Murder suspect had returned to Utah less than a week after being deported [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY — The man accused of killing an ex-girlfriend whose body was discovered in a remote area of Tooele County over the weekend had recently returned to Utah after being deported from the country just the week before, according to new information discovered in arrest documents.

Nestor Rocha-Aguayo was arrested Sunday, hours after being named a suspect in the murder of 31-year-old Talia Benward.

Police became aware of Benward’s disappearance after she borrowed a car on New Year’s Day and failed to return it, and then missed two days of work. Benward and Rocha-Aguayo had been dating but “had several domestic violence incidents,” the arrest report said.

Although Rocha-Aguayo was deported on Dec. 24, he had recently contacted Benward to tell her that he had returned to the state. Despite telling Benward’s family that he had no contact with Talia upon returning to Utah, a search of her iPad found conversations between the two, including one …