IN BRIEF
BODYBUILDERS' SENTENCING
Titus, Ryan sentencing postponed by court
Sentencing for the former bodybuilding champions accused of killing their personal assistant was postponed Friday because authorities were preparing pre-sentencing reports.
Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan are now scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 22.
Titus, 42, and Ryan, 36, entered guilty pleas on May 30 in connection with the killing of Melissa James, whose charred body was found in a torched Jaguar sedan in December 2005 in the desert near Blue Diamond Road.
Titus pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, kidnapping and arson.
Ryan pleaded guilty to arson and battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm.
STORE SLAYING
Slain convenience store employee identified
The man who was shot and killed Wednesday at a convenience store has been identified as 29-year-old Narinder Singh of Las Vegas.
Singh was shot about 8 a.m. Wednesday while working at the Guru Express Mini Mart at 6698 Sky Pointe Drive, at Cimarron Drive, Las Vegas police said.
Police are searching for the shooting suspect, 26-year-old Vicente Alvinez, a store employee who was fired the night before the killing. Alvinez was last seen driving a white 1987 Mazda RX-7 with Nevada license plate 220 VJV.
Anybody with information on the suspect's whereabouts may call Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.
CHILD LEFT IN VEHICLE
Heat stress cited in death of Jason Rimer
Four-year-old Jason Rimer died from environmental heat stress after being left in a car for 17 hours, investigators from the Clark County coroner's office have determined.
His manner of death was a homicide, according to coroner's officials. That designation means his life was taken by another person accidentally or intentionally, and it does not imply guilt.
Rimer's parents, Stan and Colleen Rimer, have been charged with second-degree murder and multiple counts of child endangerment in connection with the June 9 death.
That morning, one of Jason's brothers found him in the back seat of the family's Ford Excursion. Jason had been left in the sport utility vehicle since the previous afternoon.
The Clark County Department of Family Services had 21 contacts and referrals involving the Rimers stretching back almost two decades prior to the boy's death.
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING
Toddler boy dies after wandering from adults
A 14-month-old boy drowned Thursday after wandering away from his grandparents for five minutes, Las Vegas fire officials said.
The unidentified toddler was found floating face down at about 5 p.m. in the family pool in the 300 block of Pomegranate Circle, Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski said.
The boy's grandparents discovered him after a five-minute search. They tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead at University Medical Center.
The toddler's death is the second reported drowning of a child in the city this year.
FATAL CRASH
LV motorcycle crash victim identified
The motorcyclist who died Thursday after a car drove into his path has been identified as 63-year-old Richard Poindexter of Las Vegas.
The accident occurred about 2:50 p.m. at the intersection of Mojave Road and Spokane Drive, near Desert Inn Road.
Las Vegas police said the driver of a Toyota Corolla, 59-year-old Roberto Soborido, was southbound on Mojave when he turned east onto Spokane, cutting off Poindexter.
The motorcyclist crashed into the passenger side of the car.
Police said Poindexter was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
