IN BRIEF

NORTHEAST VALLEY

Las Vegas man finds wife slain in home

A Las Vegas man came home from work Friday night to find his wife slain in one of the bedrooms of their northeast valley house.

Las Vegas police said that the husband had been at work since 11 a.m. and attempted to contact his wife on numerous occasions but was unable to reach her.

When he got to his home, at 14 Del Amo Drive, near Charleston Boulevard and U.S. Highway 95, about 8:30 p.m., he found his wife dead. Her name was not released.

U-HAUL VAN

Man killed when he exits moving vehicle

A 44-year-old man died early Saturday morning after he got out of the U-Haul van he was driving while the vehicle was in motion.

The Las Vegas man, whose name was not released, was driving westbound on Pine Shores Parkway, near Warm Springs Road and Durango Drive, about 12:25 a.m. when, for unknown reasons, he exited the vehicle.

The 2006 Ford moving van he was driving struck him and dragged him until it came to rest after running into a block wall. He was pronounced dead at the scene.