Man arrested in killing of woman found dead on Las Vegas road

A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a suspected homicide that left a woman dead in the middle of the road in the east valley.

Alejandro Cisneros, 36, is facing charges of murder and neglecting to stop at the scene of an accident, court records show. He was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Clark County Detention Center, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Cisneros was reportedly arguing with Alondra Rivera on June 28, the night she died. Rivera had been on the hood of an SUV when the vehicle stopped several times, Metro said.

Rivera, 28, fell off and hit her head, police said. When officers responded to the scene at around 11:30 p.m., they found her unresponsive in the road at the intersection of East Yuma Avenue and South Frank Street.

In a vigil remembering Rivera on July 3, her sister, 21-year-old Angelica Rivera, said Alondra Rivera was like her second mom.

“She was the best sister ever. She was known in the community to have the biggest heart,” Angelica Rivera said at the vigil.

Loved ones shared that Rivera had aspired to open her own salon and had a business doing eyelashes.

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