A brother of Ignacia “Yadira” Martinez recalled for jurors on Thursday his frantic rush to find out what happened to his sister and niece in 2012.
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An initial autopsy examination could take a minimum of two weeks, Dr. Hannes Vogel of Stanford University said.
A day after convicting a Las Vegas man in the April 2012 rape and murder of a mother and daughter, the all-women jury had another decision: whether or not to spare the 27-year-old his life.
A Las Vegas man was convicted Tuesday of raping and murdering a mother and her 10-year-old daughter in a bloody 2012 attack that nearly killed the woman’s husband.
A Las Vegas police document revealed the deadly shootout outside a 7-Eleven this month erupted after a drug trade turned into an armed robbery.
State officials are encouraging people who attended the Route 91 Harvest festival on Oct. 1 to apply for assistance from a state program for crime victims.
The woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death last week told Las Vegas police she was responsible for the attack, according to her arrest report.
For weeks since the Route 91 Harvest festival massacre, attorney Paola Armeni’s name has sat atop the GoFundMe page for the Las Vegas Victims Fund.
Roy McClellan, who had worked odd jobs, had good days and he had bad days before the festival, his wife said. But the shooting’s aftermath was a blow, worsening his existing troubles. Then, on Nov. 17, she learned he’d been killed. A driver on State Route 160 in Pahrump hit him and sped away.
A wounded driver who lost consciousness before crashing his vehicle in Las Vegas was shot during a possible drug deal, according to his suspected shooter’s arrest report.
Police say Melissa Sue Barnes, 30, took prescription pills and was trying to hurt herself with a knife when her 43-year-old boyfriend intervened and was stabbed in the chest and back.
When the gunfire began Oct. 1, Bailey Schweitzer became the youngest of the 58 killed.
James Charles Powell, 49, died Nov. 10 of multiple gunshot wounds. The Clark County coroner’s office ruled his death a homicide.
“Their family was just starting to develop,” says Donna Jaksha, the mother of a man who was preparing to marry Rocio Guillen, a woman who died in the Las Vegas mass shooting on Oct. 1.
Amber Patterson, 19, said her mother, Las Vegas shooting victim Lisa Patterson, was always the core of the family. In the wake of her mom’s death, she says she believes family members are bonding and growing closer.
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Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.
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