A Las Vegas man accused of bludgeoning a woman to death with a sledgehammer should be evaluated for his mental ability to stand trial, a judge decided Friday.
Homicides
On Sept. 7, 1996, a white or cream-colored Cadillac pulled up alongside a newer model black BMW at the intersection of Flamingo Road and Koval Lane in Las Vegas.
After driving as far as Pahrump to dispose of the body, Chuck Chaiyakul told police, he drove back to his parents’ home in Las Vegas and sealed the corpse in a metal drum.
A man convicted of fatally stabbing his brother outside a Las Vegas apartment complex in 1996 died Monday in prison, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
The random victim bludgeoned to death with a sledgehammer last week at a laundromat was identified Thursday as a 72-year-old Las Vegas woman.
A woman whose body was found in a 55-gallon drum recovered late Tuesday at a Las Vegas home died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Las Vegas man accused of bludgeoning a woman to death with a sledgehammer last week had a history of mental illness, his family said.
Police found the drum while executing a search warrant at a home in the Spring Valley area.
Rudy Arco, a longtime Las Vegas resident and business owner, was shot and killed Saturday in what Texas police have called a “shooting spree” in the small town of Odessa.
A teenager was sentenced Tuesday to 20 to 50 years behind bars for his role in the shooting of 11-year-old Angelina Erives.
Jeremiah Grant-June was arrested Friday on one count of murder with a deadly weapon and two counts of attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.
Maya Santos, who has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her 19-year-old roommate, told police the shooting was an accident, according to her arrest report.
A Las Vegas woman’s death was ruled a homicide Friday by the Clark County coroner’s office, a month after her husband called police to report she took her own life.
A judge ordered a 36-year-old man accused of randomly bludgeoning a woman to death with a sledgehammer early Thursday at a Las Vegas laundromat held without bail on Friday.
Las Vegas police are asking for help identifying the man who fatally shot 59-year-old Steven Colburn on Aug. 19 during an attempted robbery in the central valley.
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