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Mother, daughter killed in apparent murder-suicide at hotel near Las Vegas Strip

  • 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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Telemundo Las Vegas broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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