Review-Journal photographer Jason Bean was sent up Mount Charleston the day after 11-year-old Vanesa Lara died when her sled crashed into a metal fence installed as a safety measure. What he saw speaks to the futility of trying to keep anyone safe on a hillside blanketed with inviting snow.
The 50-year-old woman accused of killing a 10-year-old girl and slashing a fellow Bellagio blackjack dealer has a history of rage and razor-blade attacks, according to court records and accounts from people who knew her in Mississippi.