Las Vegas homicide detectives investigating after woman found dead, apartment ransacked
Las Vegas police officers investigate at 433 N. Lamb Blvd. near Stewart Avenue where a body was found Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Homicide detectives were called out because the victim was in her early 20s, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Steve Summers said. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto
Las Vegas police officers investigate at 433 N. Lamb Blvd. near Stewart Avenue where a body was found Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Homicide detectives were called out because the victim was in her early 20s, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Steve Summers said. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto
Las Vegas police officers investigate at 433 N. Lamb Blvd. near Stewart Avenue where a body was found Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Homicide detectives were called out because the victim was in her early 20s, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Steve Summers said. (Chitose Suzuki/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto
A woman was found dead in her northeast valley apartment Monday morning, and Las Vegas police are investigating her death as a homicide.
The woman was believed to be in her late 20s, and her body was found just before 9:50 a.m. near North Lamb Boulevard and Stewart Avenue, police said.
Though it’s unclear how the woman was killed, police said her family hadn’t heard from her recently and her apartment appeared to have been forced open and ransacked.
The county coroner will name the woman killed once family has been notified.
Review-Journal reporter Rachel Crosby contributed to this story. Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.
