A Nevada man is accused of killing his roommate and continuing to cohabit with the corpse “for an extended period of time,” police said.
Police detained George Anthony Bone, 31, shortly after receiving a report of a body at his residence in the 5300 block of Railroad River Avenue in Enterprise, an unincorporated city about 14 miles southwest of downtown Las Vegas. , just before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department press release. It was not clear who made the complaint to police.
When police arrived at the home, they found the body of the victim “who appeared to have been dead for an extended period of time,” the news release says.
Investigators with the department’s homicide unit determined the victim was Bone’s roommate, according to police.
Bone was taken into custody and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder, police said. He is being held without bail and is due to appear in court next Tuesday, according to court records.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office will identify the victim and the cause and manner of death, according to police. A representative for the coroner’s office did not immediately provide those details on Sunday.
Representatives for police, the Clark County Public Defender’s Office and the Clark County District Attorney’s Office could not immediately be reached Sunday morning.
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