Hiker finds body near Mount Charleston outside Las Vegas

By Blake Apgar / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 25, 2018 - 10:20 pm

The Spring Mountains are seen outside of Las Vegas. Mount Charleston, not pictured, is the highest peak in the range at 11,916 feet. (Mark Davis/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas homicide detectives are investigating after a body was found near Mount Charleston on Sunday night, police said.

About 5:10 p.m., a hiker reported seeing a body between mile markers 9 and 11 on Kyle Canyon Road, Las Vegas police said.

An officer later found the body.

No other information was immediately available.

Contact Blake Apgar at bapgar@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5298. Follow @blakeapgar on Twitter.

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