SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection to a nearly 20-year-old murder case out of Magna.
Mark Nelson Munoz, 53, was arrested Thursday and now faces a murder charge.
Jason Royter was found dead by his girlfriend in the basement of his home at 7383 West Paine Road on Aug. 6, 2005.
Watch: FOX 13's coverage of the murder the day it happened
An autopsy performed by the Office of the Medical Examiner determined that Jason had died from stab wounds to his chest.
It wasn't until last year when the Utah Bureau of Forensic Services notified the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Cold Case Unit that a CODIS Hit for the case. A CODIS Hit is when a DNA sample uploaded to a database matches a DNA sample from a crime scene.
According to investigators, the DNA sample was a match for Mark Nelson Munoz, who was arrested Thursday.
