Utah Most Wanted for Murder

Police found victim bleeding in stairwell

UTAH FUGITIVE NEWS -- Medel Isaac Tenangueno a.k.a. "Pelon" is most wanted for first-degree felony murder by Salt Lake City Police, after Tenangueno stabbed a man in the chest resulting in his death on November 30, 2008. Additionally, criminal charges were filed against Tenangueno on December, 2, 2008, in Salt Lake City 3rd District Court, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Medel Isaac Tenangueno

According to Salt Lake City Police, after responding to a call for assistance at 1602 W. Snow Queen Place around 12:55 a.m., Officers found 25-year-old Matthew Spero Maxwell stabbed, bleeding in the apartment’s stairwell. A witness attested that while at a party an argument broke out between the two men, and he saw Tenangueno stab Maxwell in the chest with a knife.

Maxwell was transported to Intermountain Medical Center, where he died at 1:56 a.m., a subsequent autopsy confirmed that the stab wound inflicted by Tenangueno had punctured Maxwell's heart inevitably causing his death.

Medel Isaac Tenangueno is described as:

• Birth Date: March 3, 1990
• Height: 64 inches
• Weight: 145 pounds
• Eyes: Black
• Hair: Black
• Complexion: Medium
• Sex: Male
• Race: Hispanic
• Case #: 08-231673

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of this Utah fugitive killer, Medel Isaac Tenangueno, is asked to call the Salt Lake City Police Department at 801-799-3000.