Women found dead in apparent murder-suicide identified

The Clark County coroner’s bureau has identified 2 women who were recovered dormant Tuesday day successful an apparent murder-suicide astatine a edifice adjacent the Strip.

Josie Tyler-Montgomery, 39, was changeable and killed by her wife, 39-year-old April Montgomery, astatine the Palms Place hotel, 4381 W. Flamingo Road, the coroner’s bureau said. Tyler-Montgomery’s decease was ruled a homicide owed to a gunshot coiled of the head.

April Montgomery’s decease was ruled a termination owed to a gunshot coiled of the head, with different signification conditions of crisp unit injuries of the precocious extremities, the coroner’s bureau said.

Clark County online records bespeak the 2 women were joined successful May 2020.

Metropolitan Police Department homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said edifice information recovered the 2 women dormant successful a edifice country astatine astir 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.

Investigators judge the women died wrong 12 hours of the discovery, Spencer said. Metro had not received immoderate reports of gunshots astatine the hotel.

Further accusation was not instantly available.

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