$100,000 bail for woman in slaying

Bail was set at $100,000 Monday for Bridgett Ann Cordova, the 30-year-old woman accused of helping to kill her ex-boyfriend.

Her attorney, Robert Draskovich, said he hoped she and her family could come up with the money to get Cordova out of jail while she fights conspiracy and murder charges.

As he left the courtroom of Justice of the Peace William Jansen, Draskovich said the victim, 25-year-old Joey Deom, had previously beaten Cordova and she feared for her safety the night Deom died June 19.

"She had a restraining order against him," he said.

Deom left Clark County Detention Center that night after being released on probation for attempted theft and possession of a stolen vehicle charges.

His mother dropped him off at Cordova's apartment in western Las Vegas where she lived with her mother and her 9-year-old son, according to the police report.

"She was called twice on the 19th by the jail to warn her he was being released," Draskovich said.

After Deom entered through the front door, Matthew Goodner shot him twice.

According to the police report, a witness, whom police would not identify, said Deom was placed in the back seat of the witness' car still alive and taken to the Red Rock loop turn-off area where Goodner said he fired three more rounds into Deom's face, killing him.

The witness and Goodner, also charged with murder, later returned to the body with a stolen vehicle and put it in the trunk. Goodner then took a cargo trailer three of his friends had stolen.

The witness said Goodner parked the stolen car inside the empty trailer.

The trailer, stolen from a police recruit who had just moved to the area, was located in northwest Las Vegas. Police subsequently found Deom's body inside.

Though Draskovich said Cordova played no part in the crime, police say the day after the killing, Cordova told a friend, "Dude, last night we killed Joey."

Cordova asked the friend, Norma Snyder, for fuel to burn the body and said she was going to pull Deom's teeth out so he couldn't be identified.

She then asked Snyder to provide her with an alibi, but instead Snyder became a prosecution witness.

Deom's friends and family were present in court Monday, wearing T-shirts depicting his face.

"My brother never touched her (Cordova)," said Deom's sister, Angela. "I hung out with them all the time."

She said her brother dated Cordova for about a year and a half and he often did handy work at her and her mother's residence.

Her mother, who was not home the night of the slaying, had filed the restraining order against him, she said.

A preliminary hearing scheduled Monday was postponed until Aug. 28.