Eraldo Soares was a Spanish and Portuguese teacher at Sunny Hills High School and was a native of Piracicaba, Brazil.
Lori and Mark both attended Orem High School, about 40 miles (about 64 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City.
Mark told police she had left home early for a customary jog in the Memory Grove and City Creek Canyon area northeast of downtown Salt Lake City, but had not returned home or arrived at work.
However, police say Mark had lied to friends and family about his academic accomplishments and had never actually completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Utah.
[2] Shortly after his wife's disappearance, Mark was found running naked through the streets, and was admitted to hospital for mental evaluation.
Police said they believed that he acted alone, killing Lori in their apartment with a .22-caliber rifle while she was asleep and disposing of her body in a dumpster.
On October 1, 2004 at approximately 8:20 a.m. searchers found human remains in the Salt Lake County landfill.
[5] On April 15, 2005, Hacking pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for prosecutors dropping other charges.
He stressed that Hacking obstructed justice by disposing of Lori's body and falsely claiming she was missing.
[7] Upon hearing this news, Lori's mother Thelma Soares issued this statement: "While it is a terrible waste of his life, [the decision] lifts a great burden from my mind and heart.
I thank the members of the State Board of Pardons and Parole for their diligence and sense of justice in dealing with this tragic case.
"[8] The initial sentence caused a widespread public outcry, with many expressing alarm at the possibility Hacking could be released after six years.
Sibbett noted that most inmates convicted of murder have to wait between 18 and 35 years for a parole hearing, and Hacking's actions pushed it to "the higher level" of the spectrum.
Boyden said most people didn't understand Utah's indeterminate sentencing scheme and added that it caused "a public perception problem" for the state.
It stipulates that people convicted of first-degree murder in Utah must serve at least 15 years before they can be considered for parole.