John Valerio was just 22 when he was first convicted of murder and placed on death row in 1988 for fatally stabbing a 26-year-old Las Vegas woman. But in 2002, after more than a dozen years of imprisonment, an error prompted a federal appeals court to overturn Valerio’s sentence while upholding his conviction.
Forensic testing has confirmed that the March incident that left a Henderson couple dead was a murder-suicide, officials said Monday.
A man accused of setting fire to a Pahrump church early Friday is in custody, Nye County officials said.
Las Vegas police say man who “made it rain” as crowd was leaving Drai’s Beachclub and Nightclub in The Cromwell early Monday morning triggered chaos, leading to second big police response to the hotel and casino in as many days.
