Crime at 24XX ST & MADISON AVE on 08/04/2025 8:25 PM

Name

Jack Simmons

Missing Age

24

Est. Current Age

55

Last Seen

Salt Lake City, UT on 04/07/1994

Physical Description

Race: White Ethnicity: Caucasian Gender: Male Hair: Red/Auburn Eyes: Blue Height: 6' 0" Weight: 150 lbs

Case Number

MP13214

Name

Manuel Garcia

Age

45

Cause of Death

Shooting/Robbery

Info

Manuel, aka “babe,” age 45, was a husband and father at the time of his death. He was known to carry a weapon and large amounts of cash from his drug dealings. Manuel was out partying with friends in the early morning hours of august 5, 1980. He had been at johnny’s disco bar on redwood road until closing at about 2:30am then went with friends to a party at a private residence in rose park. That was the last he was seen. Manuel was driving a 1980 silver thunderbird 2-door hardtop that night. Witnesses recall seeing two men park the car near the jordan river parkway at approximately 250 s. 12th w. At around 8:00am on the morning of august 5th. They stayed in the vehicle for several hours. The passenger is described as being a hispanic male in his late 20’s or early 30’s with medium build and a blue or black baseball cap. The driver was male, possibly hispanic. The car was abandoned and subsequently impounded on august 7, 1980. There was blood evidence located in the car when it was searched. Manuel’s badly decomposed body was discovered along the roadside by highway maintenance workers in the area of 5550 west 700 south on the afternoon of august 12, 1980. No weapons or cash was found with the body. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be a gunshot wound to the chest.

Agency

Utah Department of Public Safety