prevent his father from telling on him. Circumstances surrounding the event suggest
the Defendant was possibly operating under delusions brought about, in whole or part, by
a mental illness. However, Defendants statements indicate that he knew the nature and
likely results of his conduct and that he intended his actions result in the death of his
father.
Based upon evidence received from Cameron Gene Nelson of the Provo Police
Department, I have reason to believe the defendant committed the offenses as charged
herein.
Authorized for presentment and filing this 16th day of June, 2016.
UTAH COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE
Sworn to by:
/s/ Adam Pomeroy
Adam Pomeroy
Deputy Utah County Attorney