Paul Michael Mumford the man who allegedly wiped out a Utah family in an horrific car crash July 3rd has a long history of drinking, driving and violence according to Salt Lake County Jail records.
Going back at least as far as 2000 Mumford was arrested no less than six times most of the charges either stem from DUI’s, public intoxication or domestic violence jail records indicate.
There is however a nine year gap between an October 2005 arrest for hit and run and a June 2014 arrest of domestic assault. Indicating that either Mumford had cleaned up his act, moved to another jurisdiction or was incarcerated. There are no records however of an inmate matching Mumford’s name or birthdate in the Nevada prison system nor is any available from the Utah Prison system.
Mumford is facing at least three counts of vehicular homicide from Friday’s crash and according to sources those charges may be increased to murder.
The Utah Highway patrol identified Paul Michael Mumford, 36, of West Jordan as the driver of a pick-up that crashed head on into a SUV and took the lives of at least three people and put one in the hospital fighting for his life Friday evening near Wendover.
The three killed were identified Monday as Delphine John, 44, and her daughters Delilah Ramirez, 20, and Anaya Adame Orozco, 3, of Farmington, Utah. The only occupant of the SUV who survived was identified as Jose Fidel Adame-Orozco, 36.
According to Utah Highway Patrol reports shortly before the crash several calls of an erratic pickup truck driver were received around 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Witnesses told police the driver of a pickup truck stopped in the median at one point, and another driver told him he needed to stop driving. Another driver, who had observed the pickup truck driver’s alleged reckless driving, also pulled into the median and confronted him. The pickup truck driver then turned around and drove west on I-80. According to UHP, the pickup driver then made a U-turn and drove east on the westbound lanes, ultimately colliding head-on with the Suburban at 80 mph.
The Suburban involved in the incident had the engine knocked out of it. Alcohol or drugs may have been involved, police said.
Mumford is expected to live.
The crash occurred around 7 p.m. 30 miles east of the Utah/Nevada border.
