The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said the remains of Carol Ann Riley, who disappeared in 1986, have been positively identified.
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A road is closed west of the Las Vegas Strip is closed Wednesday morning for a shooting investigation.
The Metropolitan Police Department said investigators had responded to a homicide in the 5600 block of North Bonita Vista Street.
The victim’s son praised the sentence after court, but said he made a mistake and actually feels it was “devastating” and an injustice.
New information shows Shane Tamura was placed on a “L2K” mental health hold in 2022 and again in 2024, two months before he purchased the firearm he used to kill four and himself in New York City.
Crystal Stephens pleaded guilty in February to first-degree kidnapping, child abuse and murder in the 2018 death of 4-year-old Brandon Steckler Jr.
The victim was described by police as an “unhoused individual” who was living in the wash.
Homicides committed by children were 65 percent higher in 2022 than in 2016 across the country, according to a report that drew on data many agencies submitted to the FBI.
A husband was killed, and his wife was injured after they were shot inside a central Las Vegas house on Saturday, police said.
A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the discovery of a woman’s body in a freezer, police said.
Freddie Wright was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for killing his wife and leaving her body in a burning metal drum.
A taxi’s dashcam helped police identify a suspect in the shooting death of a man whose body was found inside a crashed car last month.
The boy was shot and killed at a Las Vegas apartment on Labor Day. An 18-year-old man has been arrested and faces a murder charge.
A police report identified the second victim of a shooting behind a rental car office that killed a woman and wounded a man.
The murder trial for former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles is set to begin on Monday with jury selection.
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New information shows Shane Tamura was placed on a “L2K” mental health hold in 2022 and again in 2024, two months before he purchased the firearm he used to kill four and himself in New York City.
A man sought in a human trafficking investigation at a Henderson hospital carjacked a vehicle carrying a family, according to police.
In a complaint filed Thursday, Andreas Probst’s family, alleged that a defect in the 2016 Hyundai Elantra’s anti-theft system allowed Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys to steal the vehicle used to fatally hit Andreas Probst.
He admitted to counts including oppression under color of office, possession of child sexual abuse material and capturing an image of the private area of another person.
