Las Vegas police investigate suspicious death near Strip

Suspicious death investigation on the 2100 block of Paradise Road, between St. Louis Avenue and East Sahara Avenue, on Saturday, March 22, 2025. (Olivia Paggiarino / Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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A stretch of Paradise Road, just northeast of the Strip was closed due to a suspicious death investigation Saturday, according to a Metropolitan Police Department official.

Metro homicide detectives, Lt. Nick Jones said in a text message to the Review-Journal, were investigating a suspicious death in the 2100 block of Paradise Road, between St. Louis Avenue and East Sahara Avenue, early Saturday afternoon.

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