Man found dead in home, probably was shot days ago

A middle-aged man most likely had been dead a few days before he was found in his west valley home Tuesday afternoon.

"He appears to have been shot at least one time in the face," Las Vegas police Lt. Lew Roberts said. "He's probably been dead at least two days. ... It's definitely a homicide."

The Metropolitan Police Department did not release the name of the man, who Roberts said appeared to be in his 50s and might have been shot either Saturday night or Sunday morning. Neighbors told police that is when they heard gunshots.

Police arrived at the home on the 3300 block of Frontier Street, near Desert Inn Road and Decatur Boulevard, about 3 p.m. Police had not determined a motive for the shooting late Tuesday and were working to find suspects.

Roberts said nothing appeared to have been taken from the home.

Police were called to the home by a person who worked with the man. The work colleague told police the man had not been at work for several days. Roberts said the colleague went to the man's home, entered through an open back door and found the body.

Roberts said neighbors told police two nicely dressed men were seen on the man's property after the gunshots rang out. One neighbor said he remembered seeing the men dressed in slacks and collared shirts.

"They didn't look suspicious," said Mike Wall, who has lived for 10 years in the neighborhood of older ranch-style houses that sit on half-acre lots. "They looked like Bible-selling types."

Wall and several neighbors said they did not know the man.

One neighbor said she would see young, scantily clad women visit the home about once a week. Another neighbor said that he would see young women going in and out of the man's house and he thought the women were the man's roommates or caretakers.

Cherol Piermarini, who said she was the deceased man's hairdresser, said the man went by the name D.J.

Piermarini, who had been interviewed by police, described him as between 40 and 50, well-built, good-looking and very nice. He lived alone and appeared to have lots of money, she said. He worked in real estate and in January or February took a job selling time shares, she said.

Piermarini said she met D.J. two years ago when he had a garage sale at his home. Since then, he had gotten his haircuts at her salon in Green Valley.

Piermarini said the man recently told her a former business partner "took him to the cleaners." But he still always had money in his pockets, Piermarini said.

"Every time he bought something (at the hair salon) he would ask me to break a hundred dollar bill," she said.

Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas @reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.