LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The household of a girl discovered murdered in a house this week spoke with 8 Information Now Friday about their efforts to recollect her.
“She was always happy,” Mariana Rodriguez mentioned. “With a smile.”
Rodriguez is remembering a life stolen, sharing every little thing she is going to miss about her daughter, 26-year-old Marisela Rodriguez.
The mom of three was discovered lifeless inside a house close to Rancho Drive and Oakey Boulevard Sunday.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police instructed 8 Information Now an individual dwelling there found Rodriguez in a bed room after a home social gathering the earlier night time. The Clark County Coroner reported her reason for demise as a gunshot to the top.
Marisela Rodriguez, 26, was discovered lifeless in a house close to Rancho Drive and Oakey Boulevard Feb. 16, 2025. (KLAS)
Mariana Rodriguez described the second she knew one thing had gone horribly unsuitable after she stopped listening to from her daughter and later arrived on the crime scene.
“I felt it and I was like, ‘that’s my daughter in that house,'” she recalled. “The next day they called me and they were able to tell me that it was my daughter.”
23-year-old Steven Flores was arrested in reference to the case Thursday in Dolan Springs, exterior of Kingman, Arizona.
In line with courtroom information, he faces one cost of open homicide with a lethal weapon. His extradition to Las Vegas is pending.
The household of a girl discovered murdered in a house this week spoke with 8 Information Now Friday about their efforts to recollect her. (KLAS)
“The emotion,” Mariana Rodriguez mentioned. “To know that they had somebody already in custody.”
Rodriguez mentioned her household is doing its greatest to seek out closure, however they’re now struggling to deal with funeral prices.
“We didn’t expect this,” she mentioned. “And it’s hard.”
She added that those that cherished Marisela most are counting on one another as they proceed to mourn her life.
“You think that you’re alone in this,” Rodriguez concluded. “But you’re not.”
Marisela’s household is holding two fundraising occasions to assist elevate cash for her funeral and burial bills.
They’re internet hosting a automotive wash and accepting donations on Saturday at 10 a.m. at 4884 E. Lake Mead Boulevard.
A second fundraising occasion shall be held on the similar location March 2. It should function music and meals beginning at 10:00 a.m.
A GoFundMe account titled “Help Alejandro lay his daughter to rest” was arrange by her household.
