LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The physique of a person killed in a hit-and-run crash has been in a funeral house for greater than three months, because the household waits for a solution from North Las Vegas police and a state company on once they can bury him.
Adrian Narcisse, 48, died on Nov. 18, 2024, after he was struck by a automobile whereas crossing a marked crosswalk round 5 a.m. close to Las Vegas and Lake Mead boulevards.
“It’s been three months, and it is ridiculous. It’s been ridiculous,” his sister April Siler stated. “He was a son. He was a brother. He was a father. He was a grandfather, and he was just taken out unfortunately by a coward.”
The North Las Vegas Police Division launched surveillance photographs a couple of hours after Narcisse, 48, was struck useless. In an electronic mail Sunday, NLVPD advised 8 Information Now that the automobile had been discovered however not the motive force.
“I just want answers. I just want to know who did this and if they’re doing anything to find out who did this,” Siler stated.
Adrian Narcisse, 48, died on Nov. 18, 2024, after he was struck by a automobile whereas crossing a marked crosswalk round 5 a.m. close to Las Vegas and Lake Mead boulevards. (April Siler)
Adrian Narcisse, 48, died on Nov. 18, 2024, after he was struck by a automobile whereas crossing a marked crosswalk round 5 a.m. close to Las Vegas and Lake Mead boulevards. (April Siler)
Since his demise, Narcisse’s physique has been at Davis Funeral Properties, in accordance with his sister.
Siler stated they’ve but to bury him because of the Victims of Crime Fund not receiving a police report on the incident from NLVPD.
State lawmakers created the fund within the Sixties to assist crime victims with medical payments and funeral prices. Claims cannot exceed $35,000.
Siler stated their mom died a couple of months earlier than Narcisse and their father died in January, so they’re in a troublesome monetary place.
“As of two weeks ago, [the Victims of Crime Fund] stated that it is still pending due to the fact that it is still under quote, unquote investigation. And I’m not understanding that,” Siler stated.
NLVPD has not responded to a request for remark concerning the discharge of the police report.
8 Information Now spoke with the Victims of Crime Fund over the cellphone after interviewing Siler and a consultant stated the group would work with Narcisse’s household to repair the scenario.
In keeping with state regulation, a lot of the cash within the Victims of Crime Fund comes from belongings seized from these convicted of crimes.
