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Woman exploits elder to pay for SUV, hot tub, plastic surgery

After only a few months in Las Vegas, Karen Furlough stole at least $230,000 from Delores Hale, and possibly upward of $145,000 more, in what prosecutor J.P. Raman called a swift and extreme case of elderly exploitation.

 
Five found slain in home, person of interest on run

Georgia police were searching for a 26-year-old man on Sunday in the killings of five people whose bodies were discovered in a house the night before.

 
Police take man into custody after standoff closed shopping centers

A man involved in a Monday morning standoff with Las Vegas police was taken into custody more than three hours after he was pulled over, and after police blocked off businesses because the man had a gun.

 
Police: Man killed mom, sister and stayed in house with bodies

Darius Davon Sorrells killed his mother and sister, North Las Vegas police said Tuesday, and stayed in the house where they died for several days while the bodies decomposed. A motive in the killings was unclear.