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Mother and Daughter Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide at Las Vegas Hotel
- At the Rio hotel on Sunday, LVMPD found a woman in her mid-30s and her preteen daughter dead, police say it was an apparent murder-suicide.
- LVMPD Dispatch received a welfare-check call at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, officers knocked and called the room for over 15 minutes, then hotel security at the Rio entered around 2:30 p.m.
- Police say the mother shot her preteen daughter and then herself in an apparent murder-suicide, and LVMPD homicide detectives secured the scene while officials declined to release a note found in the hotel room.
- Authorities say the motive remains under investigation as police have not identified the victims or confirmed their origins, while a Utah cheer team said it lost one of its members in Las Vegas.
- LVMPD called the details preliminary and said more would follow; officials noted they had no reports of nearby gunshot sounds and said the pair were in town for a cheer or dance competition.
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Tragedy as mum shoots daughter and then herself at Las Vegas hotel - The Mirror
Police who discovered the bodies of Tawnia McGeehan and her daughter Addi Smith at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, called the case "a sad and tragic incident"
Heartbreaking Loss: Young Cheerleader and Mother Found Dead in Las Vegas
The bright lights and high-energy atmosphere of a national cheerleading competition in Las Vegas were replaced by a grim silence this week when what was intended to be a weekend of athletic achievement for 11-year-old Addi Smith ended in an unimaginable scene inside a hotel room. The mother and daughter had travelled from Utah for the event but failed to appear for scheduled activities, prompting a welfare check that led to the discovery of both…
Mom Ends Daughter’s Life Then Her Own In Las Vegas Hotel After Missing Cheer Competition
Tawnia McGeehan, a Utah mother who traveled to Las Vegas with her 11-year-old daughter Addi Smith for a weekend cheer competition, has been identified by police as the woman who fatally wounded her child inside a hotel room before taking her own life. The first sign that something was wrong came Sunday morning (February 15), when Utah Xtreme Cheer announced that Addi had failed to appear for scheduled competition events and that both mother and …
Mother shoots daughter, then herself in apparent murder-suicide at Las Vegas hotel, police say
Police said a mother fatally shot her pre-teen daughter before taking her own life inside a Las Vegas hotel room while they were in town for a dance or cheer competition.
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