IN BRIEF
ARGUMENT REPORTED
Couple found dead in possible murder-suicide in NLV home
A man and a woman in their 30s were found inside a North Las Vegas home on Monday afternoon in a possible murder-suicide.
North Las Vegas police Sgt. Tim Bedwell said officers first responded to the home in the 300 block of Copper Pine Avenue, near North Fifth Street and Tropical Parkway, at 1:19 p.m. A caller had reported an argument between the two people.
But when officers arrived at the home, no one answered the door, Bedwell said.
At 2:06 p.m. police were again called over a fight in progress between the two people. The caller was a third party in the home who told dispatchers that one person was possibly deceased.
Officers arrived and found the two people deceased inside in what is believed to have been murder-suicide, Bedwell said.
Police did not release the names of the two people or the nature of their relationship.
PASSENGER INJURED
Woman killed when car hit wall ID'd as 85-year-old
The 85-year-old woman who was killed after her car struck a wall on Friday has been identified as Miriam Singer of Las Vegas.
Singer was driving south in an Infiniti G20 on High Range Drive approaching Button Willow Drive, near Anasazi Drive and Sun City Boulevard, when the accident occurred.
About 10 a.m. she drove through the intersection and into a brick wall, according to Las Vegas police. She was taken to Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, where she died.
Police said a medical episode might have prompted the wreck. The Clark County Coroner's office said she died from injuries sustained in the crash.
A male passenger identified as Sherman Singer, 88, sustained serious injuries but survived the accident.
MANDATED BY STATE LAW
Panel backs funds to restore state veterinarian position
The Nevada Board of Examiners has endorsed more than $131,000 in contingency funds to restore a state veterinarian position that was inadvertently cut during February's special legislative session.
Department of Agriculture Director Tony Lesperance told the panel Monday that the position, one of four veterinarians employed at the agency, was mistakenly put on a list of vacant positions that were to be left unfilled and eliminated during budget cut discussions.
Lesperance said the job of veterinary medical services administrator is mandated under state law.
The board comprised of Gov. Jim Gibbons, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State Ross Miller approved the funding, which now goes to the Legislature's Interim Finance Committee for final action.
SATURDAY CRASH
Motorcyclist killed during annual Laughlin River Run
At least one fatality was reported during the annual Laughlin River Run weekend that brought an estimated 35,000 motorcycle enthusiasts to Southern Nevada and northwest Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety said a La Habra, Calif., man was killed in a Saturday crash between Golden Valley and Bullhead City.
The Harley-Davidson motorcycle ridden by Ricardo Alberto Mojica, 59, traveled through the center median and into the westbound lanes of traffic before striking a guardrail at 1:44 p.m., authorities said.
Mojica was pronounced dead after being transported to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City. Mojica was wearing a helmet.
GIRL SLAIN
Colorado teen pleads guilty in 13-year-old's death
A Broomfield, Colo., man pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old girl then professed his unending love for the slain middle school student and tried leading her family in prayer.
Alexander "Alex" Paul Pacheco, 19, was sentenced to 48 years in prison and five years' parole in the death of Kelsey Shannon, who vanished in October 2008 and initially had been reported as a runaway.
Her decomposing body was found nearly three months later in a ditch a short walk from her house.
