Woman dies after being stabbed and thrown from a car in Utah

Woman dies after being stabbed and thrown from her car on Utah highway after picking up stranger, 18, who was high on LSD and marijuana

  • An unidentified woman was stabbed and thrown from a moving car on Interstate  15 in Farmington, Utah, on Sunday
  • Authorities said she offered a ride to Oscar Cuevas-Landa, 18, of West Valley City
  • Cuevas-Landa reportedly told authorities the victim looked at him ‘funny’ so he stabbed her several times and pushed her from the driver’s seat
  • Officers found him afterwards with blood on hands, no shirt and just one shoe
  • An affidavit said Cuevas-Landa told troopers what he did, as well as admitted to using LSD and marijuana 
  • Cuevas-Landa was charged with murder and aggravated assault 
  • The victim, who was in her 20s, has not been publicly identified  

Oscar Cuevas-Landa (pictured in mugshot) was arrested on Sunday after reportedly stabbing a women and pushing her from a moving car

Oscar Cuevas-Landa (pictured in mugshot) was arrested on Sunday after reportedly stabbing a women and pushing her from a moving car 

A Utah woman was stabbed to death and thrown from her car on Interstate 15 after reportedly giving a ride to an 18-year-old who had taken LSD beforehand. 

The Utah Highway Patrol on Monday charged Oscar Cuevas-Landa on first-degree felony murder and second-degree aggravated assault charges resulting in serious injury. He was booked into to Davis County jail without bail. 

The female victim, who was in her 20s, has not been publicly identified pending the notification of her family, authorities said.

The woman’s body was discovered just before 10pm on the inside lane of I-15 in Farmington on Sunday night, The Standard Examiner reports.

Authorities alleged that the victim had agreed to give Cuevas-Landa a ride to a place 30 minutes away in West Valley City. The two were reportedly strangers.  

But during the trip, Cueves reportedly became upset when he thought the victim gave him a unnecessary look.

‘Based on the current evidence, [Cuevas-Land] got a ride with a person (he) did not know,’ according to the police affidavit, Deseret News reports. 

‘During that journey [he] stated that the victim looked at him funny, so he stabbed the victim several times and then pushed the driver from a vehicle moving at freeway speeds.’

Authorities discovered the body of an unidentified Utah woman along the side of Interstate 15 on Sunday evening after she was reportedly stabbed and thrown from the vehicle

Authorities discovered the body of an unidentified Utah woman along the side of Interstate 15 on Sunday evening after she was reportedly stabbed and thrown from the vehicle 

Witnesses said they saw the moving ‘erratically in traffic and almost impacting the median. A short time later witnesses stated a person or what appeared to be a body came out of the vehicle on the driver side.’

Authorities said Cuevas-Landa then steered the vehicle from the passenger seat as it continued for another 300 yards before coming to a stop.

Cueves reportedly exited the vehicle and attempted to walk away. Officers located Cuevas-Landa at the intersection of State and Main.

‘The deputy observed the individual had blood on his hand, forearm and pants,’ Deseret News reports. 

Authorities said they found Cuevas-Landa without a shirt and only one shoe.

According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Cuevas-Landa allegedly told officers he stabbed the victim several times, unbuckled her seat belt, opened the driver's door and pushed her out onto I-15

According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Cuevas-Landa allegedly told officers he stabbed the victim several times, unbuckled her seat belt, opened the driver’s door and pushed her out onto I-15

He initially told authorities that he had been robbed, but reportedly confessed after waiving his Miranda rights.

Cuevas-Landa told troopers he stabbed the victim several times, unbuckled her seat belt and pushed her out of the moving vehicle.

‘We believe the male began stabbing the female and she was either trying to escape and jumped out at freeway speed or the suspect was able to kick her out,’ UHP LT. Nick Street told Standard-Examiner. 

‘We are not sure if it was the stabbing or the fall or a combination of both that was the cause of death.’

Cuevas also allegedly admitted to taking LSD and smoking marijuana around that time. 

DailyMail.com has reached out to Utah authorities for additional information. 

source: dailymail.co.uk