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Henderson police arrest suspect in Las Vegas woman’s death

A suspect has been arrested in the death of a Las Vegas woman whose body was found in a vehicle in Henderson.

Aaron Laterrell Harris Sr., 49, was arrested Saturday and booked into the Henderson Detention Center on one count of open murder, according to a Henderson Police Department news release.

Police were called around 11 p.m. Thursday to the area of McCormick Road and East Galleria Drive in finding the 43-year-old woman, who had been reported missing. Officers found the body in the vehicle.

The death is the seventh homicide the department has investigated this year, according to records maintained by the Review-Journal.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call Henderson police at 702-267-4911.

Contact Tony Garcia at tgarcia@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0307. Follow @TonyGLVNews on Twitter.

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