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Children find Tooele mother dead in vehicle; ex-boyfriend arrested

By Fox 13 · September 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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The ex-boyfriend of a Tooele woman has been arrested for her murder after the woman's children discovered she had been killed late Monday. Daniel Ruesga, 37, was arrested after Tooele County Sheriff's Office deputies were originally called just before midnight Monday to a report of shots fired at a home on Kings Landing Road.

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