Monique Gilbertson, 68, discovered deceased in November
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Prosecutors allege a Las Vegas man “forced fed” his 68-year-old former roommate medication laced with fentanyl, inflicting her dying and the eventual discovery of her physique in a freezer.
“There was text message correspondence indicating that Monique had let Mr. Roush live with her for a while to help him get him on his feet as he was transient, however kicked him out of the residence and he was not supposed to be there,” Clark County Deputy District Legal professional James Puccinelli mentioned Friday.
Gilbertson met Roush, who identifies as Jazzlynn Roush, at a retailer and invited him to stay together with her, police mentioned after his arrest. Round Oct. 22, Gilbertson kicked Roush out of the home and adjusted the locks.
As 8 Information Now first reported, Daniel Roush, 37, faces a homicide cost for the dying of Monique Gilbertson, 68. (KLAS)
On Nov. 6, law enforcement officials performed a welfare examine at Gilbertson’s dwelling within the 5500 block of Tres Piedras Street, close to Nellis Boulevard and Vegas Valley Drive. The one that referred to as police mentioned they have been fearful as they’d not heard from Gilbertson for 2 weeks.
After 45 minutes of making an attempt to achieve entry to the house, police mentioned they situated Roush and one other girl, Gina Lopez, together with “a large amount of suspected drugs, including fentanyl and drug paraphernalia, and apparently blood near the freezer,” paperwork mentioned.
Gilbertson was “folded up” within the freezer and appeared to have been “frozen for some time,” Puccinelli mentioned.
A powder situated on the dwelling, which Roush recognized as fentanyl, examined constructive for fentanyl and lidocaine, Puccinelli mentioned. A number of grains of fentanyl are lethal. Simply 2-3 nanograms of fentanyl may be deadly.
Gilbertson had 400 nanograms of fentanyl per millimeter in her system on the time of her dying – 200 instances the quantity that might kill an individual, Puccinelli mentioned.
“Daniel Roush gave Monique Gilbertson massive amounts of fentanyl in an effort to cause her to be deceased so he could go into her house and take over her life, essentially,” Puccinelli mentioned.
Roush initially confronted second-degree homicide expenses in Las Vegas Justice Courtroom. The indictment means the case will now bypass justice court docket and transfer to district court docket. Lopez, who prosecutors recognized as Roush’s spouse, faces drug expenses, prosecutors mentioned.
