Reward offered in cabin vandalism case

Marc Giauque and Gene Kennedy reportingA Salt Lake City couple is offering a $10,000 reward to find the person who destroyed their cabin. The recreational home is in Fruitland, in Duchense County.

There's plenty of anger in the pictures taken of the damage to the cabin. The Uzelac family can't help but feel this is personal.

The vandals broke a garage window, slipped in, then bashed a door open with a shovel. They then started hacking the walls and destroying furniture.

Holly Uzelac says, "Right away we could see they just broke all the dishes, canisters we had on the counter. Every decoration was broken. And then they took beer bottles and busted them on the stove. There was probably three inches of glass on the stove, so it was devastating."

Several sinks in the cabin were also broken and the water was left running, potentially for days.

"There was probably two inches of water on the floor when we walked down to the basement. We had paint peeling off the wall and Sheetrock falling from the ceiling," Holly said.

Pictures show what the basement used to look like; but today the upscale cabin has more than $200,000 in damage, according to investigators.

Holly says, "I think it had to be someone who had a vendetta."

But Duchesne detectives say they have absolutely no leads.

"Really, when you lay in bed and think about it, who would hate you that bad?" Holly said.

Holly runs a clothing store in Sandy, her husband is a contractor. The couple thought maybe a disgruntled employee trashed their cabin, but no one knows for sure. They hope that $10,000 reward can lead to the perpetrator.

Holly says, "It's not about the money. It's about peace of mind and it's knowing that this person won't go do this to somebody else."

The couple says their insurance will pay for most of the damage, but they think it'll take a least a year to repair the cabin. And they say even then, it'll never be the same.

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