On the morning of September 22, 2019, 29-year-old Lazaro Nieves Morales of Springville, Utah, was found dead near a train overpass at 1600 South and State Route 89 with multiple gunshot wounds, including one that pierced his heart and caused an almost instantaneous death. Fresh white spray paint and tire tracks in the wet paint were present at the scene.

The night before, Lazaro had spent time at his home with 26-year-old Victor Hugo Contreras-Nathanson of Payson; they drank alcohol and used cocaine, then drove to the overpass in a dark maroon sedan to tag a concrete pillar. Investigators linked Contreras-Nathanson to the scene: surveillance showed them leaving together, and his maroon Nissan was found with white paint residue on the passenger-side tires. Neighbors reportedly helped clean the vehicle for several hours; one of them, 31-year-old Francisco Topete Hernandez of Spanish Fork, was charged with obstruction of justice after authorities say he helped clean the car. Contreras-Nathanson was charged with murder, obstructing justice, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, and two counts of drug possession.

Does anyone have information about Lazaro’s movements that night or about the vehicle and cleaning activity afterward?