The boyfriend of a Utah woman who went missing in 1988 has been charged in her murder.
The boyfriend of a Utah woman who went missing in 1988 has been charged in her murder, four months after her skeletal remains were found.
Michael Kufrin was taken into custody in his home state of Illinois in July, but now has been extradited to Utah to face accusations that he killed Peggy Sue Case.
The remains, including her skull, were found on May 22 buried in a cellar of a Spanish Fork home where Kufrin and the 27-year-old Case once lived.
The current tenant had noticed a “depression” in the floor, according to People .
“Some of the people in the neighborhood where they had been living had been talking and speculating that something had happened to her,” Deputy Utah County Attorney Alex Ludlow told People, “and after years and years the current tenant was in the process of moving out and heard some of the stories.”
Investigators made strides in the case after the remains were found, and charged Kufrin, now 61.
“Had (the tenant) not moved out or been inquisitive, who knows how long it would have been” before the remains were found, Ludlow told People.
Case was last seen at a hot tub party she attended with Kufrin, according to People. It is believed they left the party together.
Kufrin is expected to appear in court on Monday.
“It is a tragedy for all this time for the (Case) family not to know where their daughter was,” Ludlow told People. “It is tough. I think they are relieved they have answers.”
