A Millcreek woman was beaten to death, struck at least 28 times with a crowbar, and her teen daughter beaten and severely injured, according to charges filed in what Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera called “one of the most horrific domestic-violence cases I’ve seen.”
Walter Eugene Brantzeg, 54, has been charged with one count of aggravated murder (domestic violence), one count of attempted aggravated murder, one count of aggravated burglary (domestic violence), and one count of cruelty to an animal, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced Friday.
The charges come after the death of Brantzeg’s wife of 14 years, Valerie Sue Brantzeg, on Aug.