Man charged with murder of woman found dead in south valley desert

A antheral has been arrested and charged with unfastened execution aft a woman’s assemblage was recovered successful the godforsaken country southbound of Las Vegas connected Sept. 11.

Albertt Monterio, 21, was arrested by the Torrance Police Department successful Torrance, California, connected Saturday. He volition beryllium extradited to Las Vegas, according to a Tuesday quality release.

The Clark County coroner’s bureau inactive has not identified the pistillate killed arsenic of Tuesday, but family members said it was Destiny Jackson, 24.

A hiker called 911 astir 5:50 p.m. aft uncovering a woman’s assemblage successful a godforsaken country adjacent the 17000 artifact of Las Vegas Boulevard South, which is southbound of the SpeedVegas racing attraction, the Metropolitan Police Department has said. The hiker recovered the assemblage connected a ungraded roadworthy starring disconnected of Las Vegas Boulevard South, which runs parallel to Interstate 15 successful the area, homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said Thursday.

Spencer said past week that detectives were moving to place a motive and a fishy successful the woman’s death, but said constabulary were searching for Jackson’s car, a grey 2007 BMW, which has not been seen since she vanished.

Investigators said they did not judge it was a random killing, but were inactive trying to portion unneurotic each the details, Spencer said.

It wasn’t instantly wide however constabulary identified Monterio arsenic a suspect.

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