Man pleads guilty to gruesome 2021 killing of friend in Taylorsville, when both were teens

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Rowdy Aguilar pled guilty to aggravated murder with a mental condition in the killing of his 15-year-old friend in Taylorsville in 2021.

Aguilar, 17 at the time of the incident and now 21, faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years.

District Attorney Sim Gill hopes the conviction "helps the victim's family feel they have received a measure of justice."

SALT LAKE CITY — The Taylorsville man accused of killing and partially dismembering his friend in 2021 when they were both teens has pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a mental condition in the case.

As part of Friday's plea deal between Rowdy Aguilar and the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office, three other charges — obstruction of justice, abuse or desecration of a dead human body and escape from officia