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Man, woman found dead in Henderson home; suspect arrested

Updated October 12, 2024 - 8:50 am

Henderson police were investigating the deaths of two people found inside a residence Friday evening.

Officers were called shortly before 6 p.m. to the 300 block of Black Rock Hills Drive, just a block north of the Arroyo Grande Sports Complex, about an unknown problem, according to a Henderson Police Department news release on Friday.

Upon arrival, officers met with a person who said there were two dead people inside, police said. Police entered the home and found the bodies of a 20-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman suffering from gunshot wounds.

Detectives identified the suspect as 41-year-old Karl Groschen, police said in an email Saturday morning.

Groschen was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Henderson Detention Center on tw0 counts of Open Murder with a Deadly Weapon.

The name of the decedents will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office pending notification of next of kin.

This is being investigated as the eighth and ninth homicide for the City of Henderson for 2024.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to call the Henderson Police Department at 702-267-4911, 3-1-1, or to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit Crime Stoppers website.

Contact Marvin Clemons at mclemons@reviewjournal.com.

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