Longtime Las Vegas freelance writer is found dead in a container, police say
- Las Vegas police found the body of 56-year-old freelance writer Matthew Kelemen inside a container on May 20 at a downtown business.
- Officers responded after receiving a report about a foul odor coming from the container, prompting the discovery of Kelemen's remains.
- Kelemen contributed film reviews and profiles for two decades, rented a room with his 63-year-old roommate Joseph Del Rivo, whom he described as strange.
- Del Rivo died last week in a high-speed chase crash in Utah after fleeing at speeds over 140 mph, and police identified him as a suspect in Kelemen's death.
- Authorities continue investigating Kelemen's cause of death and ask anyone with information to contact police as the case remains open.
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Las Vegas journalist killed by roommate and stuffed into a box after confronting him for being a ‘disgusting slob’: cops
Before he was found dead, Matthew Scott Kelemen, a gifted and well-respected reporter in Sin City, had told his family and friends that his relationship with his roommate, Joseph Del Rivo, 63, had been disintegrating, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Suspect Dies in Crash After Writer's Body Found in Crate
The remains of a longtime freelance writer in Las Vegas were found last week inside a container at a downtown business, authorities said. Las Vegas police said they discovered the body of Matthew Kelemen, 56, on May 20 while responding to a report of a "foul-smelling odor" coming from the...
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