Las Vegas homeless man arrested in fatal beating of girlfriend
A homeless man is accused of beating his girlfriend to death at an abandoned home near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday morning.
Armondo Washington, 47, was arrested Thursday and booked on a murder charge, according to a statement from Las Vegas police.
Officers were called at 7:40 a.m. to an abandoned home on the 400 block of Harrison Avenue, near D Street and Owens Avenue, where a woman was found dead in the backyard, police said.
Police believe the woman was Washington’s girlfriend and that during an argument he had beaten her with a “blunt object.”
The woman will be identified by the Clark County coroner’s office after her family is notified.
Details regarding Washington’s next court appearance were unavailable Thursday afternoon.
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