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By Sabrina Schnur Las Vegas Review-Journal

September 27, 2022 - 9:40 am

The Clark County coroner’s office on Tuesday identified a man who police said was fatally shot by his wife in southwest Las Vegas.

William George Cosulas Jr., 70, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, the coroner’s office ruled.

Cosulas and his wife were found dead around 12:45 p.m. Thursday in their home on the 5700 block of Chisolm Trail, near West Hacienda Avenue and South Jones Boulevard.

Police said the man’s wife, who had not been identified as of Tuesday morning, killed Cosulas before she died by suicide.

Contact Sabrina Schnur at sschnur@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0278. Follow @sabrina_schnur on Twitter.

Man shot dead at northwest Las Vegas house party

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

June 9, 2024 - 10:43 pm

The wounded man died outside a residence where a party took place in northwest Las Vegas near West Oakey Boulevard.

Judge denies request for evidentiary hearing for murder suspect Robert Telles

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 6, 2024 - 10:10 pm

Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, who is accused of killing Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, appeared in court again.

Long blood trail found after man’s killing near Las Vegas trail

By Taylor Lane / RJ

June 6, 2024 - 6:01 am

Police said they found a blood trail over 1,700 feet long along the Flamingo Arroyo Trail in the east valley after a man was stabbed and later died near the trail.

East Las Vegas shooting leaves 15-year-old dead

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

June 7, 2024 - 12:26 pm

A 15-year-old was fatally shot in the northeast valley during what Las Vegas police described as a “drug transaction.”

2 bodies found in east Las Vegas home

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

June 6, 2024 - 1:06 pm

The discovery was made about 9:40 p.m. in a neighborhood near Wetlands Park, police said.

Man accused of killing victim, mutilating face may go to trial

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 5, 2024 - 7:27 pm

A man accused of beating a victim to death and mutilating his face in downtown Las Vegas might go to trial.

Man on death row for killing Las Vegas girl dies in prison

By Tony Garcia / RJ

June 4, 2024 - 3:10 pm

A man who was sent to Nevada’s death row nearly eight years ago for the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl inside her Las Vegas home has died.

Man pleads guilty to raping, murdering UNLV student

By Katelyn Newberg / RJ

June 4, 2024 - 7:31 pm

Giovanni Ruiz had faced the death penalty and was set to go to trial later this month in the 2019 killing of 19-year-old Paula Davis.

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Man found dead inside vehicle, 2 killed in wrong-way crash over weekend

By Taylor Lane / RJ

June 4, 2024 - 6:00 am

A man was found dead with an apparent gunshot wound, and two people were killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 11 over the weekend in the Las Vegas Valley.

A story about the killings of John and Francis Dubeck in the March 20, 1974 edition of the Las ...

Mob hit mystery? 50-year-old Las Vegas double murder baffles police, FBI

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

June 3, 2024 - 10:15 am

The answers to who killed then-31-year-old John Dubeck and his wife, Francis, remain elusive and the case a mystery, despite strong past indicators of possible mob connections.