Coroner identifies woman found dead near Las Vegas school

A Clark County School District police car is seen outside Brookman Elementary School, near the 1200 block of Fairchild Street where the body of a woman was found Saturday morning. (Kimber Laux/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By CASSANDRA TALOMA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 21, 2014 - 7:31 am

The woman who was found dead Saturday morning near an elementary school has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Las Vegas resident Maricela Faurrieta Suarez, 34, suffered a gunshot wound to the head.

Las Vegas police found her body in the 1200 block of Fairchild Street, near Brookman Elementary School, just before 6 a.m. Saturday. They believe she was killed elsewhere before her body was dumped onto the street.

This was the 71st homicide investigated by Metro in 2014.

Contact reporter Cassandra Taloma at ctaloma@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381.

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