70-year-old Roy man sentenced for killing spouse, residing with physique for days

OGDEN — A 70-year-old man who was convicted of capturing his spouse, has been sentenced to fifteen years to life in jail.

Dave Richard Meyer advised police when he was arrested final 12 months, he had been “watching his spouse endure for a few years” from nerve harm in her again brought on by a automobile accident, and his spouse had been “asking him to kill her for some time now, as a result of quantity of ache she has been in,” based on paperwork from Utah’s 2nd District Courtroom.

In January 2023, police say Meyer was rubbing his spouse’s again when he took a pistol from his dresser and shot her within the head. Courtroom paperwork present Meyer lived with the physique for 4 days, and could possibly be seen on neighbors’ safety cameras taking the trash out and in, earlier than Roy police have been known as.

Courtroom paperwork state Meyer’s home had been foreclosed, he “did not know the place he was going to dwell after his eviction” and he “thought a number of instances about injuring or killing himself after killing his spouse.”

Meyer was initially charged with homicide, a first-degree felony; obstructing justice, a second-degree felony; and two counts of possession of a firearm by a restricted particular person, a third-degree felony.

Meyer modified his plea to responsible in March, as a result of he did “not need to put the household by means of additional hardship,” based on courtroom paperwork. As a part of the deal, he pleaded responsible to homicide and the opposite three costs have been dropped.

On Could 10, Decide Joseph Bean sentenced Meyer to fifteen years to life in jail, with credit score for 475 days already served. He was taken to the Utah State Jail.