US EditionMother and Daughter Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Las Vegas Hotel
- At the Rio hotel on Sunday, LVMPD found a woman in her mid-30s and her preteen daughter dead, police say it was an apparent murder-suicide.
- LVMPD Dispatch received a welfare-check call at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, officers knocked and called the room for over 15 minutes, then hotel security at the Rio entered around 2:30 p.m.
- Police say the mother shot her preteen daughter and then herself in an apparent murder-suicide, and LVMPD homicide detectives secured the scene while officials declined to release a note found in the hotel room.
- Authorities say the motive remains under investigation as police have not identified the victims or confirmed their origins, while a Utah cheer team said it lost one of its members in Las Vegas.
- LVMPD called the details preliminary and said more would follow; officials noted they had no reports of nearby gunshot sounds and said the pair were in town for a cheer or dance competition.
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Mother, daughter’s bodies found in hotel after they miss cheer competition
Las Vegas police are investigating the deaths of a mother and daughter at the Rio Hotel & Casino in what detectives believe was a murder-suicide on Sunday, People reports.Hotel security discovered Tawnia McGeehan and her daughter, Addi Smith, unresponsive in their room around 2:27 p.m. on Sunday, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press release. Both had apparent gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Las Vegas police investigate suspected murder-suicide at hotel and casino
Homicide detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a suspected murder-suicide at a resort west of the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday.Police have confirmed a woman and her preteen daughter were found dead inside a hotel room at the Rio Hotel & Casino on Sunday.Family members and friends initially reported the pair missing, identifying them as Tawnia McGeehan and Addi Smith. A missing persons flyer shared on social …
Tragedy as mum shoots daughter and then herself at Las Vegas hotel - The Mirror
Police who discovered the bodies of Tawnia McGeehan and her daughter Addi Smith at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, called the case "a sad and tragic incident"
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