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Gene Kennedy and Paul Nelson reportingSandy Police are following leads in downtown Salt Lake for clues in the murder of a college hockey coach. On Nov. 15, Ken Dolezsar was shot in the parking lot of the Village Inn Restaurant on 150 W. 10600 S. in Sandy.
Sandy Police searched a home, a business and two vehicles in downtown Salt Lake yesterday. Investigators wouldn't say what they seized, or exactly where, but they're hoping for clues that will lead to whoever killed volunteer UVSC hockey coach Ken Dolezsar.
The biggest development to come from these search warrants is evidence taken from a person of interest. "We got some information not too long ago that kind of led us to this person we want to talk to," said Sandy Police Lt. Kevin Thacker.

Is it the person who shot 50-year-old Ken Dolezsar in the parking lot of this Village Inn back in November? Sandy detectives aren't sure, but they hope they're one step closer.
Thacker said they had some forensic evidence from a person. "We're hoping through some of the lab analysis and the evidence we picked up that we'll be able to eliminate this person or focus more towards this person, but at least get some of those answers so we can direct our investigation in the right way," he said.
On the surface, until now, the investigation has been at a standstill. In mid-November, police say Dolezsar went to meet someone at the Village Inn in Sandy. Witnesses saw a man gun him down in the parking lot.

The killer took the victim's SUV and later abandoned it at a nearby cemetery. Investigators fingerprinted the vehicle along with the crime scene. A few weeks ago, police reported that DNA and other evidence were expected to come back from the crime lab. That's been a slow process at best.
Now with recent search warrants served in downtown Salt Lake, the evidence seized may help police connect the dots with other information they've gathered. "You may have that fingerprint that you got back to the lab, but now you have to have something to compare it to," Thacker said. "Some of it we have received back. Some of it we're still waiting for, and some of it we haven't been able to use yet."
He added, "This has been one of the most complex cases I've dealt with in my years in Sandy, or that I've even heard of us dealing with here."
Lt. Thacker says one reason this murder has been so complex is because Ken Dolezsar had a lot of contacts. He was well-known in the business community. He also had a lot of family and friends, and that means police have had so many people to talk to.
