West Valley City murder charges filed in September

WEST VALLEY CITY — A man has been charged in a September murder in West Valley City, but investigators fear he has already fled the country.

Yorfre Gremar Mavare-Mavare is accused of killing a man in a parking lot near 3300 South and 1200 West on Sept. 24.

On the night of the murder, officers reviewed surveillance footage from cameras at the Village at Rivers Edge Apartments. Police said in a probable cause document that Mavare-Mavare was seen on camera in the parking lot at the same time as the victim.

The document states that the victim, who was not named by police, was talking to two others in the parking lot when “several flashes of light that appeared to be the muzzle flashes of a firearm were seen.”

After the shots were fired, Mavare-Mavare was seen on camera running back to his car and driving away, the document said. When investigators later found his car, they discovered that the license plates had been removed.

Investigators believe Mavare-Mavare has already fled the country – the location of his phone was shown in Mexico, the document says. Mavare-Mavare has an arrest warrant for first-degree murder and weapons possession.