LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A former Las Vegas police officer in jail for killing a girl in 1997 refused to attend his parole listening to Monday.
Arthur Sewell, 58, a former Las Vegas Metro police officer, started serving a six to 15-year jail sentence in 2023 after coming into a plea deal for voluntary manslaughter with using a lethal weapon enhancement.
Nadia Iverson, 20, died of a gunshot wound in Might 1997. Her physique was discovered inside a house underneath building in downtown Las Vegas. An investigation revealed that Iverson could have been sexually assaulted.
Iverson’s household was at Monday’s listening to to object to Sewell’s early launch. In a small listening to room in Las Vegas, a stay video feed appeared to point out an empty chair at Ely State Jail, unoccupied by Sewell, who parole board officers stated refused to attend the listening to.
Former Las Vegas police officer up for parole in girl’s 1997 killing
Iverson’s household flew in from Pennsylvania at their very own expense to argue towards Sewell’s launch and had been capable of communicate to the parole board regardless of Sewell’s absence Monday.
“As you see today, he is not present,” Marie Coker, Iverson’s sister, advised the board. “Which honestly is a relief for every one of us. We were actually rejoicing in the hallway. Because it’s hard. I believe Arther Sewell became a police officer not to serve and protect, but to serve himself.”
After the listening to, Coker spoke completely with the 8 Information Now Investigators, and referred to as Sewell “arrogant, unremorseful, smug, narcissistic.”
“Not seeing him was an act of, a silver lining, for us to be spared seeing – because we knew what we were going to see,” Coker stated. “You know. Time and time again, every hearing, the lemon look on his face. The angry – I mean, pure evil on his eyes. I just, just knowing that that was the last person she saw is so grieving to me.”
The listening to officer stated the parole board thought-about Sewell a low danger, which based on the Nevada Parole Threat Evaluation kind on the board’s web site, is anyplace from 0-6. The listening to officer stated Sewell is a 3.
After roughly a seven-minute listening to, he stated a case employee would have the board’s choice inside two to a few weeks.
