Coming Sunday: Sara’s scholarship continues

When Sara Halsey was murdered in May 1993, her mother, Elaine Cavagnaro, immediately started to create a scholarship at UNLV in her honor. The scholarship continues today.

Halsey’s murder remains unsolved.

“Sara was one of the most affectionate people I ever knew,” her mother says. “She would always come in and sit on my lap, even at 20. The morning she died she called me and said, ‘Madre, I just wanted to call and tell you I love you.’ That’s what I will miss most. I miss her affection.”

Read more in Sunday’s Review-Journal.

To contribute to Sara’s scholarship fund, send checks to:

Sara Lynne Halsey Endowment Fund C/O UNLV Foundation,
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, 89154)

Anyone having information about Halsey’s murder is asked to call Metro’s Cold Case Detail at 828-COLD.

From Metro’s Cold Case Web site:

Case #: 930521-2093
Victim: Sara Lynne Halsey, 20 YOA
Suspect: Unknown
Location: Shark Club, 75 E. Harmon Ave.
Date: 5/21/1993

Synopsis:
On May 21, 1993, Sara Halsey was murdered during an apparent robbery in the parking lot of the Shark Club. Sara was a 20 year old University of Nevada-Las Vegas student who was outside the night club with a friend when she was accosted by a dark complexion female passenger of a dark colored 1980's Pontiac TransAm or Chevrolet Camero. The suspect asked for a light for a cigarette. When Sara went to light the cigarette the suspect grabbed Sara's purse. While struggling over the purse the suspect shot Sara once in the chest. Sara was transported to the hospital where she died. The suspect was last seen driving West on Harmon towards the strip.

Anyone with information is urged call LV Metro Homicide Cold Case Detail at 702-828-COLD.