LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of murdering a Las Vegas lady in 2020, who authorities in Mexico arrested final summer season, is predicted to return to the U.S. imminently to face costs, the 8 Information Now Investigators have discovered.
Erick Rangel-Ibarra, now in his late 20s, is the one suspect in Lesly Palacio’s August 2020 homicide. Rangel-Ibarra was anticipated to be booked into the Clark County Detention Middle on Thursday.
Man accused of killing Las Vegas lady Lesly Palacio arrested in Mexico
He’s accused of killing Palacio, 22, on Aug. 29, 2020. Police discovered her stays two weeks later close to the Valley of Hearth.
Las Vegas Metro police will maintain a information convention in regards to the investigation at 4 p.m.
Erick Rangel-Ibarra is accused of killing Lesly Palacio, 22, on Aug. 29, 2020. Police discovered her stays two weeks later close to the Valley of Hearth. (Palacio household photograph)
The one-year delay follows extradition proceedings in Mexico. As soon as in Las Vegas, Rangel-Ibarra will face costs of homicide and destroying proof, which a grand jury indicted him for in 2021. He may seem in court docket as early as subsequent week.
Rangel initially informed police he thought Palacio had died from an overdose, however then informed police he initially noticed the physique when his son dragged it down the steps of their dwelling on a mattress sheet, paperwork mentioned.
In 2021, Jose Rangel, Erick Rangel-Ibarra’s father, pleaded responsible to serving to his son transfer Palacio’s physique from the household dwelling. A decide sentenced Rangel to 2 years in jail. The 8 Information Now Investigators reported Rangel was launched after serving lower than 9 months.
Video proof offered to a grand jury confirmed Rangel-Ibarra and Rangel transferring Palacio’s physique on the morning of her suspected demise, in response to paperwork obtained first by the 8 Information Now Investigators that 12 months.
