A Utah teen faces between 25 years to life in prison after he stabbed his friend more than 30 times, chopped up part of his body and dumped the remains in a cargo trailer.

Rowdy Lee Aguilar, now 21, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder with a mental health condition in the death of 15 year-old Ivan Vetecnik, the Salt Lake County District Attorney said in a press release . Aguilar was 17 when he murdered Vetecnik on May 26, 2021.

Prosecutors said surveillance video showed the two buddies go into Aguilar's home around 10 a.m. on the day of the murder. More than three hours later, Aguilar walked out out of the home alone with a blood-soaked shirt. He then went to a nearby business carrying garbage bags.

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