Las Vegas high school student with history of anger issues charged with murder of 61-year-old homeless woman
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“Authorities on May 5 arrested a 17-year-old male accused of murdering a 61-year-old woman who was found dead on April 21.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a 17-year-old male was arrested on May 5 for the murder of a 61-year-old woman found dead on April 21.
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“Local outlet Las Vegas Review-Journal identified the suspect as Dennis Geiggar, a high school student with a reported history of behavioral issues and anger-related incidents.”
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Two independent sources identify the suspect as 17-year-old Dennis Geiggar in connection with the death of a 61-year-old woman in Las Vegas.
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— Authorities on May 5 arrested a 17-year-old male accused of murdering a 61-year-old woman who was found dead on April 21. Local outlet Las Vegas Review-Journal identified the suspect as Dennis Geiggar…
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— Las Vegas teen suspect in fatal beating discovered through clothes, surveillance, police say. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Dennis Geiggar, 17, on Wednesday in connection with the death …
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“He is accused of killing 61-year-old Marceline Biasini, who the Review-Journal reported regularly slept in the area where she was found dead.”
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The victim is identified as 61-year-old Marceline Biasini in multiple reports linking the suspect Dennis Geiggar to the crime.
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— VICTIM definition: 1. someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of…. Learn more.
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“The victim was found lying on the sidewalk outside a business and “suffering from apparent injuries” just after 8 a.m. on April 21, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) told Fox News Digital.”
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“Nearby surveillance video captured a brief, suspicious encounter in the middle of the night, showing a suspect approaching the victim’s area and leaving about a minute later”
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— Las Vegas teen suspect in fatal beating discovered through clothes, surveillance, police say. The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Dennis Geiggar, 17, on Wednesday in connection with the death …
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“it reportedly recorded what appeared to be a loud scream followed by approximately 61 loud impact sounds.”
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“The Clark County coroner’s office ruled Biasini’s death a homicide, citing blunt head trauma”
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— The Allen County Coroner’s Office identified the man on Friday as 25-year-old Khadolphee Demarco Taylor. Taylor‘s manner of death was ruled a homicide, marking the 7th in Allen County this year.
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“He was expelled from Valley High School in January after allegedly attempting to start a fire on campus”
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“Police also said Geiggar had “numerous incidents where his anger had resulted in his punching walls and trash cans” and had been participating in anger management classes”
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“surveillance video from a nearby 7-Eleven showed a suspect wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and Vans shoes, clothing Geiggar was reportedly seen wearing while attending Valley High School.”
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“detectives reportedly found bloody footwear impressions at the crime scene.”
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“Tests on Geiggar’s Vans shoes came back presumptively positive for blood”
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“Geiggar... acknowledged visiting a 7-Eleven nearby around 1–2 a.m. with his older brother”
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“Video from that store reportedly did not show him inside at that time.”
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“Geiggar has been taken into custody on one felony count of open murder”
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