On March 6, 2008, workers cleaning up a vacant desert lot discovered a deceased male. Patrol officers and Homicide detectives responded and discovered a partially decomposed body of a Hispanic male, age 35-45 years, approximately 5′5″ tall, and weighing 135 lbs.

The male was wearing a green sweatshirt, black and white sweater, grey pants, and brown leather shoes. He had a silver wedding band on his left ring finger, a thin mustache, black and grey hair, and had a noticeable decayed upper front tooth, with a portion missing shaped like a crescent.

The victim did not have any identification and does not match any missing person reports on file.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the victim, or the murder is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the LVMPD Homicide Section at 828-3521.

——UPDATED——

On March 19, 2008, Metro detectives served a search warrant in an apartment on west Bonanza, just south of where the victim’s body was found.

Detectives arrested 43-year-old Jerry Nash for the murder. The victim has been tentatively identified as a 47-year-old Asian male. When his identity has been confirmed, and next of kin notified, his name will be released by the Coroner’s Office.

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