UPDATE: Wife and boyfriend taken into custody after husband found beaten to death near Browns Canyon Road

4/3/2026 10:12 a.m. — SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — Francisco Alejandro Santos-Morales, a 31-year-old male previously identified as a suspect, has been taken into custody in the Davis County area by the Summit County Sheriff’s Office, according to a Thursday morning update from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office.

Santos-Morales has been booked on felony charges of desecration of a dead body and obstruction of justice.

SCSO thanked its Investigations Division, the U.S. Marshals Service, as well as law enforcement partners in Layton City and the Davis County area, for their assistance…

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