IN BRIEF

AUTHORITIES SEEK HELP

Victim of fatal shooting at 7-Eleven identified

A woman who was shot to death behind a Las Vegas convenience store Thursday night has been identified as Rachael Gandal.

The 28-year-old from Las Vegas was killed about 9:45 p.m. behind a 7-Eleven at the corner of Flamingo Road and Rainbow Boulevard. She died from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, the coroner's office said Friday.

Police went to the store after shots were fired and found Gandal dead behind the wheel of a car.

Witnesses told detectives they saw a passenger get out of her car and leave in a small black and silver vehicle. The gunman was described as a thin man wearing dark clothes.

Anyone with information can leave anonymous tips with Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or call homicide detectives at 828-3521.

ROLLOVER CRASH

Victim of wreck on Highway 95 identified

Authorities have identified the man who died when his sport utility vehicle rolled over Wednesday on U.S. Highway 95 as Cornelio Francisco-Ramos, 34, of Las Vegas.

Francisco-Ramos was driving south in a Ford Explorer about 10:40 a.m. about 15 miles north of Las Vegas when the vehicle rolled onto the center dirt median, said trooper Kevin Honea, spokesman for the Nevada Highway Patrol.

When he tried to steer the Explorer back onto to the road, the SUV flipped, Honea said.

Francisco-Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene. His two passengers were taken to University Medical Center with injuries describes as not life-threatening.

WEDNESDAY FATAL COLLISION

Authorities identify passenger who died

A woman who died after the car she was riding in collided with a Ford Explorer on Wednesday night has been identified as Candy Gladys Ward Snyder of Las Angeles.

Snyder, 89, was riding in a Ford Focus driven by a man at the corner of Valley Drive and Ann Road around 7:30 p.m. when the two vehicles collided, causing the Focus to roll over, North Las Vegas police spokesman Sean Walker said.

The driver of the Focus was also pronounced dead at scene. The Clark County coroner's office had yet to identify him Friday night.

Witnesses told the police they saw the teenage driver of the Explorer run a red light and hit the car, but police said Friday that physical evidence from the scene differs from the spectator accounts. It is possible that the driver of the Focus turned into the path of the Explorer, Walker said.

The teenage girl, whose name was not released by police, suffered moderate injuries.

The investigation remained under investigation and no charges had been filed in connection with the crash, Walker said.

NLV FATAL SHOOTING

Police identify victim found shot in pickup

A man found shot in a pickup Wednesday afternoon in North Las Vegas has been identified as Henry Enrique Flores of La Verne, Calif.

Flores, 31, was found in the truck in the 300 block of Reeco Avenue, near Lake Mead Boulevard and Losee Road, about 1:30 p.m.

He died later that day at University Medical Center from the gunshot wound to his chest, the Clark County coroner's office said.

Police were called to the scene after the truck crashed into the front of a residential property. Police are still investigating the death.

'GREEN CARD MARRIAGE'

Russian woman, U.S. husband charged

Yuliya Kalinina, 24, spelled out exactly what she was looking for in a husband in her Internet ad:

"Green Card Marriage -- Will pay $300/month. Total $15,000," the Russian national wrote in an ad placed on the Craigslist Web site. "This is strictly platonic business offer, sex not involved."

The ad caught the attention of the man who would eventually marry her on Feb. 17, 2006. But it also alerted agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Kalinina, from Russia, and her 30-year-old husband, Benjamin Adams, were arrested last week in Los Angeles for what federal prosecutors allege was a sham marriage.

2003 HOMICIDE

Lawyer agrees to represent Spector

A San Francisco lawyer says he will represent Phil Spector in his retrial in Los Angeles on a murder charge but could not be ready to proceed until September.

Doron Weinberg's proposed date for the new trial would put it one year after the record producer's first one ended in a hung jury.

Weinberg told Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler on Friday that he needs five months to review all the material from Spector's first trial. A mistrial was declared Sept. 26 when jurors could not agree whether he had shot and killed actress Lana Clarkson in 2003.

Most members of Spector's previous defense team either resigned or were dismissed after the mistrial. Weinberg said the only remaining lawyer, Christopher Plourd, is involved in two death-penalty cases and could not be available to try the Spector case until the fall.