Metro Police Detectives are investigating the murder of 16-year-old Clemente Carlos Garcia-Benitez.
Officers say he was shot in the back of the head and dumped in a wash near Washington and Lamb.
Police have no suspects.
On the morning of July 18, police got a 911 call from a woman saying a man had shot her boyfriend inside their home. Metro Officers responded to the scene and found 18-year-old David Manriquez dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Homicide Detectives were called and were able to identify the suspect in the murder as 17-year-old Jonathan Romero. Police believe Manriquez is the new boyfriend of Romero’s ex-girlfriend.
Police say Romero is to be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is urged to contact either the Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
On the night of July 8, Metro Officers responded to the Liquor Outlet on North Nellis after reports that the clerk was dead inside. When officers arrived, they found 42-year-old Paul Stitt deceased behind the cash register with a single gunshot wound to the head.
Homicide investigators were called to the scene for follow-up investigation. Detectives pulled the store’s surveillance video and found that the crime had been captured on tape.
The suspects are described as African-American men, about 20-years-old, 5′10″ to 6′ in height, weighing 160 to 180 pounds.
Both were wearing dark colored hats with flat brims. One possibly had a C on the front, similar to the Chicago Bears NFL logo. The other possibly had a D, similar to the Detroit Tigers MLB logo on the front. Both suspects were also wearing oversized white shirts and dark pants.
An unknown amount of money was taken.
Police are investigating the death of 45-year-old Beverly Dorsey. She was found in an apartment on the 300 block of east Desert Inn.
The Coroner’s Office says she died from blunt head trauma.
In the early morning hours of June 29, Metro Officers responded to the 2900 block of Clifford Avenue after calls of a man being shot. When officers arrived, they found 24-year-old Eduardo Medina-Padilla lying in front of an apartment building dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
Homicide detectives were requested to investigate.
Detectives say the victim and his roommate had returned to their apartment when they observed a man they knew arguing with several other men at an apartment building across the street.
The victim went across the street to intervene in the argument and was shot by the suspect or suspects and killed. The suspects then fled the scene in a black four door Lincoln Town Car.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the LVMPD Homicide Section at 828-3521.
On the morning of June 27, Metro Police received a call from a man who said he had just returned home and found his wife dead. Officers responded to the house and found 61-year-old Otilia Soarez deceased from blunt force trauma the head. She was lying on a walkway leading to the backyard of the house.
Homicide Detectives were called to the scene and found that the victim and her husband were having repair work done to the house and had hired a day laborer.
The husband had left the residence to get supplies from the store and had left his wife and the day laborer at the residence while he was gone.
When he returned, his wife was dead and the day laborer gone.
32-year-old Yiorkis Pineda-Laurencio has been arrested and charged for this crime.
On the night of June 12, Metro Police Officers responded to an apartment complex on Sierra Vista near Cambridge after getting reports that a man had been shot. When police arrived, they found 32-year-old Roberto Simmon lying outside an apartment, dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Police say a security officer working at the complex was responding to a loud music call at an apartment. As the guard knocked on the door, the deceased man attacked him. During the struggle, the officer fired one round, striking the man and killing him.
The investigation remains ongoing. At this time, no charges have been filed.
Police are investigating the shooting death of 53-year-old David Vargus.
Officers say a man went to Vargus’ house because he had not reported to work for three days. At the house, the man discovered Vargus dead from a gunshot wound. Police are still investigating.
On the evening of May 30, Metro Police got a call from a man that said he had returned home from work and found his wife dead in their home.
When officers arrived, they entered the house and found a woman, later identified as 67-year-old Patricia Louise Brafford, deceased in one of the bedrooms. The Coroner’s Office has ruled her death as a homicide from asphyxiation.
Homicide detectives were called and began their investigation. Detectives have learned that the husband had been at work since 11:00 a.m. and attempted to contact his wife on numerous occasions, but was unable to reach her. He returned home from work he found his wife deceased.
Detectives believe that the person responsible for the crime may have entered the house through a back door.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at 385-5555 or the LVMPD Homicide Section at 828-3521.
On May 21, 2008 a man called 911 and reported his girlfriend had been attacked inside their apartment and may be dead. Police Officers and ambulance technicians responded to the scene and found 51-year-old Patricia Fuchs deceased inside the apartment.
The investigation revealed that Fuchs was alone inside her apartment for several hours on the morning of the 21st. Her boyfriend returned home from a job interview and discovered her on the floor of their apartment. Police do not have any suspects in the case and say the investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information regarding the murder of Patricia Fuchs is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section at (702) 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.
