Storage facility worker murders colleague with hammer after he 'messed with his stuff': Officials

A man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his coworker at a storage facility after he “messed with his stuff,” authorities say.

A man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his coworker at a storage facility after he “messed with his stuff,” authorities say.

The incident began on Dec. 29 in Salt Lake City, Utah, when a driver reportedly overheard his passenger -- later identified as the suspect, Nathan David Evans -- tell another person in his vehicle that “he was going down to a warehouse to kill someone by bashing his head in because the person had messed with his stuff,” according to a statement from Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.

Later that evening, authorities say that another coworker of Evans left their workplace, leaving the eventual victim, David Hinkebein, and Evans alone at the storage facility.

“When the same co-worker came back to work on January 1, 2024, he saw Mr. Evans but not Mr. Hinkebein,” Gill said in his statement announcing the charges against Evans. “During the shift, that same co-worker went near a back office and noticed bloody handprints on the wall and blood-stained carpet.”