Krystal Whipple appears in court with her attorney, Ryan Bashor, at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Krystal Whipple, the woman charged with murder in the killing of a nail salon manager over a $35 manicure, appears in court on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Krystal Whipple, who was charged with murder in the death of nail salon manager Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen over a $35 manicure, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Krystal Whipple, who was charged with murder in the death of nail salon manager Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen over a $35 manicure, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Krystal Whipple, who was charged with murder in the death of nail salon manager Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen over a $35 manicure, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Krystal Whipple, who was charged with murder in the death of nail salon manager Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen over a $35 manicure, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Krystal Whipple, who was charged with murder in the death of nail salon manager Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen over a $35 manicure, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Her arrest came nearly two weeks after Nhu “Annie” Ngoc Nguyen, a manager at Crystal Nails & Spa, 4983 W. Flamingo Road, was struck with a stolen rental car and dragged about 50 feet outside the salon.
Whipple waived extradition and now is being held without bail at the Clark County Detention Center on the murder charge, as well as charges of robbery with a deadly weapon and burglary.
She appeared Thursday before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Amy Chelini, who scheduled a status hearing for April 1.
Nguyen, a mother of three, was killed Dec. 29 after Whipple allegedly tried to pay for a $35 manicure with a credit card that was declined multiple times. The suspect went outside, saying she was retrieving money, and attempted to leave.
The manager and her boyfriend followed the suspect outside to stop her, but the woman got behind the wheel of a stolen black Camaro and struck Nguyen, dragging the 51-year-old across the parking lot, according to her boyfriend, Sonny Chung.
