LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person needed for a 2008 Las Vegas homicide was in custody Thursday after the FBI arrested him in Mexico, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Jonathan Romero, 34, faces fees together with open homicide, tried homicide and housebreaking for the loss of life of David Manriquez, 18. On July 18, 2008, police discovered Manriquez deceased at a house close to Lamb Boulevard and Washington Avenue.
Paperwork point out Manriquez was courting Romero’s ex-girlfriend. A witness advised police that Romero got here into her residence trying to find Manriquez after which shot him.
“He got into an altercation with the current boyfriend and during the course of that altercation, he shot and killed the current boyfriend who was in the house at the time,” a lieutenant for Metro’s murder bureau mentioned on the time.
The coroner’s workplace decided Manriquez was shot a number of occasions, paperwork mentioned.
The FBI situated Romero in Mexico, although it was not instantly clear when the worldwide arrest occurred. Romero just lately returned to the US and was booked into the Clark County Detention Middle on Could 15.
Prosecutors issued a warrant for Romero’s arrest three days after the homicide, data mentioned. Romero remained in custody with out bail because of the homicide cost. A preliminary listening to was scheduled for July 23.
