Anthony Bracamonte was a 42-year-old Hispanic man from Ogden, Utah, described by his partner Sophia Ramirez as a loving partner and father. On February 15, 2023, a passing motorist found his body in sagebrush beside Interstate 80 about two miles from the Grantsville turnoff in Tooele County. Investigators determined he had been shot multiple times; twelve spent 9mm shell casings and two new t-shirts with store tags were found nearby.

Bracamonte was last seen on February 11 after an argument with his girlfriend and left with his friend Alejandro Manuel Moore. Surveillance showed Moore buying the t-shirts seen at the scene while with Bracamonte, and cell phone data placed Moore’s phone near the site in the early morning of February 12. Accounts differ about what happened that night: one witness said Bracamonte acted inappropriately toward Moore’s mother, another said Bracamonte, reportedly heavily intoxicated, became belligerent and assaulted the men. That witness alleges Moore then stopped the car, shot Bracamonte multiple times, and shot him again after he fell; Moore and another man then allegedly dismantled the gun and discarded parts and Bracamonte’s phone.

Moore was charged with first-degree murder; two others faced obstruction charges for allegedly helping destroy evidence and coordinate stories. Did anyone in the area see the car or the men on I-80 that night, or know where Moore, Estrada, Tenis, or Bracamonte were headed?