LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A grand jury indicted a person accused of luring two folks below false pretenses two separate occasions, killing them, and leaving their our bodies.
D’Andre Owens, 30, is charged with a number of felonies, together with homicide. He remained jailed on the Clark County Detention Middle as of Friday.
In his first case, Owens is accused of luring 29-year-old Brittani Bailey to the MGM Grand Lodge and On line casino for intercourse work after which capturing her at the back of the pinnacle in January 2024, based on the Clark County District Legal professional’s Workplace.
Las Vegas Metro police acquired a name from a person who stated Bailey was his girlfriend and he couldn’t attain her, based on data. The person informed police he spoke with Bailey 4 hours prior and knew she was visiting the MGM Lodge and On line casino, police stated. He additionally supplied a room quantity, based on an arrest report.
Police contacted MGM safety, who knocked on the room a number of occasions however didn’t obtain a response. Safety officers heard music enjoying contained in the room and, after receiving no reply, entered the room, based on the report.
Safety discovered Bailey mendacity unresponsive and principally bare on the mattress with a considerable amount of blood “pooled” round her head, her physique “cold to the touch,” based on the report.
Bailey was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
A data test confirmed the room was rented by an unnamed particular person. Safety footage of the lodge confirmed the person checking into the Lodge and giving Owens the keycard round 4 p.m. on Jan. 28, the report acknowledged. Earlier than the homicide, Owens posted an internet commercial asking for assist renting a room in alternate for money, based on the report. Police stated the person didn’t know Owens earlier than reserving the room.
Police discovered Bailey was dropped off on the MGM Lodge by a rideshare car round 9:30 p.m., and Owens met her on the backside of the elevator bay and the 2 went upstairs, the report acknowledged. Fourteen minutes after the 2 entered the lodge room, Owens left alone and exited the lodge, based on police. Detectives stated that data revealed nobody left or entered the room till safety arrived to conduct a welfare test at 2 a.m.
Police discovered a rideshare account below a pretend identify utilized by Owens, displaying two journeys: one shortly earlier than the homicide and one a number of hours after, the report acknowledged. A data test of the cellphone quantity connected to the rideshare account confirmed Owens was working for a meals supply service below a pretend identify utilizing a Texas driver’s license quantity.
On Feb. 4, officers had been surveilling a residence when an unknown man, later recognized as Owens, exited the house. The person matched the outline of the suspect in Bailey’s homicide, who was unknown on the time, the report acknowledged.
Police took Owens into custody in a parking zone on Pecos Highway close to Sundown Highway. Officers stated they discovered a firearm, {a magazine} and a firearm suppressor on him throughout a pat-down search. Owens gave police a pretend New Jersey driver’s license, however couldn’t present his date of start, based on police. The license he gave them lacked embossing and logos, main police to consider it was pretend, the report acknowledged. Three further pretend driver’s licenses had been discovered on him, together with one from Texas that matched the identify of his meals supply service account. He was then taken to LVMPD Headquarters.
When requested to establish himself throughout an interview, Owens initially recognized himself as “‘”John Doe,” but later provided his correct name, according to detectives. When asked about the firearm and the suppressor, Owens told police he found them in a “desert space” close to Blue Diamond Highway, however couldn’t give an actual location, the report acknowledged.
Police stated after they searched Owen’s home, they discovered 4 further firearm suppressors and ammunition. Whereas Owens admitted to creating pretend IDs, he denied any data or involvement in Bailey’s homicide. Bailey’s social safety card was present in his pockets, which Owns informed police he discovered with the firearm, the report acknowledged.
Bailey leaves behind seven kids, based on an obituary.
In his second case, police stated they consider Owens lured a person to the desert by providing him a job to scrub up trash after which shot him twice within the head, simply weeks earlier than Bailey’s homicide. The physique of Edward Kukish was not found till Aug. 9, 2024, after an individual referred to as police a few decomposing physique positioned in a desert space on Pabco Highway close to Lake Mead Boulevard, based on paperwork. Kukish’s physique confirmed no indicators of trauma however was separated into items.
Police stated Kukish disappeared in January 2024.
Metro’s crime lab later decided cartridge circumstances discovered close to Kukish’s physique matched a gun already in proof for Bailey’s homicide, paperwork stated.
Police stated cellular phone data revealed Owens solicited a job on Craigslist for a “desert trash pick up” in mid-January 2024.
Investigators later positioned textual content messages between Owens and Kukish.
Paperwork stated Kukish’s household informed police he would decide up odd jobs to become profitable. In textual content messages with Owens, it appeared Owens drove Kukish to the desert space, the place he believed he can be paid to select up trash.
A grand jury beforehand indicted Owens for Bailey’s homicide. A superseding indictment mixed each circumstances.
Owens is scheduled to look in court docket on Sept. 25. He’s being held with no bail.
Investigators are working to find out whether or not Owens may have extra victims.
To succeed in investigative reporter Vanessa Murphy, e-mail [email protected].
