Suspect, 22, booked on two counts of murder and for sexual assault
A 22-year-old man was charged with murder Saturday in the double slaying of a mother and daughter and the sexual assaults of the daughter and an unrelated woman.
Bryan Clay also faces charges of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and robbery.
He is being held without bail in the county jail and is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
Clay was arrested Friday morning. He was initially booked on an unrelated felony child abuse warrant from an incident in March, but police suspected his involvement in the slayings of Ignacia "Yadira" Martinez and her 10-year-old daughter, Karla, and in the sexual assaults of Karla and a 50-year old woman.
His arrest came after a furious two-week police investigation that saw up to 60 people at a time working the case around the clock.
A source close to the investigation said DNA linked the slayings at the Martinez family house on 1016 Robin St. to the sexual assault of a woman near Tonopah and Vegas drives the same day, April 15.
Las Vegas police have been investigating the killings of Martinez, 38, and Karla since April 16.
The family patriarch, Arturo Martinez, was severely beaten in the grisly attack and has not recovered. Police said a claw hammer was used as the murder weapon.
The family's two sons, ages 4 and 9, weren't harmed. The crime came to light April 16 when the 9-year-old told school officials his mother and sister were dead at home.
Contact reporter Lynnette Curtis at
lcurtis@reviewjournal.com.
